HUNTINGTON — The site and format of the high school state baseball tournament may have changed.
However, Pendleton County and East Hardy battling has a familiar feel.
The Potomac Valley Conference rivals meet at 5:30 p.m. today in Class A quarterfinal action at Marshall University Jack Cook Field.
The tournament, which traditionally had been held in Charleston, now includes eight teams in each of the four classes.
The seventh-seeded Wildcats are making their first appearance in the state tourney
ELKINS — A local pastor is facing felony charges after allegedly selling vehicles to customers that were under bank liens.
Curlie Eugene Ray Jr., 55, of Beverly, is being charged with a felony county of fraudulent schemes. Ray currently serves as the senior pastor of Tygart Valley Ministries, Beverly Community Church.
According to a criminal complaint filed in Randolph County Magistrate Court by West Virginia State Police, A.P. Petrella, Ray allegedly sold three vehicles from Curlie Ray’s Auto
ELKINS – Third-grade students at Midland Elementary School and members of the Emma Scott Garden Club recently joined forces for a hands-on community service day.
The two groups, which included Mallorie Judy’s third graders, spent the day weeding and mulching the two butterfly gardens that are located outside the school.
“The project focused on weed removal and mulching the school’s butterfly gardens, transforming the space into a healthier, more welcoming habitat for pollinators,”
CHARLESTON – Gov. Patrick Morrisey and other West Virginia leaders praised President Donald Trump Thursday for approximately $700 million in federal investment in coal-fired power generation, including in West Virginia.
Trump held a ceremony at the White House Thursday afternoon, attended by Morrisey and 2nd District Congressman Riley Moore, to announce he was using the Defense Production Act to repurpose up to $700 million in environmental funds for investments in energy infrastructure,
ELKINS — A local pastor is facing felony charges after allegedly selling vehicles to customers that were under bank liens.
Curlie Eugene Ray Jr., 55, of Beverly, is being charged with a felony county of fraudulent schemes. Ray currently serves as the senior pastor of Tygart Valley Ministries, Beverly Community Church.
According to a criminal complaint filed in Randolph County Magistrate Court by West Virginia State Police, A.P. Petrella, Ray allegedly sold three vehicles from Curlie Ray’s Auto
GRANVILLE — West Virginia baseball had bases loaded and an out. The Mountaineers No. 9 hitter, Tyrus Hall, came up to the plate. Hall isn’t known as a power hitter, and has only hit five all season before Friday afternoon.
Hall sent the ball to the opposite field and hit a grand slam to put the Mountaineers up big in the fourth innings to eventually beat Cal Poly 12-2 in the first game of a three-game series in the Morgantown Super Regional. WVU is now just one win away, either Saturday at noon
WVU, Cal Poly super regional will be weekend of firsts
GRANVILLE — West Virginia baseball’s first baseman Armani Guzman hit a single to center field, bringing in the winning run for the Mountaineers, winning the first Morgantown Regional since 2019. With UCLA, the No. 1 overall seed losing its regional, WVU will host its first-ever super regional.
Cal Poly’s true freshman Gavin Spiridonoff hit a three-run homer in the sixth inning against St. Mary’s in the Los Angeles regional final. His homer
ELKINS — A Randolph County man who faced multiple felony and misdemeanor charges involving a minor entered into a guilty plea on Wednesday.
Pete Rameriz Perez, 46, of Valley Head, entered into a plea agreement in Randolph County Circuit Court on Wednesday, pleading guilty to one count of possession of material depicting a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct and one count of delivery of a controlled substance to persons under the age of 18, both felonies.
Perez was represented by attorney
BEVERLY — June 4, 2026 – The earliest colonial settlers in the Tygart Valley found, “It was the beautifullest country for wild fruit I ever saw,” according to David Crouch who lived here as a child in the 1770s. Who were these early settlers, and what were their lives like on the frontier?
The “Settlers Reunion” during Beverly Heritage Day, on July 18, will try to explore some of these questions. Descendants of early families, and those interested in this history, are invited to gather to honor
Elma Ruth Beal Teter Brown, 96, passed away peacefully with her family by her side on June 2, 2026, at White Birch Memory Care in Harrisonburg, Virginia, where she resided the last three years.
Born on Aug. 18, 1929, in Kerens, West Virginia, Ruth was the oldest daughter to the late Harry and Elma Beal.
On May 24, 1947, Ruth married Glenn Teter, with whom she shared many cherished years until his passing on March 1, 2007.
Later, she found companionship again and married Joseph Paul Brown of
