Upshur County News

An Upshur County grand jury handed down a six-count indictment on sexually related charges to a local couple accused of getting a teenaged girl drunk and photographing her in explicit acts.

A Belington attorney has been sentenced to federal prison for billing the state of West Virginia for services that she did not perform.

Union Elementary School principal Dr. Sara Stankus thought her students were focusing on the annual WESTEST Monday, so she could not fathom the reason she was being summoned to the gymnasium.

A man on a Walk for Hunger through all 55 counties in West Virginia soon will come to this part of the state.

Tourism leaders along Corridor H are banding together in a regional effort to bring travelers to the three-county area.

The United Horseman's Association Equestrian Team from Virginia will highlight Saturday's second annual Horse and Carriage Parade down Strawberry Lane in Buckhannon.

He was born April 7, 1934, in Upshur County, a son of the late William Forrest and Loverna Pearl Armstrong Landis.

More than 50 carriages are expected for Saturday's Horse and Carriage Parade at the West Virginia Strawberry Festival in Buckhannon.

If you love great locally sourced food, fine wine and good company - all enjoyed against a backdrop of sweeping views of West Virginia's rolling farmland - have I got a few ideas for you! West Virginia's own farm-to-table ambassador, Chef Dale Hawkins, will start welcoming guests at a monthly farm dinner series as he turns his Upshur County Fish ... (more)

The trial of two men allegedly involved in what investigators believe is a murder-for-hire plot has been delayed at the request of the prosecuting attorney.

Buckhannon, Upshur County , West Virginia Officials with the Corhart Refractories plant in Buckhannon say up to 64 of the plant's 150 employees will be temporarily laid off starting July 1. Corhart makes refractory products for the glass industry.

A jury on Friday acquitted a Buckhannon man of a child abuse resulting in death charge after deliberating less than three hours over two days in Upshur County Circuit Court.

While applauding the efforts of two West Virginia senators hoping to improve the safety of America's coal miners, a spokesman for an industry organization was critical of the bill introduced to Congress for the fourth time in three years.

The Community Connect Foundation of Charleston, in partnership with the West Virginia Library Commission and the West Virginia Association of Counties, will host a series of job development seminars at the Upshur County Public Library Monday and Tuesday.