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CHAPMANVILLE — The Winfield softball team went to Chapmanville on Thursday and made a statement.
LOGAN — Saturday was senior day for the Logan softball team at Bea Orr Field as they hosted Winfield, but the Lady Generals shutout the Lady Wildcats 9-0 in a Cardinal Conference battle.
Teays Physical Therapy Center Inc. and The Putnam Herald are pleased to present this week’s Female Gamer of the Week award to Mia Duterte of the Winfield High School track team.
The familiar sound of professional baseball will be heard tomorrow in GoMart Ballpark as the Charleston Dirty Birds will open up the 2024 season against the Staten Island Ferryhawks for a four-game set. First pitch is scheduled for 6:35 p.m.
Teays Physical Therapy Center Inc. and The Putnam Herald are pleased to present this week’s Male Gamer of the Week award to Nicholas Pitchford of Buffalo Track and Field.
The Lady Generals host Point Pleasant in middle school softball action on Tuesday, April 16, 2024, at the Hurricane High School ballfield.
The first Cops & Rodders Car Show of 2024 draws gearheads to check out four-wheeled beauties on Saturday, April 20, 2024, in Hurricane.
Perfect ballfield weather brought out the ballfield smiles this past weekend in Putnam County.
Warm southerly flow returns on your Thursday, putting us back into the 70s with plenty of sunshine.
Gritt’s Farm in Buffalo will serve a farm-to-table dinner from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 25.
Last Friday marked what would have been the 75th birthday of a man named Larry Walters. I assume most of you are thinking “Larry Who?”
To me, it’s odd, but I will let you decide. The Day of Ascension is Thursday, May 9, 2024, which celebrates Jesus’ return to His heavenly Father. Odd because it’s 39 days after Easter, but Jesus ascended 40 days after Easter, which falls on Friday. Here’s the passage:
HURRICANE — Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Central, headquartered in Charleston, has announced its merger and acquisition of Family First Realty, which has served Putnam County and surrounding real estate markets for 25 years under the leadership of Mark Madore.
Director Guy Richie does what he does best.
HURRICANE — On Wednesday, April 17, the inaugural meeting of the Herbal Club took place at the Valley Park Conference Center. In a grand, high-ceilinged conference room with a soaring chandelier and plush carpet, folks gathered around long, white tables to discuss something earthy, mundane, …
St. ALBANS — Blake Withrow went 2 for 3 with a double and two RBIs as Winfield baseball extended its winning streak to start the season to 19 with a 9-3 victory over South Charleston Friday in the Ed Carter Tournament in St. Albans.
On Thursday, April 14, at Winfield High School, senior Madi Reese signs her Letter of Intent to cheer for the University of Charleston, where she plans to study anesthesiology.
WINFIELD — The Putnam County Senior Centers are engaging in some friendly competition with quarterly pool tournaments.
Candidates forum April 30
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey announced a representative from his office will meet with Metro Valley residents in May to discuss consumer-related issues and answer any potential questions.
CHARLESTON — The Contractors Association of West Virginia has announced the association’s 2023 Safety Excellence Award winners.
One of the first car shows of the season brings automobile enthusiasts to Teays Valley Church of the Nazarene on Saturday, April 13, 2024.
POCA — West Virginia’s only U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing center has moved from Charleston to Poca.
This week’s smiles, as spring comes alive, come from the libraries, the ballfields and the craft fairs all over Putnam County.
TEAYS VALLEY — A new, state-of-the-art camera installed at CAMC Teays Valley Hospital is expected to help doctors make better decisions for patients.
The main branch of the Putnam County Public Library hosts Eclipse Day activities on Monday, April 8, 2024, as viewers waited for gaps in the clouds to part and show the moon and the sun.
This will surprise you.
HURRICANE — The last PipeSounds Organ Concert Series program of the season will be presented at 3 p.m. on Sunday, April 21, at Forrest Burdette Memorial United Methodist Church, 2848 Putnam Ave. in Hurricane.
Today I want to talk about a problem that some of our friends and neighbors in Cabell County are facing.
Teays Valley Church of the Nazarene hosts an arts and crafts fair on Saturday, April 13, 2024, to support its S.T.E.M. program.
Teays Physical Therapy Center Inc. and The Putnam Herald are pleased to present this week’s Male Gamer of the Week award to William Sinclair of Winfield Tennis.
WINFIELD — After George Washington and Winfield quickly arranged a high school baseball game on Friday in Putnam County, the Patriots might have wished they stayed on the bus.
Two hits by visiting Poca and a hit batter were all that kept Laila Varney from being perfect last Tuesday.
Teays Physical Therapy Center Inc. and The Putnam Herald are pleased to present this week’s Female Gamer of the Week award to senior Sydney Young of the St. Albans High School softball team.
The Buffalo Bison (8-5-1) tied 4-4 with the Titans of Gilmer County High School on Monday evening, April 8, 2024, in Buffalo.
CEDARVILLE, Ohio — After nine months of rigorous building and testing, Cedarville University’s Rocket Team launched its full-scale rocket prototype at the NASA Student Launch competition on April 10-14 in Huntsville, Alabama. The NASA Student Launch provides middle school, high school and co…
HURRICANE — On Wednesday, April 10, the skies were a mercurial gray, portending either rain showers or a breakthrough of sun…it was hard to tell which.
Earth Day event set for April 19
ELEANOR, W.Va. — The driver of a Putnam County school bus that crashed early Wednesday morning remained hospitalized Thursday while investigators await toxicology and medical reports as well as the results of “black box” data that will help them determine the cause of the crash.
HUNTINGTON — After two days of trial, a federal jury on Wednesday convicted a Scott Depot, West Virginia, man of fraudulently obtaining a home mortgage insured by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA).
ELEANOR, W.Va. — A school bus driver and nine Putnam County students were sent to area hospitals following an early morning school bus accident on Roosevelt Boulevard in Eleanor.
Workers repair the roof that was heavily damaged in the storms of Tuesday, April 2, at Mark’s Mirror Finish, 922 Midland Trail, Hurricane, on Saturday, April 6, 2024.
The Putnam County Career and Technical Center sent 49 students to the West Virginia State SkillsUSA competition, with 12 of them earning gold medals and bids to the national competition in Atlanta in June.
Teays Physical Therapy Center Inc. and The Putnam Herald are pleased to present this week’s Female Gamer of the Week to junior Savannah Allen of the Hurricane High School tennis team.
Poca athletics has found a new home in the Little Kanawha Conference and becomes the 17th member of the league, starting in the 2024-25 season.
There are many connections in sports — point guard and center, quarterback and wide receiver, pitcher and catcher.
WINFIELD — Blake Withrow struck out eight and allowed just three hits en route to a complete-game shutout as Winfield blanked Riverside 5-0 in prep baseball Friday evening in Winfield.
When the Charleston Dirty Birds begin their 2024 season later this month, there is going to be a new voice behind the microphone, describing all of the team’s action.
Teays Physical Therapy Center Inc. and The Putnam Herald are pleased to present this week’s Male Gamer of the Week Award to Jacob Smolder of Hurricane Tennis.
WINFIELD — Ava Cole’s first home run of the season was a big one.
West Virginia had the highest percentage of customers without electric power by a wide margin last Wednesday afternoon, over 24 hours after a wall of winds of up to 90 mph pinned down power lines, tossed trees and discarded cars throughout the Mountain State and neighboring states. More than…
WINFIELD, W.Va. — During Tuesday’s Putnam County Commission meeting, Planning Director David Coll delivered a preliminary presentation on the Office of Planning and Infrastructure’s Putnam County Comprehensive Plan document for 2024 and beyond.
Springtime smiles endure through fair weather and foul this week in Putnam County.
TEAYS VALLEY — CAMC kicked off National Donate Life Month on April 4, in partnership with the Center for Organ Recovery & Education (CORE), by raising “Donate Life” flags at its hospitals to raise awareness about organ, tissue and cornea donation.
Many years ago, when I was quite young, if the weather at the weekend was wet or cold, my dad would take my brother and myself to the local movie theatre. In those days, such visits were great entertainment. The shows usually consisted of a “B” movie followed by a cartoon and then the “big p…
CROSS LANES — United Methodist Churches across the West Virginia Annual Conference are conducting a campaign to fund mission ministries across the state with vital supplies and cash donations.
Moisture flowing from the Southwest will continue in on your Thursday, and this time another storm system comes along with it. Faster-moving low pressure tracks its way northward into the Great Lakes region, bringing 30 mph wind gusts and several rounds of heavy rain with it. A shorter storm…
The Zoology Zone Science Center at Valley Park in Hurricane offers a full day of hands-on science fun on Saturday, April 6, 2024, with activities ranging from learning about animals to experiencing hurricane-force winds and preparing for the solar eclipse.
On Saturday afternoon, April 6, 2024, at the Zoology Zone in Valley Park, Sara Mick helps kids make their own solar eclipse projectors out of cereal boxes. Putnam County was in the path of a partial solar eclipse on Monday, April 8.
The Lady Generals host the Lady Bison of Buffalo on Monday, April 1, 2024, in spring break varsity softball action at Winfield High School.
SOUTH CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources announced the top schools and students for the annual West Virginia Archery in the Schools state tournament, which took place at the Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center on Saturday, March 30.
The Lady Generals battle it out with Hurricane’s Lady Redskins in middle school softball play at Winfield High School on Monday, March 25, 2024.
On May 1, 2014, Faith in Action of the Greater Kanawha Valley was incorporated, earning its 501©3 nonprofit status shortly thereafter.
