Swing into Summer: Festival Fridays returns with Rockin’ Red Sky Down and new Jawbone Park swings

Festival Fridays returns this Friday with Red Sky Down headlining the entertainment. CJ Rylands, president of Create Buckhannon, said the group has scheduled a variety of music to entertain crowds every Friday this summer for Season 13 of Festival Fridays. “We always try to get a variety of music,” Rylands said. “We try to have…

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Basketball Bucs eighth this week in WVSACA Poll

Buckhannon-Upshur held steady at No. 8 in this week’s WVSACA Class AAAA boys’ basketball poll, earning 52 points after a 3-1 week. The Bucs beat Elkins, Grafton and Parkersburg, with their lone loss coming to Class AA No. 3 Bluefield at a neutral site.

‘I’ before ‘e’ — except at the spelling bee

Upshur County’s spelling bee came down to a two-person battle after tough words thinned the field early, with the crowd hanging on every letter. Parker Wood sealed his second straight win by nailing “cadre” after a tense back-and-forth battle with Jenna Nguyen.