PARSONS — The Augusta Family Foundation has donated $50,000 to two separate food bank charities in Tucker County.
The Foundation presented $25,000 each to the Tucker County Family Resource Network and the Blackwater Ministerial Association during a ceremony at the Tucker FRN offices in Parsons.
“Food insecurity is becoming more of a problem in Tucker County and these two organizations are doing incredible work at the local level,” said Katy White, a director with the Augusta Family Foundation.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress is sending President Donald Trump a bill to compel the Justice Department to make public its case files on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, a potentially far-reaching development in a yearslong push by survivors of Epstein’s abuse for a public reckoning.
Both the House and Senate passed the bill this week with overwhelming margins after Trump reversed course on his monthslong opposition to the bill and indicated he would sign it. Once the bill is signed by
VALLEY HEAD – A Fairmont man is facing a felony battery charge after allegedly throwing a hunting axe at a man’s head, and instead hitting his hand.
Shaquille Lee Evans, 32, is charged with malicious battery, a felony. He is currently being held at the North Central Regional Jail on a $15,000 cash-only bond set by Randolph County Magistrate Michael Dyer.
According to the criminal complaint, filed by Deputy L.R. Elbon with the Randolph County Sheriff’s Office, on July 14, Elbon responded to a 911
ELKINS – A Randolph County Board of Education member made a motion at Tuesday evening’s BOE meeting to rescind the Oct. 8 vote to close the Harman K-12 School, but the motion died for lack of a second.
After 27 community members spoke during Tuesday night’s meeting urging the board members to rescind the Harman vote, BOE member Ed Daniels made a motion to bring the Harman School situation up for discussion. After several minutes of silence, BOE member Janie Newlon seconded the motion.
Daniels
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday dismissed U.S. intelligence findings that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman likely had some culpability in the 2018 killing of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi as Trump warmly welcomed the de facto ruler of Saudi Arabia on his first White House visit in seven years.
The U.S.-Saudi relationship had, for a time, been sent into a tailspin by the operation targeting Khashoggi, a fierce critic of the kingdom.
But seven years later, the dark
Carolyn “Sue” Howell Shreve, 78, a resident of the Stalnaker Run Road Community, Elkins, West Virginia, departed this life Saturday morning, Nov. 15, 2025, at the WVU Medicine United Hospital Center at Bridgeport, West Virginia. She had been in declining health for the past two years.
The family will receive friends at the Refuge Church at Gilman from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Friday, Nov. 21, 2025.
Final Rites will be conducted from the church Friday at 1 p.m.
The Rev. Kevin Gainer will officiate and
(AP) — Roblox is stepping up its age verification system for users who want to chat with other players and implementing age-based chats so kids, teens and adults will only be able to communicate with people around their own age.
The moves come as the popular gaming platform continues to face criticism and lawsuits over child safety and a growing number of states and countries are implementing age verification laws.
The company had previously announced the age estimation tool, which is provided
WASHINGTON (AP) — Both the House and Senate acted decisively Tuesday to pass a bill to force the Justice Department to publicly release its files on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, a remarkable display of approval for an effort that had struggled for months to overcome opposition from President Donald Trump and Republican leadership.
When a small, bipartisan group of House lawmakers introduced a petition in July to maneuver around House Speaker Mike Johnson’s control of which bills
ELKINS — In preparation to help transform Elkins into Elfkins, members of Our Town Inc. spent this past Saturday morning placing an array of painted wooden elves along several downtown city streets.
Close to 40 wooden elves were anchored to poles on Davis Avenue, Third Street and Railroad Avenue.
“For the holidays, Elkins become Elfkins, so in preparation for that transition, we put out all the elves that have been made by members of the community over the past few years,” Our Town volunteer
ELKINS – A Randolph County Board of Education member made a motion at Tuesday evening’s BOE meeting to rescind the Oct. 8 vote to close the Harman K-12 School, but the motion died for lack of a second.
After 27 community members spoke during Tuesday night’s meeting urging the board members to rescind the Harman vote, BOE member Ed Daniels made a motion to bring the Harman School situation up for discussion. After several minutes of silence, BOE member Janie Newlon seconded the motion.
Daniels
