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Crowds of interested guests gathered into Harper McNeely auditorium on the campus of Davis & Elkins College for Thursday night's Taste of Home Cooking School show.

He was born May 23, 1951, in Lewis County, a son of Robert D. Allman and the late Lou Jeanne Stalnaker Allman.

A Buckhannon man who was indicted last week by the Upshur County grand jury on a variety of charges stemming from an April 17 confrontation with a sheriff's deputy will stand trial Aug.

Representatives from St. Joseph's Hospital gathered at the Buckhannon City Hall recently to join with Mayor Kenny Davidson to sign a proclamation recognizing National Hospital Week as May 6 to 12 in the community.

One of Kenny Davidson's favorite childhood memories is going downtown on Saturday mornings.

The Grand Feature Parade, one of the major highlights of the West Virginia Strawberry Festival, will step off at 1 p.m. today in Buckhannon.

Tenney takes over for Ken Tyler, who resigned last week to take a similar position at the University of Mary Washington.

Officials have announced the in-state and out-of-state honor bands for the 71st annual West Virginia Strawberry Festival, which will be held this week in Buckhannon.

Members of the Shanty Town Circus will perform several times during the West Virginia Strawberry Festival this week in Buckhannon.

The sweet smell of strawberries will be dancing through the streets of Buckhannon this week with the start of the annual West Virginia Strawberry Festival, an event that gives Upshur County a head start on the summer season.

The 71st annual West Virginia Strawberry Festival officially will kick off at noon Wednesday with the opening ceremonies on the steps of the Upshur County Courthouse.

The West Virginia Strawberry Festival is honored to announce the appearance of the Parris Island Marine Band from South Carolina at the 71st West Virginia Strawberry Festival Grand Feature Parade at 1 p.m. May 19.

Mr. Columbus "Bud" Allen, 85, a resident of Point Pleasant Road near Belington, departed this life at 11:45 a.m. Thursday, May 10, 2012, at his residence following an extended illness.

She was born May 21, 1926, in Upshur County, a daughter of the late French and Beppa Love Lance Cutright.

Nearly 70 employees at a Buckhannon plant will be without a job in July, according to an announcement made to local government officials on Thursday.

She is survived by her three daughters, Phyllis Stephen and husband. Mike. of Port Washington, Ohio, Linda DePoy and husband, Carl, of Buckhannon and Colleen Kasten and husband, Danny, of Buckhannon; five grandchildren, Chad Stephen, Jodi Stephen Barron, David Stephen, Misty DePoy Hughes and Eric DePoy; and several great-grandchildren. Martha was a ... (more)

She was born on March 23, 1934, in Nicholas County, a daughter of the late Ernest and Arminta Collins Facemire.

Dr. Kimberly Farry will be the speaker at this Saturday's Davis & Elkins College Pinning Ceremony, scheduled at 4 p.m. in Harper-McNeeley Auditorium.

The Literacy Volunteers of Upshur County will host its annual yard sale from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday and from 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday at the First Episcopal Church on Kanawha Street in Buckhannon.