Barbour County News

Search teams found a missing 89-year-old Upshur County man, Sunday morning. Reatice Fultz was found just before 11:00 a.m., officials say.

Events are planned in area counties to celebrate the Fourth of July this weekend.

At times, the weather was temperamental Saturday, but the chili was always scorching hot in Philippi as the 12th annual Smokin' On The Tygart Chili Cookoff brought hundreds of visitors to the city.

The Barbour County Tactical Search and Recovery Team is hosting a K9 cadaver training course at the Barbour County Fairgrounds this week.

Judge Alan Moats led the Barbour County Chamber of Commerce on a tour of the courthouse this afternoon.

Philippi police arrested a Granville man Monday after several businesses filed complaints saying the man attempted to obtain more change than he was due after making a purchase.

If you have a taste for the hot stuff then Barbour County was the place to be Saturday.

The city of Belington could soon be seeking a new chief of police after council members chose to terminate the current chief's employment at Thursday's meeting.

Authorities from several agencies responded to a standoff Thursday night in the Moatsville area of Barbour County.

A federal grand jury in Elkins, has indicted a Barbour County woman accused of taking money from the First Central Bank in Philippi, on 12 felony counts.

More than 100 people attended a public meeting Tuesday at Buckhannon-Upshur High School on the proposed Potomac-Allegheny Transmission Highline route that cuts through the center of Upshur County.

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Looking for the resting places for the following: Martin, William G. b.abt 1852 in Barbour County, Virgina that is now West Virginia.

A cause of death is released for two of James Childers' alleged murder victims. On Thursday, Clarksburg Police released the names of the two bodies found in Barbour and Braxton counties last week.

Barbour County sheriff's deputies have arrested a man after they found marijuana growing in his flower bed.

Investigators have not released the identity of the body of a woman found buried behind a cabin in Braxton County, but the family of Carolyn Sauerwein believe it is her remains.

Troopers say they'll search again in early winter. The West Virginia State Police have suspended the search for bodies in Braxton County believed to be related to the James Childers case.

Police say a Clarksburg handyman who claimed to have killed five people before committing suicide this week had placed singles ads in a local newspaper twice in the past year.

Story Created: Jun 5, 2009 at 6:12 PM EDT Story Updated: Jun 5, 2009 at 6:33 PM EDT New details are released in the James Childers' murder case, but there are still many unanswered questions as the investigation is still in the very early stages.

Things have moved pretty quickly since a Clarksburg police officer received audio tapes and letters from a man confessing to arson and murder, earlier this week.