http://www.timeswv.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Sun, 05 Jul 2009 04:52:00 +0000 http://www.timeswv.com/local/local_story_186045249.html http://www.timeswv.com/local/local_story_186045249.html There’s the three-legged race and there’s the wheelbarrow race, and at Fairview’s Fourth of July celebration on Saturday, there was the three-legged wheelbarrow race.That meant the nine participants — three kids on three teams — had to divvy up and tie two legs of two different participants together while holding the feet of the third team member, who walked on his or her hands to the finish line. Sun, 05 Jul 2009 04:49:00 +0000 http://www.timeswv.com/local/local_story_186044956.html http://www.timeswv.com/local/local_story_186044956.html A project that evolved from a 1990s pipe dream, the Fairmont Gateway Connector is still set for completion late next year.“We are moving along pretty good,” Division of Highways District 4 area construction engineer Danny Donlin said last week of the ongoing roadway construction project. Sun, 05 Jul 2009 04:46:00 +0000 http://www.timeswv.com/local/local_story_186044730.html http://www.timeswv.com/local/local_story_186044730.html Marion County Schools — and county teachers — will soon be receiving some stimulus money.The money comes from the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and it’s not just free money. Superintendent of Schools Tom Deadrick said the money must be used in specific ways. Sun, 05 Jul 2009 04:40:00 +0000 http://www.timeswv.com/local/local_story_186043941.html http://www.timeswv.com/local/local_story_186043941.html When he was a sophomore at North Marion High School, Shawn Tennant forced himself to make a choice: Continue his wrestling career with the Huskies or dive headlong into his other love, the sport of rodeo.In the end, the Fairview native decided on the road less traveled, putting all his athletic energies into rodeo. Sun, 05 Jul 2009 04:31:00 +0000 http://www.timeswv.com/local/local_story_186043156.html http://www.timeswv.com/local/local_story_186043156.html Marion County has two new Salvation Army leaders to continue the Army’s work here — and they are eager to get started.Captains Bob and Julie Cornett have come to this region from Beckley where they were the leaders for the past five years. Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:24:00 +0000 http://www.timeswv.com/local/local_story_185022512.html http://www.timeswv.com/local/local_story_185022512.html At the age of 7, Brogan Raddish got to go on her dream trip to Disney World, courtesy of the Make-A-Wish Foundation.Seven years later, Brogan will be giving back to Make-A-Wish in an event that she will combine with her love of horses as she carries the flag atop her trusty bay Chesapeake during opening ceremonies tonight of the Dodge Round-Up World Championship Rodeo at 4T Arena. Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:20:00 +0000 http://www.timeswv.com/local/local_story_185022154.html http://www.timeswv.com/local/local_story_185022154.html On a day many set aside to celebrate the nation’s independence, one local man wants to call attention to the case of a family member who lacks what Americans treasure— freedom.On a small plot of land that measures only 20 by 50 feet, John Edward White Sr. hopes to send out a big message. Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:08:00 +0000 http://www.timeswv.com/local/local_story_185020903.html http://www.timeswv.com/local/local_story_185020903.html Hundreds gathered at the 4T Arena Friday for opening night of the annual rodeo.People from all over North Central West Virginia made the trip to spend time with family, listen to good country music, chow down on the food and watch the cowboys give it their best. Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:14:00 +0000 http://www.timeswv.com/local/local_story_184021534.html http://www.timeswv.com/local/local_story_184021534.html After 55 years, Nick Demus is closing his doors on Friday.Fifty-five years.Nick was a young man of 27 when Demus’ Market first opened. It was a family business for years. But today, when it closes, only Nick and his sister Nellie will still be on the job.Nick is now 82. His sister is 92. Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:11:00 +0000 http://www.timeswv.com/local/local_story_184021238.html http://www.timeswv.com/local/local_story_184021238.html Twenty-one year-old Samuel Ramsey III, according to court reports, apparently wanted 44-year-old Lyndon Vanfossen dead.And on Wednesday afternoon, the young Idamay resident made sure that happened. Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:10:00 +0000 http://www.timeswv.com/local/local_story_184021023.html http://www.timeswv.com/local/local_story_184021023.html Marion County Commissioners hope that all non civil service county employees will soon operate under a uniform vacation and sick leave policy. This week, the commission adopted revisions to the county’s current policy, which human resources director Rick Humphreys said was revised in January for the first time in nearly 20 years. Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:08:00 +0000 http://www.timeswv.com/local/local_story_184020846.html http://www.timeswv.com/local/local_story_184020846.html A Marion County Sheriff’s Deputy has been placed on administrative leave for allegedly sending cell phone text messages containing obscene material. Worthington resident Joseph B. McKinney, 44, posted $5,000 bond in Marion County Magistrate Court Thursday after being arrested by West Virginia State Police. Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:05:00 +0000 http://www.timeswv.com/local/local_story_184020803.html http://www.timeswv.com/local/local_story_184020803.html Police are searching for a man accused of committing an armed robbery at an East Fairmont bar.According to a report from the Fairmont police, a light-skinned black man carrying a dark-colored semi-automatic handgun allegedly held up the High Life Lounge on East Park Avenue at around midnight Thursday. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:09:00 +0000 http://www.timeswv.com/local/local_story_183021002.html http://www.timeswv.com/local/local_story_183021002.html A section of Marion County interstate received a face-lift this year thanks to the federal stimulus plan.Danny Donlin Jr., West Virginia Division of Highways District 4 area construction engineer, said the paving of a 2.19-mile section of I-79 from the Pricketts Fort exit to the East Park Avenue exit is set to be finished by the end of the week. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:06:00 +0000 http://www.timeswv.com/local/local_story_183020725.html http://www.timeswv.com/local/local_story_183020725.html A shooting in a small Idamay neighborhood Wednesday resulted in the death of one man and arrest of another.Idamay resident Samuel Ramsey III, 21, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder for reportedly pulling the trigger that killed a victim in an alleged domestic dispute in the otherwise quiet community.