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TENNERTON – Multiple evaluations of Upshur County Schools – collectively and as individual entities – are occurring simultaneously, and it’s easy to get confused. That’s why when WVDE mentor Steve Wotring explained the progress school improvement specialists and administrators have […]

BUCKHANNON – The president of West Virginia Wesleyan College emphasized the importance of perceiving the Mountain State as one united community. President of West Virginia Wesleyan College, Dr. James Moore, was the keynote speaker at the annual Southern Upshur Business […]

BUCKHANNON – Community members are encouraged to wear blue every Friday in April to help raise awareness about the prevalence of child abuse. Upshur County Family Resource Network Executive Director Lori Ulderich Harvey and Upshur FRN board chair Addie Helmick […]

BUCKHANNON – The bond of a Buckhannon man who was involved in a shots-fired incident on the Vicksburg Road in mid-March has been modified – but not to the degree his attorney requested. Savion Farmer, 20, was among the three men […]

BUCKHANNON – An Upshur County woman was arrested this week on a child neglect charge after two minors became ill after allegedly ingesting an unknown substance described as THC gummies — one of whom had to be intubated and transported […]

BUCKHANNON – The Southern Upshur Business Association on Wednesday recognized Harper Lumber and Building Supply and Banks District Volunteer Fire Chief John Roby during their annual award dinner. The dinner serves as a fundraiser for the Buckhannon-Upshur Christmas Store and […]

BUCKHANNON – An Upshur County man who was recovering from a potentially fatal shootout in the Bailey Ridge area has been arrested and is being held on a bond of $1 million after being released from the hospital. On Thursday, […]

BUCKHANNON – An Upshur County man who allegedly killed his neighbor’s dog as she was searching for the escaped canine was arrested this week. John Felix Cathell III, 54, of French Creek, was arrested on one count of wanton endangerment […]