Fayetteville News

Fayette County Schools Superintendent Chris Perkins addressed allegations and questions raised by board president David Arritt and former superintendent Matt Edwards regarding the possibility that the school system illegally used taxpayer money to promote the recently defeated bond which was intended to consolidate four high schools.

Five local veterans visited Fayetteville High School Tuesday to participate in the History Channel's Take a Veteran to School Day program.

Josh Davis of Oak Hill washes the windows of the storefronts in Fayetteville during the sunny weather Monday.

Congratulations to all of the volunteers and city employees who helped Bluefield capture one of six statewide "West Virginia Make It Shine Clean Community" awards.

The Fayette County Health Department will hold swine flu vaccination clinics for priority groups at the Church Street location starting next week.

Former chief tax deputy Thomas Woodrum entered a guilty plea in Fayette County Circuit Court Tuesday to an information charging him with one count of felony embezzlement.

A former Fayetteville mayor, recorder and councilman pleads guilty to charges of embezzlement.

An out-of-state timber investment group hopes to sell 7,000 acres of undeveloped land later this month in what's being called the largest single-day auction of timberlands in West Virginia history.

West Liberty makes their first NCAA football playoff appearance, and the school's first post-season trip since 1971, as the top seed in Super Region I. The WVIAC champion Toppers, who are one of 24 schools selected by the NCAA Division II Football Committee for the championship, will host either fourth-seeded East Stroudsburg or fifth-seeded ...

Six West Virginia communities are being honored for their efforts to beautify and clean up their corporate limits.

Although Fayette County voters overwhelmingly rejected the Oct. 24 $49 million bond call that would have consolidated Oak Hill, Fayetteville, Mount Hope and Midland Trail high schools, it remained the focus of conversation during Monday evening's board of education meeting.

A former Fayetteville mayor, recorder and councilman faces a charge of embezzling money from the Tax Office of the Fayette County Sheriff's Department.

The City of Refuge Church,: located at 11719 MacCorkle Ave., Chesapeake, will celebrate their pastor's anniversary at 4 p.m. Sunday.

A special prosecutor has filed an information in Fayette County Circuit Court, charging former chief tax deputy Thomas Woodrum with one count of felony embezzlement.

By more than a 3-to-1 margin, Fayette County voters rejected a $49 million bond issue Saturday that would have consolidated four high schools and helped fund school renovation projects countywide.

Voters turned out in large numbers this weekend to soundly defeat the school bond levy in Fayette County.

Although authorities believe that Fayette County's former chief tax deputy allegedly embezzled about $53,000 from the county tax department, charges have yet to be filed.

Fayette County voters will consider a $49 million bond issue Saturday that would build a new high school and close four existing county high schools, as well as renovate several other schools.

After months of heated debates, Fayette County voters will take to the polls Saturday and decide whether to support a $49 million bond call that would, in addition to several improvement projects, result in the consolidation of four of the county's six high schools.

There are several reasons why Fayette County voters should approve a $49 million school bond issue in a special election next Saturday.