FAIRMONT – When it rains … it floods? Sure seems like it these days, Marion County’s emergency management director Chris McIntire said Thursday. In the meantime, he said, he’ll take that flood of money he just received from FEMA any day. The federal agency that responds to natural ...
FAIRMONT – The third annual Vegetable Man Day will take place Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at The Frank & Jane Gabor West Virginia Folklife Center at Squibb Wilson Boulevard. The event commemorates the history of the Reedsville “Vegetable Man,” an alien-like monster discovered by ...
MANNINGTON – Chuck Knisell drew a crowd when he rolled into the Marion County Labor Day Picnic at Mannington’s Hough Park last year. He was behind the wheel of his late dad Larry’s 1955 Chevrolet 3100 pickup. Vintage rides always generate an audience. It’s not super-fancy, Knisell, ...
MANNINGTON – A man died in a single-vehicle, rollover crash near Mannington on Wednesday night, authorities said. Eric Lucas, 37, of Mannington, was thrown from his truck in the wreck, which happened around 10:50 p.m. on Fork Road, Sheriff Roger Cunningham said. HealthNet was ...
FAIRMONT – A number of trees were damaged and felled when a tornado briefly touched down in the Bunner’s Ridge area near Fairmont on Monday evening, authorities said. Chris McIntire, who directs 911 services for the county, said the tornado was reported around 6:10 p.m. after the ...
FAIRMONT – There were two George Boyles answering roll at Monday’s meeting of the Marion County Board of Education. The present-day George Boyles wielded the gavel one final time as BOE president. He chose not to seek reelection in the May primary after a four-year ...