Preston County News

Libbey Owens Ford Retirees: will meet at 11 a.m. July 13 for lunch at Shoney's in Kanawha City.

A Washington, D.C. woman is facing charges after allegedly trying to deliver heroin to an inmate at the Hazelton Federal Prison, in Preston County.

A truck's passenger was killed Wednesday, in an accident on Interstate 68 in Preston County.

The Preston County community of Masontown has a population of just 700 but thousands of music fans will gather nearby next weekend for the 13th annual All Good Music Festival and Campout.

A new gym floor is in the works for a Preston County community center thanks to a generous donation.

TERRA ALTA, W.Va. -- A former Terra Alta police officer says he did his job well -- so well, that he believes it got him fired.

More than $16,000 worth of ecstacy tablets were found in the possession of three out-of-state residents June 16 when they were stopped by the Kingwood detachment of the West Virginia State Police.

PRESTON, W.Va. -- A former Patriot Coal prep plant site will one day be a riverside recreation area connected to miles of hiking trails, if the Friends of the Cheat can make its plans work.

In Preston County, a camp is underway that's pretty unique. This camp has kids crawling under barbed wire and navigating an 8-step obstacle course.

County selling map books and computer program to help navigate new addresses. KINGWOOD -- A new map book and computer program in Preston County is helping residents, emergency crews and delivery workers locate the new addresses.

Three people were arrested in Preston County on Friday with almost 700 ecstasy pills in their car, with a street value of more than $16,500. Sergio Llovio, 20 of Alexandria, Va.; Jordan Baker, 21, of Laurel, Md.; and Melissa Kruse, 20 of Bel Air, Md., were stopped on McKinney Cave Road near Bretz for speeding on June 19.

A routine traffic stop in Preston County landed three people in jail Saturday on felony drug charges after troopers found 677 ecstasy pills in their vehicle.

It was Preston County's turn to support the fight against cancer, with its Relay For Life getting underway Saturday afternoon.

The West Virginia Supreme Court says the estate of an inmate in the Preston County Jail who died by hanging waited too long to file a wrongful death lawsuit against the county commission.

Members of the Mon Valley Methodist Church District have visited Russia since 1995.

A job fair in Preston County Thursday tried to help people find work, after the county was hit by a number of large-scale job cuts earlier this year.

Secretary of State Natalie Tennant's office is investigating Bruceton Mills' abbreviated voting hours during the June 9 primary.

Secretary of State Natalie Tennant's office is investigating Bruceton Mills' abbreviated voting hours during the June 9 primary.

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Hospice Care Corporation is hosting its 14th annual Camp Nabe Bereavement Camp at the Preston County 4-H Camp in Bruceton Mills during the weekend of June 12-14. Camp Nabe is designed to help children, ages 717, whom have experienced the death of a loved one in the past year.