Fairmont News

Marion County got the best of both worlds Saturday night, country music and fireworks.

A Marion County sheriff's deputy has been charged with sending photos of himself posing naked to a 17-year-old girl's cell phone.

Twenty-one year-old Samuel Ramsey III, according to court reports, apparently wanted 44-year-old Lyndon Vanfossen dead.

Police in Fairmont are continuing their investigation into a fatal shooting from Friday night.

A Fairmont mechanic died in a work-related accident Tuesday morning. The Marion County Sheriff's Department says it happened at about 8:30 am.

Thomas Krepel's first day as president of Fairmont State University includes a visit with the Marion County United Way.

In the 14 months that West Virginia Rx has existed, the organization has distributed $1.3 million worth of prescription drugs to patients who qualify for the program.

Work on the Fairmont-to-Mannington waterline along U.S. Route 250 has disrupted water service to the northern city's current customer base.

The West Virginia Biometrics Initiative held a forum in Fairmont this afternoon for entrepreneurs.

Council may be considering a proposal for an excess levy to raise money needed to repair and repave city streets.

The teenage girl, who was killed in an ATV accident in Marion County, Sunday, was a student at East Fairmont High School.

Lorie Greynolds knows a hero when she sees one. And she believes Jimmy Halterman certainly qualifies as an "Everyday Hero." "If it were not for him," Lorie says, "my son would probably be dead.

This week, the Legislature wrapped up its last special session of the year by voting to increase state spending by nearly $40 million.

The authorities in Montana have arrested two fugitives from Fairmont. U.S. Marshals caught George Nay, 38 and Kimberly Janne, 38, in Lewistown, Montana.

Without the more than 40 "thank you" signs that lined the walls of the bingo room at the Fairmont Arbors' open house Thursday and other strategically placed signs, it would be hard to figure out what took place in the building last December.

A fire at the Fairmont Arbors killed one resident and displaced several others less than six months ago, but now all that is in the past.

The 12th Street Pool in Fairmont will be closed for at least the next week. Officials from the Marion County Commission and Marion County Parks and Recreation inspected the pool, Wednesday morning.

A Marion County man has been arraigned on various sex crimes. Carlos Angle, 37 of Fairmont, is charged with conspiracy, second degree sexual assault and first degree sexual abuse.

SFK Pulp , a troubled Quebec-based pulp producer, says the Quebec government has turned down its request for financial aid, leaving the company in a "difficult" situation as it copes with weak prices and a high dollar.

The Three Rivers Drug Task Force has arrested two people on drug charges. Ernest Marshall, 24 and Jenna Hansler, 22 , both from Fairmont, are charged with delivery of a controlled substance and conspiracy to commit a felony.