Mount Hope News

The Valley Middle School Greyhounds captured the Class A Fayette County middle school football championship on Thursday with a 34-20 win over the Mount Hope Colts.

Although Fayette County voters overwhelmingly rejected the Oct. 24 $49 million bond call that would have consolidated Oak Hill, Fayetteville, Mount Hope and Midland Trail high schools, it remained the focus of conversation during Monday evening's board of education meeting.

"The Last Forest: Tales of the Allegheny Woods" by West Virginia writer G.D. McNeill has been reprinted by the Pocahontas Communications Cooperative.

Below is a list of trick-or-treat hours for local municipalities: Ansted - Saturday, Oct.

Voters turned out in large numbers this weekend to soundly defeat the school bond levy in Fayette County.

By more than a 3-to-1 margin, Fayette County voters rejected a $49 million bond issue Saturday that would have consolidated four high schools and helped fund school renovation projects countywide.

After months of heated debates, Fayette County voters will take to the polls Saturday and decide whether to support a $49 million bond call that would, in addition to several improvement projects, result in the consolidation of four of the county's six high schools.

Separate fires destroy several structures. Firefighters have had a busy morning in Raleigh County as they battle two separate blazes.

Fayette County voters will consider a $49 million bond issue Saturday that would build a new high school and close four existing county high schools, as well as renovate several other schools.

Debbie Elmore said "mortar and brick" issues have dominated the Fayette County school bond debate.

On Saturday night, 4-year-old Alle Legg was anticipating her first horse show at Blue Circle Ranch in Mount Hope.

A knock on the door can lead to just about anything these days - a lost traveler, persistent salesman, fervent cultist, or someone with mischief in mind.

The proposed consolidation of four of Fayette County's six high schools was once again the main topic of conversation during Monday evening's board of education meeting.

The following schools, organizations and businesses are the most recent to join in the Denim for a Difference fundraiser for the United Way of Southern West Virginia: - United Bank - Fayetteville - Hollywood Elementary School - Kroger - Beckley Crossing - First Century Bank - Hinton - CVS Pharmacy - Harper Road - Bank of Mt.

School Building Authority Executive Director, Mark Manchin, spoke to a lunchtime gathering of community and business leaders in Fayette County Tuesday afternoon about the upcoming high school consolidation vote.

The Mount Hope High School Alumni Association honored six of the school's most accomplished graduates Sunday by inducting them into the 2009 hall of fame.

Fayette County Schools Superintendent Chris Perkins knows how important the idea of "community" schools are to many county residents.

UPDATED 3:55 PM -- Lansing police are evacuating homes and businesses and have closed Washington Avenue between Smith and Greenlawn and Cedar Street between Baker and Mt.

Editor's note: This is the second story in a three-part Sunday series focusing on the school bond call that will be voted on Oct.

Editor's note: This is the first story in a three-part Sunday series focusing on the school bond call that will be voted on Oct.