Glenville News

Assistant State Fire Marshal Edsel Smith is investigating a fire that happened in Glenville Friday morning.

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 ...

Pocahontas County Commissioners Martin Saffer and David fleming met briefly Saturday morning with West Virginia boundary commission members Charles Sypolt and Curt Keplinger and Highland New Wind Development partners Henry "Mac" McBride and Tal McBride.

Arson is suspected in an early morning fire in Glenville. It happened around 1:30 Friday morning at a home on Brooklyn Drive.

According to the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference web site, www.wviac.org , today's football contest between Shepherd University and Glenville State will be televised nationally on CBS College Sports at 8 p.m. CBS College Sports is channel 152 on Dish Network and channel 613 on DirecTV.

In a sign of the many lines drawn in the sand over mountaintop mining, members from one of state's oldest environmental groups debated and then only narrowly endorsed a plan to plant trees.

As trick or treaters get ready to make their rounds this year, health officials are sending out a friendly reminder to keep kids safe.

With the smell of fabric softeners and fresh laundry still in the air, John Brown, a 41-year-old laundromat owner, folds a patron's clothes.

Here are the scores from around the league for Saturday October 24th. West Virginia State -14 @ Shepard -55 1:00PM West Virginia Weslyn 30 @ Glenville State 54 1:30 PM West Liberty -48 @ Charleston-42 2:00 PM Fairmont State-34 @ Seton Hill-13 3:00 UNC-Pembroke-27 @ Concord-9 4:00 User Comments [ post comment ] 0 comments have been posted.

GLENVILLE, W.Va. -- High absenteeism has forced the Gilmer County Schools to cancel classes.

For a woman in the darkest hour of abuse, there is HOPE. Licensed by the State of West Virginia, HOPE Inc.

Organizers of the third annual Create West Virginia Conference are aiming to help local communities succeed in today's tough economy.

Local historians, happy with the creation of a Civil War sesquicentennial commission, are disappointed at the exclusion of the Mid-Ohio Valley from the roster.

Beckley Renaissance will shut down uptown streets Saturday to spice up the city with its 19th annual Chili Night.

The North Central West Virginia Trade Development Association met this afternoon to discuss business ventures and ideas that impact our region.

Demolition crews have razed the former Wesleyan Foundation in preparation for a new Glenville State College dormitory facility to house almost 500 students.

The words golf and trees can often be adversarial. More than one golf club has been launched skyward in frustration after a ball is sliced or hooked into a wooded section of the course, often leaving the club in better position than the ball.

Rams top Falcons in key matchup. *Shepherd 27, Fairmont State 14* *University of Charleston 35, WV State 0* *West Liberty 62, Lake Erie 28* *Glenville State 30, Seton Hill 24, Halftime* *West Virginia Wesleyan at Concord, 6 p.m.* User Comments [ post comment ] 0 comments have been posted.

Mary's at the Steinke Physical Education Center. The Javelinas swept four matches at last weekend's Carson-Newman tournament last weekend in Jefferson City, Tenn.

Those who work in the state's criminal justice system will receive their training soon at a new facility in Gilmer County.