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Land agent and designer of the West Virginia State Seal, Joseph Diss Debar (1820-1905), a well-educated native of France, migrated to Boston in 1842. In 1846 Diss Debar was hired by John Peter Duman to developed his holdings in Doddridge County, near the Gilmer-Ritchie line and DeBar moved to West Union. Diss Debar was educated in the classics ...Recent News Updates: 05-03-2024. SUNNY CAL JOURNAL - Sober And Dumbfounded "The Greenbriar". 05-03-2024. 1909: CALHOUN WORKERS AT GODFREY CABOTS LAMP BLACK FACTORY. 05-03-2024. MYSTERIOUS GREEN ORB FRIGHTENS HUR SPOTTERS - Sightings 30 Years Apart. 05-03-2024.KKK CROSS BURNING CAUSED CRESTON STIR IN 2003. (12/02/2023) By Bob Weaver 2003. A large burning cross with about fifteen to twenty hooded figures slowed traffic on Route 5 near Creston, Wirt County Saturday night. "I couldn't believe what I saw," said Charlie Brown, who was returning to Calhoun County from Parkersburg with his wife.(Story on Hur Herald) The county owns 1/8 royalty under the Bull River farm, although the land was sold years ago and has been sub-divided. The royalties could put a little money into the county's cash-strapped coffers, with a second well being planned for next year. "The new well was drilled in about 5750 feet in the shale," said Smith, who is ...

TEAM BON JOVI/WEST VIRGINIA - Gov. Wise Proclaims June "WV Mountain Bike Month" (05/29/2004) L to R: Steve Ware, Doug Wayne, Governor Wise, Cai Clothier, Greg Moore, Bryan Fawley, Michael Haid. West Virginia Governor Bob Wise has declared June as West Virginia's Mountain Bike Month at a ceremony in Charleston. After reading the …Dorl Copen of Elizabeth WV. (09/17/2020) Dorl Copen of Elizabeth WV, passed away September 16, 2020. He was born to the late Arthur D. and Evelyn Hall Copen in Barberton, Ohio. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brothers Ronald Shane Copen and Delmas Copen and his sister Brenda Copen. Dorl attended Wirt County High School.

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(Hur Herald - 6/27/2002) Thirty years have passed since one of West Virginia's first experimental wells was drilled at Mount Zion, Calhoun County. Local residents remember the secrecy when Exxon and Consolidated Gas Supply erected the giant rig between Route 16 and Pine Creek.HUR HERALD CEASES NEWS AFTER 25TH ANNIVERSARY: 'YA GOT IT ALL WRONG' - Herald Foibles, Perseverance And Rewards (02/16/2023) THE VILLAGE OF HUR HAS FADED EVEN MORE AFTER 25 YEARS "Under WV's Freedom of Information Laws, passed years ago, citizens are entitled to information, not just news outlets. Since that time the laws are sometimes ignored ...The Herald has captured the life and times of our county and region since being on-line since 1999, and even before with hard-copies since 1996, day after day. We didn't miss much. For us, it has been a labor of love. Hur Herald News Photos 2005. Christopher Cox being taken to Grantsville arraignment.1974 & 2017 David Kutz. Kutz came to Calhoun in the 1970s to photograph their endeavors, and while here took photographs in the Grantsville area, which he has released for publication on the Hur Herald. We would like to hear from our readers regarding the photographs and the people in them, none were captioned by Kutz at the time.

1999: FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF SUNNY CAL - Views From The Outside. (04/03/2024) By Bob Weaver 1999. I learned a long time ago that it was all right for me to be critical of things around here, but let some "outsider" come in an do likewise, I get huffy. And they have - from the Wall Street Journal, the Saturday Evening Post to George Magazine ...

MSgt. McDonald has served his country since March of 2000, serving two tours in Irag and one tour in Afghanistan. Leonard is stationed at the Marine base at Quantico VA. He and his wife Silvia currently live in Spotsylvania, VA. He is the son of Delford and Shelby McDonald of Grantsville WV and Mary McDonald of Canton, Ohio.

WV KNIFE AND GUN CLUB - Man Arrested "Going On Killing Spree". (05/05/2011) MINGO SLAYING - WV State Police are looking for a Georgia man they believe killed one person and injured two others yesterday in Mingo County. Investigators say he stabbed Charla Hite to death and wounded Homer Hite and Laura Muncy. Craig Edward Hite is wanted in ...THURSDAY WV COVID-19 REPORT: CALHOUN HAS 45 NEW CASES SINCE FRIDAY - WV Has 2,135 New Cases Thursday. (09/17/2021) The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources confirmed 2,135 new COVID-19 cases and 17 additional deaths in its report on Sept. 16. The DHHR confirmed 1,805 new COVID-19 cases and 35 additional deaths in its report on ...John Kelley, Amos Ash, James Hickman and B.J. Ash (Hur Herald Photo 2005) Early 1900 photo of Oscar Ash house on White Pine, a village that once had 350 residents. Still standing, a last "soldier" is the White Pine school. The church was moved about four feet off its foundation. It is a lovely place around the church.The fruits of their work appeared in separate articles published on the Hur Herald in 2000-2001. My eager task with the support of Bob Weaver is to preserve their efforts on …It has been over 60 years since the government's War on Poverty was launched in West Virginia. It is a common assumption that people make choices that keeps them poverty stricken, lacking a work gene, having motivation or education to join the work force, becoming takers at the government trough. There are slackers, takers and abusers of the ...ALMOST HEAVEN - Here's To You, A Few Of My Favorite WV Things (06/20/2023) Brad McElhinny: Almost Heaven, Here's To You . Here Are A Few Of My Favorite W.Va. Things. Charleston Daily Mail. WEST Virginia, my home. You are not perfect, but I love you anyway. I love your birth from rebellion. I love the story of your secession from a secession.From West Virginia Tourism. 10/09/2017: Sleep Under The Stars! The East Coast's Finest Stargazing ... From the Hur Herald. 05/03/2019: Update: Darkness Has Fallen On Calhoun's Dark Skies Project. 04/27/2019: Calhoun Park is Pristine Jewel - Offers Dozens Of Opportunities, Take A Tour. 04/07/2019: Northern Lights Photographed At Calhoun Park.

The large daily news archives and many feature stories are under ARCHIVES, while the Herald is still updated daily with new and old history stories following the discontinuing of NEWS in Nov. 2021. Sgt. Randy Parsons, at home in Calhoun on leave a few days ago, told the Hur Herald "People should be proud of their hard work and duty." Parsons, an Army career man from Calhoun, said he ran into the Spencer bunch, including several from Calhoun. "They were doing a bang-up job," he said. "These West Virginia men and woman are beyond the call."By Bob Weaver. Republished from August 2003. Long before wanderlust was given names, Calhouner Charley Booher was traveling to Key West in a 1928 Model A Ford, exploring the back roads of America on motor bikes or flying over the rugged mountains in single-engine airplanes. Charley, who turned 90 this week, has long been a free spirit to see ...04-26-2024. STRANGE MUSHROOMS SPOTTED ALONG WEST FORK - "Observed By Keen Backwoods Eye". 04-26-2024. LOST CEMETERY RE-DISCOVERED NEAR EGYPT RIDGE - 30 Repose In Backwoods, Above West Fork Little Kanawha River. 04-26-2024. SUNNY CAL JOURNAL - Calhoun's Godlight, Green Hills Closing Tighter. 04-26-2024.WV novelist Davis Grubb said his 1969 novel that was made into the film "Fools' Parade" staring Jimmy Stewart, was partly based on the life of murderer William Holly Griffith, a resident of Creston, Wirt County. ... There are numerous stories about William Hollie Griffith on the Hur Herald. ...Weaver's online publication is a labor of love. He writes the news from the tiny county in central West Virginia, and seeks out stories about real people. In fact, his online newspaper reminds me of the late Jim Comstock's famed weekly, the West Virginia Hillbilly.HUR HERALD HAS THOUSANDS OF HISTORICAL PHOTOS ARCHIVED (12/13/2023) By Bob Weaver. On a slow day you might take time to view the historical collection of photos by historian Norma Knotts Shaffer, under PHOTO OF THE DAY. There are other collections by Morris Bower, and a thousand others on the Hur Herald.

Local Newspaper Obituaries. Hur Herald : Obituaries in Grantsville, West Virginia (WV) - Find online obituaries in Hur Herald. Search Obituaries.MURDER OF CALHOUN MAN ERRASTUS GENE STUMP TO BE FEATURED ON OXYGEN CHANNEL'S "EXHUMED" - Hur Herald's Coverage Of 1982 Beheading. A reality TV show will be featuring a story about a murdered Calhoun man who was beheaded in 1982, detectives describe the act as "pure evil." 7/12/2020 - Errastus Gene Stump (pictured right) was murdered after he ...

04-26-2024. STRANGE MUSHROOMS SPOTTED ALONG WEST FORK - "Observed By Keen Backwoods Eye". 04-26-2024. LOST CEMETERY RE-DISCOVERED NEAR EGYPT RIDGE - 30 Repose In Backwoods, Above West Fork Little Kanawha River. 04-26-2024. SUNNY CAL JOURNAL - Calhoun's Godlight, Green Hills Closing Tighter. 04-26-2024. CALHOUN MAGISTRATE COURT DISPOSITIONS - AUGUST 2021. (09/09/2021) Magistrate Court cases are listed by Defendant Name. Case year (0000) F-Felony - M-Misdemeanor. Issuing Agency. Offense. Magistrate [RP] Richard G. Postalwait, [LD] Lora N. Davis, [TR] Teresa Robinson - and Disposition of Case. CSD - Calhoun County Sheriff's Department. 04-26-2024. LOST CEMETERY RE-DISCOVERED NEAR EGYPT RIDGE - 30 Repose In Backwoods, Above West Fork Little Kanawha River. 04-26-2024. SUNNY CAL JOURNAL - Calhoun's Godlight, Green Hills Closing Tighter. 04-26-2024. OLD NEWS - Mollohans Leg Amputated in 1910, Riverboat Can Run On "Heavy Dew," First Scout Troop In 1931. 04-26-2024. After 20 years, Hur Herald ending this month. Dianne Weaver (left) and her husband Bob (right) will stop running the Hur Herald at the end of May. The news website mostly covers Calhoun...2000. It is eight miles northwest of Grantsville, the Village of Big Bend, along the waters of the Little Kanawha River. It is often called Brooksville by old-timers in Sunny Cal, most people believing it was named after the presence of one of Calhoun's memorable old-time characters, Creed Brooks. Since the village was first established in 1856 ...There will be early voting at the court house. Calhoun, being the last dry county in West Virginia, has chosen to remain dry in elections held during the past 25 years. If Calhoun becomes wet, the county will likely receive less than $1000 annually from liquor sales. 6-18-21 - The Calhoun Commission voted during a special meeting Wednesday to ...Rachel Barr Ball was born in 1800 in Harrison County, Virginia, to John and Margret Barr. In 1820, she married John Wesley Ball in Randolph County, Virginia. The couple had five sons and four daughters and raised John's brother's surviving children after he, his wife, and infant son died of an epidemic that swept through the area in the mid-1800s.Elma Jean Mace, 85, of Sassafrass Ridge, Calhoun County, WV passed away November 12, 2019 at her home. She was born August 10, 1934, a daughter of the late Ralph William and Beulah Claudis Poling Mace. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by brother, Deo Darrell Mace. She is survived by sister, Helen June Mace; sister-in-law ... FORMER CALHOUN SHERIFF STARCHER NEW CORPORAL OF SPENCER PD. (01/10/2021) Pictured left-right: Corporal Jeff Starcher, Spencer Mayor. Terry Williams, Chief John Hill, and Captain Todd Cole. Spencer WV Mayor Terry Williams says, "The Spencer Police Department has been fortunate to have many dedicated officers during my tenure as Mayor.

By Bob Weaver. It was a humble publication nearly 60 years ago, Calhoun High School's newspaper "The Clarion," printed on a mimeograph machine, with the results often faded and barely readable. The mimeograph machine was a low-cost printing press that worked by forcing ink through a stencil onto paper, used for decades from the late 1800s ...

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In 2020, here were 9,300 fewer students in West Virginia this school year than last and the decrease could cost the public education system nearly $43 million in state funding. Calhoun, now with a low student population of 862 (2020), a near record loss of 101 students.John was born in Morgantown, WV on September 18, 1867 and died October 16, 1929. Suzanna was born July 1869 and died in 1944, according to great granddaughter, Anita Hartshorn Vannoy. The house, whose front faces the river, was once a stopping place for riverboat captains and workers who were forging their way upstream to Glenville.THE GREAT ICE STORM OF 2003 - "In the Midst Of The Ugly, There Is Beauty And Purpose". (02/19/2024) "The Ice Storm" struck the region in February 2003, it downed trees and disrupted the Calhoun forest. The ice storm is likely one of the most significant weather events to strike the region in a century. By Bob Weaver Feb. 2003.By Bob Weaver. This old Hur WV house, the home of Leona Casto Sturm (1904-1996), housed the Hur Telephone Company for a number years, that dutifully connected the callers 24/7 on the crank'em up system that operated on a single wire strung along the roads and through the woods. Leona married Holly Sturm, son of the founder of the Hur Telephone ...Purdy was born in 1974 at Chloe, and is now a professor at Columbia, formerly professor of law at Duke University and the author of several widely-discussed books including "For Common Things: Irony, Trust, and Commitment in America Today" (1999) and "Being America: Liberty, Commerce and Violence in an American World" (2003).Are you looking for a reliable source of information about recent deaths in the Melbourne area? Look no further than the Melbourne Sun Herald death notices. The first step in acces...Hacker, a state police veteran, was conscious and at times alert before he was taken by helicopter to Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital In Parkersburg. The 34-year-old Harrisville resident died shortly after arriving at the hospital at 12:10 a.m., authorities at the hospital said. Ferguson was arrested about midnight Thursday in a wooded area near ...The Hur Company operated from about 1900 to about 1963, and was the largest exchange beside Grantsville. Wires were strung to Richardson, Egypt Ridge (Roane Co.), Rocksdale, Altizer, Barnes Run, Rowels Run, Cremo, Creston, Joker and Annamoriah. The entire county went to dial service about 1963, mostly to ten-party lines, unless you could afford ...Elijah and Missouri Arnold Siers are the last two in the front row. Mr. Elijah M. Siers was born in Monroe County, Virginia, (now WV) a son of John and Rutha Siers, on March 25, 1841. In 1847 the family moved to Braxton County on the headwaters of the Left Hand Ford of the West Fork (Siers Run), where Mr. Siers spent his boyhood and early young ...FLASHBACK: "I FELL IN LOVE WITH CALHOUN COUNTY" - Totten's Connected To River Farm. (12/10/2023) Kyle Hugh "Pop" Totten, 87, a veteran of World War II, died in 2015 and his wife has passed. The Totten's - (L to R) Kyle Totten III, Kyle Totten II (Weston's new City Manager) and the elder Kyle Totten. By Bob Weaver 2001.

UPDATE: BURNING SPRINGS LOCK AND DAM SPIKED LITTLE KANAWHA RIVER TRAVEL IN 1891 - Burning Springs Was Wild And Wooly Boom Town (06/26/2023) The Burning Springs No. 5 lock and dam was aboutCALHOUN DUO ARRESTED MULTIPLE CHARGES. (04/29/2021) Calhoun authorities arrested a duo Tuesday and took them to Central Regional Jail. Adam Brock Roberts, 40, was charged with permitting DUI and possession of a controlled substance. Bond set $4,000 cash. Ariel Reanne Richards, 27, was charged with DUI controlled substance, possession of a ...By Bob Weaver 2022. Few came to central West Virginia before 1800 except Native Americans and a few explorers, traders and hunters. Gilmer County was unsettled until Jacob Bush came from Lewis County, then called Harrison, to settle as a squatter on Cedar Creek about 1.5 miles from the current U.S. Route 33/119, west of Glenville.Instagram:https://instagram. navy prt navadminhagerstown weather mdldg30rgs113tw01 partscraigslist nc kinston Grantsville Police Chief Craig Gherke said the body has been taken to the WV Medical Examiners office. Sources told the Hur Herald that the body was partially decomposed. Chief Gherke said, "It is too early to tell if the remains could be missing Grantsville resident Jerry "JD" Hess." Hess went missing in Grantsville in November, 2018.Henry and W. H. Fling were buried in Hunt Cemetery in 1905 near Big Root, likely connected to the original family. SIX BURNED TO DEATH IN 1904 FIRE AT LOWTHER, WHOLE FAMILY WIPED OUT BY BURNING OF THE HOUSE. Calhoun County, W. Va., (Associated Press) H. S. Fling, his wife and four children were burned to death in a fire which destroyed their ... phil godlewski facebookguilford county schools aesop He commenced practice at Burning Springs, Wirt County, having married Elizabeth Wirt Roberts of that county in 1896. Shortly he moved to Cairo, Ritchie County, in 1898, where he remained in with a large and successful practice for 40 years. Dr. Ferrell was a member of the Ohio Valley Medical Association and the West Virginia Medical Association.Von Yoak, schoolmate from Calhoun High School in the early 1940s, spoke about Stump to his wife JoAnn, his son Mike and daughter Ann, all of Daytona, Florida. He met and married JoAnn Campbell in Grantsville. Ivy Von Yoak, who has sung at over 3,000 funerals, rendered "How Great Thou Art," and the ladies of the First Baptist Church prepared a ... eagle auto parts hamilton tx We passed a pretty teenage girl somewhere in remote West Virginia-she was wearing a breezy old-fashioned plaid dress and walking downvalley along the railroad tracks with her head down in maddening self-containment. We talked about her for weeks (EXPLANATION-These boys have been away from home, too long), and knew full well that she was the ...WV KNIFE AND GUN CLUB (10/07/2021) ... Deputies said Marcella Herald was reported missing Tuesday by a family member who said she had not heard from her since Sept. 11, the complaint said. When deputies arrived at the residence on Wednesday with a search warrant, they said a strong odor was found coming from a silver Pontiac GTO parked on the ...