Ridgeley News

Mineral County is playing host to a unique group of guests and many residents might not even know it.

Mineral County is preparing for the 2010 election and several potential candidates have already filed for precandidacy.

Three people were arrested at about 3 a.m. Thursday after Ridgeley Police responded to Mineral Street to investigate a disturbance complaint.

Ridgeley woman faces charges CUMBERLAND - A Mineral County, W.Va., woman was charged Saturday with several counts of theft after Cumberland Police found her allegedly "tampering with motor vehicles"in a parking lot off Lamont Street.

A class picture taken in front of the Hill School on Knobley Mountain in Ridgeley shows a legless boy in the front row sitting on a wooden box next to another student.

All but one of the 23 people who spoke Thursday afternoon during a public hearing favored the Pinnacle Wind Farm atop Green Mountain.

Owners of The Barn in Ridgeley, W.Va., will hold a customer appreciation day to celebrate their fifth anniversary.

With basketball in hand, Councilman Robert Shipley stepped into the new Ridgeley Community Center and took the first shot - actually three shots - during the center's ribbon-cutting ceremony Saturday.

An early Thursday fire that extensively damaged a commercial building on state Route 28 in Mineral County is being investigated by the West Virginia State Fire Marshal's Office.

A 24-year-old Ridgeley, W.Va., man remained jailed Tuesday after he allegedly snatched the purse of a 73-year-old woman in the J.C. Penney Store at the Country Club Mall.

A Ridgeley man was named in a three-count indictment returned recently by a federal grand jury, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office in Martinsburg.

A black bear was safely in custody of the Deparment of Natural Resources Saturday evening after the bruin made its way through some areas of Ridgeley.

Jackson got the coverage other people deserved more To the Editor: I cant speak for everyone but as for me, I was appalled at the way the media covered the death of Michael Jackson.

Mineral County's 2010 tax year business and individual personal property assessment forms will be mailed today.

The New Creek Volunteer Fire Department is waiting to receive bids for a new Ford F-450 4-by-4 to replace an aging ambulance it purchased in 2006.

Ridgeley offices closed Friday; meeting schedule announced RIDGELEY, W.Va. - The Ridgeley Town Hall will be closed Friday in observance of the Fourth of July holiday.

The death of a Ridgeley man who was found deceased on Potomac Street early Saturday is being investigated by West Virginia State Police.

Heavy rain that dumped several inches of rain on the Wiley Ford area sent water over streets and caused several flooded basements Saturday evening.

Five people were arrested early Friday after allegedly setting off several explosive devices near Frankfort High School Stadium.

A Ridgeley, W.Va., motorcyclist was injured Friday evening when he struck a deer on state Route 51 south of Oldtown.