All schools in Upshur County will close at 1 p.m. today. All B-UHS sporting events today are canceled.

Truck hits fallen tree in Upshur County during storm Thursday morning

A silver Ford F-150 collided with a fallen tree on Hickory Flat Road during rainstorms, causing disabling damage to the truck while its driver escaped injury.
Photo courtesy Upshur County Sheriff's Office.

No one was injured in a single-vehicle crash involving a fallen tree on Hickory Flat Road Thursday. Rainstorms and thunder made for perilous travel the morning of April 3, when a silver Ford F-150 pickup truck being driven by Joshua […]

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