Summers County News

Rep. Nick Rahall, D-W.Va., said Monday that $2,950,991 in competitive grant funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is being awarded to Early Head Start Programs across southern West Virginia.

Thirteen West Virginia high schools are participating in the annual Take a Veteran to School Day program.

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Hinton was packed with train enthusiasts, and locals alike on Sunday. Hundreds showed up for the cities annual a oeRailroad Days,a a two-weekend stretch where they celebrate the towna s unique history.

Each summer high school band members hit the practice fields battling the hot August sun, in hopes of creating shows pleasing to both the ears and eyes.

The health departments in Greenbrier, Fayette, Raleigh, Summers and Wyoming counties still have seasonal flu vaccines.

Job skills are the focus of a gathering in Summers County on Friday. The Technology Center in Hinton sets the stage for a Job & Career Fair in the Summers County Seat.

Hinton's Ritz Theatre has been in operation in Summers County since 1929. There are 300 seats in the theatre that housed movies and live productions.

The County Commission handed five deputies checks, Tuesday. HINTON- -- Five Summers County deputies were given checks, Tuesday from the Summers County Commission.

Hinton history is honored with an upcoming event that's more than four decades strong.

The final version of a spending measure containing $1.579 million obtained by U.S. Rep.

Statement games for some AA and A schools. GHENT -- Scott vs. James Monroe, Shady Spring vs.

Lt. Dan, Jenni, Sadie Mae and Jessup were just a few of the investigators who convened at Pipestem Resort State Park in Summers County Monday to train forestry service personnel from four states in how to track arsonists.

First Community Bank of Daniels officers couldn't wait for Monday Night Football, so they moved it to Thursday.

A Summers County man was jailed for impersonating both Gov. Joe Manchin and a state Division of Natural Resources officer when sending fake state job applications to people he met on the Internet, State Police said.

A Summers County man is in hot water for allegedly impersonating a DNR officer. Police say 32-year-old Matthew Don Reed of Hinton was pretending to be a DNR officer and trying to hire people.

When Clarence Plumley first donated blood he wasn't completely honest. "I wasn't old enough to give blood so I lied about my age," Plumley said.

Authorities have identified a man found dead in Summers County after an apparent motorcycle wreck as one reported missing in Greenbrier County.

Steel-driving John Henry sweated less over the man-made steam drill than he has in pounding his way through the red tape of bureaucracy to get a park opened in his honor.

A missing man is found dead. According to Summers County dispatchers, 41 year old David Ray Smith had been reported missing since September 3, 2009 in Alderson.