This week’s Upshur Update podcast covers a new school cellphone policy, a hospital leadership hire, local student achievements, a DUI arrest, community outreach for houseless residents, a job opening, and record attendance at the Strawberry Festival.

This week’s local highlights include a scholarship for the Class of 2026, a free Soulful Energy Festival, temporary service changes at Fish Hawk Acres, and open youth soccer registration for the fall.

Upshur County Schools have introduced a new cellphone policy, based on a recent state law, banning personal devices during instructional time.

Joseph Lane, 35, of Crawford, was arrested and faces a felony charge after being stopped by an Upshur County deputy, who found Lane driving on a license revoked for DUI with six prior similar convictions.