The 62nd annual Tyler County Fair kicked off on July 27th, 2025, drawing large crowds and delivering a week of family fun, food, and entertainment. Despite bouts of rain and persistent high temperatures accompanied by matching humidity throughout the week, fair goers came out in force to ...
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, is bringing his Fighting Oligarchy tour to the Ohio Valley with a stop at the Capitol Theatre in downtown Wheeling on Aug. 8. People who would like to attend don’t need tickets but are being asked to RSVP at ...
Two Tyler Consolidated High School students got the chance to attend a leadership conference in California this summer. Jackson Henderson and William Northcraft both attended the Future Business Leaders of America National Leadership Conference in Anaheim, Calif., during the month of ...
The Community Foundation for the Ohio Valley announces that 137 students have been awarded scholarships totaling $276,604 to support their pursuit of higher education at colleges and universities across the country. Among those students were several from Tyler Consolidated High School and ...
Michael T. Benson, the newly appointed president of West Virginia University, visited Sistersville last week as part of a 13-county tour aimed at familiarizing himself with communities across the state. Mr. Benson comes to West Virginia from Coastal Carolina University in Conway, South ...
The weekly Tuesday Local Farmers Market in the Sistersville Park welcomed families, students, and community members for a special event as part of its Local Farmers Market Voucher Program. Held under the large shelter from 4:30-6:30 p.m., the market distributed $20 vouchers to all students. ...
The Tyler County Commission held its regular meeting Tuesday, July 22, 2025, in the senior center cafeteria in Middlebourne. The session opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and a prayer, followed by approval of the July 8 meeting minutes, Fiduciary report, and Exonerations. Tyler County ...
William “Bill” Bell of Paden City has been selected as the 2025 West Virginia History Teacher of the Year. Bell, who taught Social Studies at Paden City high school in 2025 for six years and is now a 5th grade teacher at New Martinsville school, was selected by a panel of teachers, ...
The West Virginia University Mountaineer read a story to children attending the Energy Express Summer Reading and Nutrition Program at Paden City Elementary. “He read the book ‘Living Life the West Virginia Way’ by Carolyn Atkins, a copy of which was signed and gifted to the school, ...
On July 16th the Oglebay Good Zoo visited the Sistersville Public Library as part of the summer reading program, bringing along a variety of animals for children to observe and even touch if they were brave enough. Zoo trainer Zach introduced the young audience to a corn snake, Reggie the ...
