Buckhannon News

Some nasty weather touched down in the area Thursday, including thunderstorms and some reports of severe wind and hail in the Elkins, Buckhannon and Weston areas.

Richard Sutphin from Seth, WV graduated from West Virginia Wesleyan College during the College's 123rd Commencement ceremony, held Saturday, May 4, 2013, on the Buckhannon, WV campus.

The Rev. Harold Lee Harsh bid farewell to this world Monday, May 20, 2013, at his home in Buckhannon.

As The Inter-Mountain and Elkins Distributing prepare for Thursday's Taste of Home Cooking School, a number of local companies are gearing up for the event's exclusive vendor fair.

May 21, 2013 Three faculty members and two groups of Davis & Elkins College students recently attended the West Virginia Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance conference in Bridgeport.

A pre-trial conference for a Buckhannon couple charged in a six-count indictment on sexually related charges in which they are alleged to have gotten a teenaged girl drunk and photographing her in explicit acts will be held at 9 a.m. July 17.

The Elkins Rotary Club celebrated its 95-year anniversary Monday. The guest speaker for the meeting, Jody Light of the Buckhannon Rotary Club, shared her thoughts on her experiences in the organization, and the impact being a Rotarian has made in her life.

The Buckhannon City Council is asking the West Virginia Division of Highways to consider making the intersection at Main and Kanawha streets a four-way stop, similar to what is already in place at two other downtown intersections.

Floyd Dale Cunningham, 85, a resident of East Dailey, passed from this life Saturday evening, May 18, 2013, at Nella's Nursing Home in Elkins.

The Inter-Mountain photo by Lori Smith Sebastien De La Cruz, the 10-year-old who captured the affections of millions on Season 5 of America's Got Talent, was the grand marshal for the Strawberry Festival Grand Feature Parade Saturday in Buckhannon.

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.