Man arrested after allegedly taking $5,000 from Buckhannon residence
No. 2 Fairmont State swept No. 3 West Virginia Wesleyan 4-0 in Saturday’s MEC semifinal in Charleston. The Falcons grabbed the doubles point and rolled through singles wins from Moens, Haruto and Liedtke to punch their ticket to the 2026 MEC Championship.
Fairmont State edged No. 3 West Virginia Wesleyan 4-3 in the MEC Women’s Tournament semifinals, clinching the doubles point and surviving a 2-2 comeback. The match came down to No. 6 singles, where Emilie Bergmann rallied in three sets to send the Falcons to the title match vs.
West Virginia Wesleyan closed the regular season in style, sweeping Davis & Elkins on the road 9-1 and 6-5. The Bobcats powered a 13-hit opener highlighted by Dylan Neach’s three-run homer, then survived a late Senators rally to seal the doubleheader sweep.
Buckhannon-Upshur’s Lady Bucs closed the regular season with two home wins, edging Fairmont Senior 6-5 before rolling past Martinsburg 17-3 behind Mallory Moss’ 14-goal week. The 8-4 Lady Bucs finished first in Division I and earned a first-round playoff bye.
Buckhannon’s May 4–8, 2026 city calendar includes curbside recycling (May 5), a Waste Collection Board meeting and City Council meeting (May 7), and bulky goods pickup starting May 8—call by May 6 to schedule.
WVU College of Law is launching a fundraising effort to honor clinical law pioneer Marjorie McDiarmid and expand its clinics’ impact.