Delores Huffman, 68, of Barnesville, Ohio passed away on Wednesday, November 12, 2025, at WVU Medicine Barnesville Hospital. She was born on April 2, 1957, in Cambridge, Ohio to the late Myron Dale and Myrle Delores (Poulton) Guiler. A graduate of Shenandoah High School, Delores was known for her kind spirit and ability to make […]
Local resident Becky Wehr, 76, is nationally recognized as a 2025 SilverSneakers Member of the Year Finalist. Wehr will be presented an award for her dedication to fitness, strength of spirit and determination and, in doing so, inspiring others to lead active, healthy lives.
by Lydia Fuchs, “FFA in the USA” News Reporter, written originally on October 24, 2025 The starter’s pistol cracks, and runners surge into the first hill. Gravel crunches underfoot as Coach Mark Brown stands at the edge of the course, stopwatch in hand, steady as ever. Long before he coached his first race, though, Brown […]
Shirley Jean Pipher Fair, age 67, of 34600 McFadden Rd. Freeport died suddenly Monday, November 10, 2025, at Trinity Hospital Twin City, in Dennison. Born July 7, 1958, in Olney, Illinois she was a daughter of Mary Irene Anderson Pipher Hatcher of Freeport and the late Emery Albert Pipher. Shirley graduated from Cambridge High School […]
The Barnesville Exempted Village School District is looking to earn an official Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM) Designation for its effort in hands-on and project based learning.
Barnesville Cemetery workers were busy Monday afternoon adding lighted wreaths to the decorative street lights downtown Barnesville.
Thanks to the generosity of Barnesville State Theater’s friends at the Monroe Theater, a movie projection screen is now part of the local venue, another step towards returning movies, live events, and other activities to the century old movie house.
Mary Ellen Bouscher, 90, of Quaker City, Ohio passed away on Monday, November 10, 2025 at The Enclave at Barnesville. She was born on November 24, 1934 in Canton, Ohio to the late Howard and Mary (Sayre) Kinsinger. Mary was a homemaker and an ordained minister. She enjoyed attending church when she was able. In […]
Kathy Lou Sechrest, 68 of Heath, Ohio passed away peacefully on Thursday, November 6, 2025 at her home. Kathy was born August 16, 1957 in Wheeling, West Virginia, a daughter of the late Lewis and Luetta Davis Trigg. Left behind to remember Kathy as the loving, sweet person she was, is her son, Matthew David […]
The Somerton Community Church will host a square dance and cake walk the evening of Nov. 22 at the Shady Lane Event Center, Barnesville, to benefit the six victims of an August oil well fire/explosion in Washington County.