Barbour County News

The Barbour County Mission was renting a former gas station, previously known as the Quick Stop, along U.S. 250 in Junior as the location for the homeless shelter, but the agency now is seeking other options.

An 18-year-old woman was arrested Tuesday after a Barbour County Grand Jury named her in a sealed indictment.

The Barbour County Grand Jury indicted 14 people Tuesday on charges ranging from drug-related crimes to abuse and forgery.

Twenty-eight dogs and their handlers graduated from the Randolph County 4-H Leader's Dog Obedience School on May 9 at Camp Pioneer.

A Barbour County resident wielding a gun threatened to kill his wife and his mother-in-law, and take away his child by force on Monday, according to police.

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The cause of death is yet to be determined in the case of a decomposed body found over the weekend in Barbour County.

A body and a car belonging to a missing Barbour County man were discovered Saturday night near Hunters Fork Road in Belington.

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Dianne Byrer, volunteer for the Barbour County Senior Center, attended the Arthritis Foundation's Tai Chi Instructor Workshop at the Oglebay Resort and Conference Center in Wheeling on April 12-13. Byrer is a licensed professional counselor and a nationally certified counselor, who provides counseling services at Circle of Caring, the Behavioral ... (more)

Mr. Columbus "Bud" Allen, 85, a resident of Point Pleasant Road near Belington, departed this life at 11:45 a.m. Thursday, May 10, 2012, at his residence following an extended illness.

A man was arrested near the windmills at the top of Laurel Mountain in Barbour County early Thursday morning after illegally entering a private residence, police said.

An elderly male and woman were rescued Thursday from a house fire in Barbour County, officials said, but the home was a total loss.

The Executive Director for the West Virginia Association of Counties says voters may be tired of going to the polls.

The effort to open a homeless shelter on May 3 in Junior is experiencing some setbacks that will push back that opening date.

On Monday at 9 a.m., Barbour County Schools took part in a practice evacuation drill.