Buckhannon News

The sun came out Friday, giving a sun-splashed feel to the West Virginia Strawberry Festival in Buckhannon.

Marie Hannah is overwhelmed with the lottery fever, saying if she won, she would buy her own private island to get away from everything after being swamped at the Fast Stop in Buckhannon by customers wanting to get a chance at winning an estimated $550 million in Saturday's Powerball jackpot.

Rain only dampened the chairs affixed to street signs and light poles along Strawberry Lane Thursday, not the spirits of those who took part in the Junior Royalty Parade and other events of the West Virginia Strawberry Festival.

An Upshur County grand jury handed down a six-count indictment on sexually related charges to a local couple accused of getting a teenaged girl drunk and photographing her in explicit acts.

Dale Olen "Bubby" McCauley, 60, a resident of Huttonsville, passed from this life early Tuesday morning, May 14, 2013, in St.

Authorities say a Clarksburg man charged with selling illegal synthetic drugs at two West Virginia shops is now on the run, and U.S. marshals are hunting for him.

Dorothy Gay Swanson, 97, of Route 4, Philippi, died Friday evening, May 10, in the Holbrook on the Hill Nursing Home in Buckhannon, following an extended illness.

Davis & Elkins College students were recognized for their achievements throughout the 2012-2013 school year during the annual Academic Awards and Recognition Convocation on April 18 in Harper-McNeeley Auditorium.

Glassmaking isn't the only hobby of Ron Hinkle of Buckhannon, the owner of Hinkle's Dying Art Glassworks, who spoke to the Buckhannon Rotary Club recently about square-foot gardening.

Saturday morning's torrential rains threatened to turn the clip-clop of hooves into more of a splish-splash sound for the second annual Horse and Carriage Parade, the new event which marks the start of the West Virginia Strawberry Festival.

The United Horseman's Association Equestrian Team from Virginia will highlight Saturday's second annual Horse and Carriage Parade down Strawberry Lane in Buckhannon.

West Virginia Wesleyan College's Enactus, formerly Students in Free Enterprise, will host a pancake breakfast at C.J. Maggie's in Buckhannon from 8 to 10 a.m. Saturday.

He was born April 7, 1934, in Upshur County, a son of the late William Forrest and Loverna Pearl Armstrong Landis.

Editor's Note: The Inter-Mountain normally would not publish graphic photos from an accident scene.

Wahama High School senior Kelsey Ann Zuspan, seated front and center, recently signed a letter of intent to run track for West Virginia Wesleyan College, which is located in Buckhannon, W.Va. Zuspan - a two-time state champion in track - is an honor student that has lettered in basketball, volleyball, track and marching band.

The Associates for Women's Health at St. Joseph's Hospital and the West Virginia Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Program will offer free and low-cost screenings on Monday.

He was born Nov. 7, 1941, at Plainfield, N.J., a son of the late Raymond Francis Hoy and Ruth Thatcher Collum.

More than 50 carriages are expected for Saturday's Horse and Carriage Parade at the West Virginia Strawberry Festival in Buckhannon.

Mayor Kenneth Davidson says he supports the ban on smoking in public parks and recreation areas, but the ban might be going too far by including electronic cigarettes.

The Inter-Mountain photo by John Wickline Main Street Arts Co-Operative President Tom Lynch, left, and Vice President Ron Buckton look over a piece of handcrafted glass during the recent Cash Mob event at the Main Street Gallery in Buckhannon.