Ashton News

The southern portion of the county will have several activities to celebrate the Fourth of July.

Another case of sexual abuse hits a local school system. A Mason County elementary school teacher has been charged with numerous sex charges Thursday.

A teacher in the Mason County Schools has been accused of sexual abuse in the first degree in alleged incidents dating back almost 30 years.

May 30, 2009 Geology! Rocks at West Virginia State Parks This Summer Special to Huntingtonnews.net Geology! Rocks , presented by the West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey, will be featured 16 times at 15 West Virginia state parks and forests this summer as one of many special outdoor learning activities and programs .

Promoting a positive and healthy lifestyle. That's the goal of the Outdoor Youth Expo, which kicked off Wednesday and continues today at the National Guard Armory in Point Pleasant.

POINT PLEASANT a ' A charge of operating a clandestine lab was dismissed prior to a preliminary hearing in Mason County Magistrate Court Monday.

Reports were presented by Local School Improvement Committee members during a special meeting Tuesday of the Mason County Board of Education.

APPLE GROVE a ' Three Apple Grove residents remain in the Western Regional Jail and one has been released on bond following a drug arrest late last week.

Hope Roush/photo - Five queens and one king were crowned during Saturday's inaugural Miss and Mister TNT Pageant at the American Legion in Point Pleasant.

What started as a meeting with some residents in the southern end of the county may become a new community program.

The area now has another title up for grabs. This Saturday will mark the area's inaugural Miss and Mister TNT Pageant.

Diane Pottorff/photo Samantha Young holds up the playbill for the production of "Charlotte's Web." Young has the leading role of Wilbur in the program, which will be presented this weekend in Huntington.

A tricky pronunciation didn't deter Kyle Kidwell. Neither did repeated rounds of back and forth spelling between the remaining six contestants.

A federal grand jury handed down an indictment last month against an Ashton man for manufacturing marijuana.