Mineral County News

Sue Ellen Cray was still a little girl when her musician cousin Don Redman was leading orchestras in Harlem and writing arrangements for famous jazz names such as Jimmy Dorsey, County Basie and Henry James.

Mineral school board to meet Tuesday KEYSER, W.Va. - Members of the Mineral County Board of Education will hear an update on Keyser High School fundraising at Tuesday's public meeting at 6 p.m. in the Administrative Office at 1 Baker Place.

Names for several facilities at the Keyser High School Athletic Complex were approved at Monday's meeting of the Mineral County Board of Education.

Vivian Parsons didn't mince words when she came to town Friday afternoon to discuss legislative concerns with Eastern Panhandle county commission members and legislators.

Mineral County's superintendent of schools is waiting for a report from a security company whose employee used pepper spray on a Frankfort High School student after a football game at Keyser High School.

Officials from several counties in Maryland and West Virginia discussed a project to replace the aging Memorial Bridge in Keyser at Tuesday's meeting of the U.S. Route 50 Association.

For the second time this year, a state Supreme Court justice has blasted the Department of Health and Human Resources by suggesting the agency has systemwide problems that need rapid correction.

KEYSER, W.Va. - A contract agreement with U.S. Windforce approved unanimously by the Mineral County Commission establishes a $250,000 annual minimum property tax payment for the proposed Pinnacle wind farm project.

Carpendale officials schedule meeting CARPENDALE, W.Va. - Officials of the Town of Carpendale will meet Nov.

Opponents of a Mineral County wind farm project maintain it will have little impact on the power grid and the reduction of greenhouse gases.

Mineral County is playing host to a unique group of guests and many residents might not even know it.

Three people were arrested at about 3 a.m. Thursday after Ridgeley Police responded to Mineral Street to investigate a disturbance complaint.

Mineral County is preparing for the 2010 election and several potential candidates have already filed for precandidacy.

After meeting in a closed executive session to discuss a potential wind energy contract with US WindForce, the Mineral County Commission revealed the focus of the session in its public meeting Tuesday morning.

Ridgeley woman faces charges CUMBERLAND - A Mineral County, W.Va., woman was charged Saturday with several counts of theft after Cumberland Police found her allegedly "tampering with motor vehicles"in a parking lot off Lamont Street.

Oct. 7--NEW CREEK, W.Va. -- Communities across the nation are working to determine what, exactly, constitutes an explicit message on outdoor advertising, including large billboards along well-traveled thoroughfares.

NEW CREEK, W.Va. - A juvenile passenger was killed and the juvenile driver was injured Friday morning when a pickup truck went out of control and crashed on Hershey Hollow Road, according to Mineral County Sheriff Craig Fraley.

Concerning the letter of Mr. Dow about the Mineral County Planning Commission and Zoning : Dow asked, "I also wonder why someone like Mr.

Some might say that the time for theater has come and gone, replaced by film, television and the Internet.

In the front page article, "Planning Efforts Struggle - Zoning Hot Issues" on Sept.