Auburn, WV

GRANTSVILLE — At least four privately owned culvert or access bridges were damaged or destroyed by heavy rains in Calhoun County over the weekend. Julie Sears, director of Calhoun 911 and Office of Emergency Services, said she’d just been notified of the fourth on Wednesday morning, three days after the second of two heavy rain events battered the northern part of the county.

WEIRTON — Following a sweep to claim a sectional title just a week ago, Madonna entered the Class A Region 1 tournament hot and feeling good. The Blue Dons simply ran into Ritchie County’s Chloe Elliott, who cooled them down for the second straight evening and lifted the Rebels to a 4-1 victory Wednesday to claim the regional title.

BRAXTON COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) - The town of Burnsville is excited to be getting its first new business in years, following an effort to figure out what the community wanted to bring to the area to promote growth. A Dollar General is set to open by the second week in...

WEIRTON — Following a sweep to claim a sectional title just a week ago, Madonna entered the Class A Region 1 tournament hot and feeling good. The Blue Dons simply ran into Ritchie County’s Chloe Elliott, who cooled them down for the second straight evening and lifted the Rebel to a 4-1 victory Wednesday to claim the regional title.

BRIDGEPORT, W.Va (WDTV) - North Marion baseball is heading to the state tournament for the first time ever and Ritchie County punched its first ticket since 2015. The Huskies defeated Frankfort, 9-1 in the Class AA Region I Finals. The Rebels took down Madonna, 4-1 in the Class A Region I Championship.

WETZEL COUNTY, W.Va. — The Wetzel-Tyler Chamber held a ribbon cutting for the Doddridge County EMS, which opened a location in downtown New Martinsville on Tuesday. The new location is behind the Post Office in New Martinsville. Doddridge County makes transfers from WVU Medicine Wetzel County Hospital and Genesis Health...

WIRT COUNTY, W.Va. (WTAP) - A man is ejected from a side-by-side on a road in Wirt County Monday afternoon. Wood County 911 says a man was ejected from his side-by-side while on Palestine Road. That is about five minutes from the Roane County border. Dispatch says he was taken...

ELLENBORO — Landry Bone launched a two-run bomb in the first inning for visiting Madonna here Tuesday evening in the Class A, Region I best-of-three series, but it was all Ritchie County after that as the host Rebels rallied for a 7-2 victory. “I didn’t know how good they were,”...

RITCHIE COUNTY, W.Va. (WTAP) - West Virginia Division of Highways announces the closure of WV 74, Pullman-Spring Run Road, beginning on Wednesday, June 23, according to Michael Foley, District Three Construction Engineer. Marks Drilling will be performing a pipe replacement and slip repair on WV 74, Pullman-Spring Run Road, at...

GRANTSVILLE — Three Grantsville juveniles are being referred to the Department of Juvenile Services as a result of vandalism in the Grantsville Town Park. The council discussed the issue at its meeting held Monday evening. The vandalism was caught on the town security cameras over Memorial Day weekend. It involved...

WALKER, W.Va. (WTAP) - Summer camp staff at Camp Kootaga have been hard at work preparing for the arrival of boy scout campers. The first round of campers will be arriving on Sunday, June 20th, for the 99th camping season. In preparation for their arrival, the staff has been finishing...

A new program from West Virginia Public Broadcasting’s education team is giving children access to libraries near and far. Library Pathfinders is a virtual program that offers children in grades PK-5 the opportunity to visit their local community library — as well as libraries across the state of West Virginia — from the safety of their home. These young Pathfinders will visit each participating library, spend time with a PBS Kids character, watch a video, complete activities, and play games. Participants will fill out their Pathfinder Journals with code words associated with each library location, as in a passport. Upon completion of their journal, participants will be asked to submit a photo of it to education@wvpublic.org. A special prize will be mailed to them.

LOST CREEK, W.Va. (WV News) — Moorefield showed exactly why it is the two-time Class A state champions, sweeping the Class A Region II title series with a 17-1 victory in six innings over South Harrison Wednesday night at SHHS Field. The Yellow Jackets (21-5) were dominant in many ways,...

GRANTSVILLE — The Grantsville A&E District will host the Cumberland Theater Company in a special, free presentation of Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” on Sunday, June 20, at 6 p.m. It will take place on the stage in the Grantsville Park. The performance is a specially edited version and will...

Alan Black, who has served as the County Attorney, is set to step down from the role on June 30. Black, who held the position from March 1995 to December 2003, and again from April 2008 until now, said it’s time for him to move on. “I’ve been doing it...

ELLENBORO, W.Va. — Ritchie County defeated Madonna 7-2 in the opening game of the Class A Region I regional tournament. The Rebels will visit the Blue Dons Wednesday in game two of the best-of-three series.