Steve Dean, well-known Gilmer businessman and aviation veteran, will be keynote speaker at this year’s Memorial Day service on the south lawn of the Upshur County Courthouse at 9 a.m. Monday. ...
BEIRUT (AP) — Activists say forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad have unleashed their heaviest artillery barrage in a week to dislodge rebels from a strategic western town.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Haynes Johnson, a pioneering Washington journalist who won a Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of the civil rights movement and migrated from newspapers to television, books and teaching, died Friday. He was 81.
Upshur County’s pets who are rescued from burning homes will now have a better chance of survival, thanks to the generosity of a number of businesses and individuals.
Every volunteer fire departme...