Middlebourne News

Seven members of the 1092nd Engineering Battalion of the West Virginia National Guard based in Parkersburg have sued a company whose work they guarded while the company was restoring a water plant to supply water to an oil field.

Four Ohio Valley soldiers are among nearly 50 nationwide who have filed a federal lawsuit against civilian contractor KBR Inc.

U.S. Senator Robert C. Byrd, D-W.Va., announced that members of his staff will hold mobile office hours for West Virginians with federally related problems or questions.

Mayors, council members and recorders were elected by many communities in West Virginia on Tuesday, but not by many voters.

Voters in more than 130 towns and cities across West Virginia will head to the polls today to choose the men and women who will serve as their municipal leaders.

There will be no dancing for Meghan Dennison at her prom Saturday, but after a serious car crash less than a week ago, it's a miracle she'll be there at all.

Students honored by First Federal Savings Bank of Sistersville and Parkersburg for placing in the top 15 percent of their classes included: Tyler Consolidated 9th grade - Sarah Campbell, Austin Carpenter, Brooke Clegg, Joshua Fiber, Shannon Forrester, Michael George, Samanta Jones, Crysta Long, Montana Morris, Kaitlyn Neff, David Powers, Jocelyn ...

Century-old hotels in Hinton and Clarksburg, a poor farm near Middlebourne, a Wyoming County church and Wheeling's Capitol Theater are among eight historic structures to make the Preservation Alliance of West Virginia's 2009 Endangered Properties List.

Wheeling's Capitol Theater and seven other structures are on this year's edition of the Preservation Alliance of West Virginia's annual endangered properties list.

William M. Baker has been named the 2009 Citizen of the Year in the Middlebourne Area by the Middlebourne RoadRunners Club.

DETRICK, Helen G., 83, of Weirton, W.Va., went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, March 18, 2009, at home.

J.D. and Melissa Headley of Sistersville and Robert and Deanna Jones of Middlebourne announce the engagement of their children, Brandy Monik Headley and Robert O. Jones, III.

ACCIDENT ON ROUTE 18 - Tragedy befell a Middlebourne man and his mother as they rounded a turn on Feb.

A grand jury met Feb. 10 in Tyler County Circuit Court and returned 10 true bills of indictment.

The first phase of the Town of Middlebourne's Main Street project has been completed.

With nearly a quarter of Tyler County Circuit Court cases involving child abuse and neglect, the job of the Wetzel/Tyler Child Advocacy Center becomes even more important.

Out of 24 people nominated for seats on the Middlebourne Town Council, only two have accepted their nomination, while seven have declined.

Lisa Marie Ervin and Mario Francis Stender were married June 13, 2008, at Mater Dolorosa Catholic Church in Paden City.

Newly elected Tyler County Prosecuting Attorney Luke Furbee and recently appointed Assistant Prosecutor Gary Rymer confer with before court.

Thanks in part to grants procured through Sheriff Clay Hupp's administration, Tyler County E-911 offers clear emergency communication throughout the county.