The Wetzel County Board of Education convened a special meeting Feb. 17 at the board office on Foundry Street, New Martinsville to consider one of two proposed sites for a new high school for Wetzel County. The board held discussion on the two properties the Blake site and the Fluharty site ...
In only its third year of existence, the TCMS Jazz Band finished as State Runners-Up in the West Virginia Middle School Jazz Finalist Competition. The winner was Suncrest Middle School in Morgantown, who will perform at the State Music Conference in March as a result of their ...
A Shadyside resident and Paden City native who had been detained in Russia on suspicion of drug smuggling has been released and is on his way back to the United States, according to his family. Russian news agencies said that Kalob Wayne Byers, 28, was detained at Moscow’s Vnukovo airport ...
The Tyler County Commission met in regular session on Tuesday, February 11, 2025, in the auditorium of the Senior Center in Middlebourne. Following the approval of the minutes from the January 28, 2025 meeting and approval of the Fiduciary Report and the Exonerations, the commissioners heard ...
The Sistersville City Council met in regular session on Monday, February 10, at the city building. Following the Pledge of Allegiance and approval of the agenda, council members approved the minutes from the January 13th meeting and authorized the payment of the bills. One of the key items on ...
MIDDLEBOURNE – Tyler County Schools Superintendent Shane Highley said he has been “overwhelmed” by the amount of support he’s received from the community. But Highley, who is being removed from his position following a 3-2 vote by the board of education, said he is not ready to share ...
A long line of speakers voicing their support wasn’t enough to get the Tyler County Board of Education to change its mind on renewing Superintendent Shane Highley’s contract. Even after several people lauded Highley, the board returned from an hour long executive session with the same ...
Mayor Clyde Hochstrasser informed Paden City Council members on Feb. 3 that the swimming pool will not be opened for this coming summer season. It was stated that last year the park had spent $40,000 for upgrades. Low attendance and needed repairs still exist. It was also suggested that ...
Following is a statement from the Wetzel-Tyler Health Department regarding West Virginia School Immunization Requirements: The Wetzel Tyler Board of Health strongly supports West Virginia’s current school immunization requirements which permits only valid medical exemptions to forgo ...
NEW MARTINSVILLE – Wetzel and Tyler County students, parents and community members got the chance to see what the Wetzel Technical Education Center has to offer during an open house held on Feb. 6. The technical center opened in 2018 and is open to Wetzel and Tyler County’s sophomores, ...
