Buckhannon News

Freedom Bank is holding a food drive this month. You can drop off non-perishable items at Freedom's branches in Buckhannon, Elkins, Philippi, Belington and Bridgeport.

Buckhannon-Upshur High School took the next step towards trying to fill its vacancy for a Head Football Coach today.

WDTV News Karilynn Galiotos Story Created: Jul 3, 2009 at 10:12 PM EDT Story Updated: Jul 5, 2009 at 7:21 PM EDT 89-year-old Reatice Loy Fultz went missing from his home on Wabash Avenue around 6:30pm Friday.

Search teams found a missing 89-year-old Upshur County man, Sunday morning. Reatice Fultz was found just before 11:00 a.m., officials say.

The Upshur County Sheriff's Department is searching for a missing man with Alzheimer's Disease.

Integrity, tirelessness and dedication were words used Thursday to describe Pipestem State Park Superintendent Steve Bolar, the recipient of the 2009 Distinguished West Virginian award.

A large part of Cliff Weese's life rests within the walls of an old 13,000-square-foot building that used to house a car dealership here.

A Ripley High School student who loves watching West Virginia sunsets has been chosen as the recipient of the 2009 West Virginia Scholar Award.

For the first time in 65 years, a girl from Upshur County has been elected governor at the annual Rhododendron Girls State that was held at Wheeling Jesuit University the week of June 15.

Voting ends at midnight Sunday to decide which West Virginia student will win a college scholarship.

U.S. Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, R-2nd District, made a stop in Buckhannon Monday for a groundbreaking ceremony at Jawbone Park and a press conference at the Upshur County Courthouse.

Buckhannon has broken ground on a new sewer system. The Jawbone Run Project will replace old and deteriorating sewer line from Spring Street to just past the skate park on Madison and Meade Streets.

The annual Region VII Planning and Development Council meeting/picnic is scheduled for June 22 at the North Buckhannon Park on Cleveland Avenue in Buckhannon.

An Upshur County group is planning summer pool parties, to lower the risk of teen drunk driving accidents.

The Fourth of July fireworks display is back on again in Buckhannon. The Strawberry Festival has agreed to pay for the annual display, with the help of donations from local businesses.

A clean-up effort is underway after nearly 900 gallons of hydrochloric acid leaked out of a tanker truck at Weatherford Technologies, in Tennerton, Tuesday morning.

A West Virginia Army National Guard official says a new unit established in Weston gives the town new opportunities.

Central West Virginia Aging Services Inc. recently presented an award to one of its own at its office in Buckhannon.

A Buckhannon woman was arrested Friday for allegedly leaving a threatening voicemail message with a local judge.

More than 1,500 members of West Virginia's largest church are expected to gather this week for the United Methodist Church's annual state conference.