Neptune Recaptures King Pumpkin Crown
New Concord’s Bill Neptune claimed the King Pumpkin Title Wednesday night at the 2025 Barnesville Pumpkin Festival Weigh Off.
Festival Business Window Display Contest Winners
Businesses and volunteers decorated the Barnesville retail windows. The categories for judging were: Antiques/Collectibles, Fall Display, Royalty, Retail Merchants, and Best of Show. The first place in each category and the Best of Show award were presented with trophies. Second and third places received ribbons. Judging took place on Tuesday evening. Main Street Barrel House, […]
Pumpkin Festival Weigh Off Livestream Broadcast
The official weigh in of the Barnesville Pumpkin Festival will be livestreamed on the Belmont County Tourism Council Facebook page. The broadcast is a a production of JB Digital Media.
Pumpkin Tab Available Online
The 72-page 2025 Barnesville Pumpkin Festival Tab is available online on the festival’s official website.
Committee Brings Pumpkin Market to Pumpkin Festival
The Barnesville Pumpkin Festival’s new Pumpkin Market is ready for visitors to explore vendors and children’s activities.
Visitors may find this Pumpkin Market in the East Main Street parking lot between Avenues of Barnesville and Cheffy Drugs.
Barnesville Schools: October Menus Released
Barnesville Schools Director of Food and Nutrition, Brian Saner, shared the October breakfast and lunch menus. Remember that all students can eat breakfast and lunch for free this year. Extras are available for an additional charge.
BHS Musical Round One: Bracket #4
During the chamber choir class, Music Instructor Devin Blair announces the winners for bracket #4. Round One to determine this year’s high school musical has been completed.
Pumpkin Daily Delights: Wednesday’s Festival Highlights
Here are Pumpkin Festival highlights for Wednesday, September 24.
Kathryn Lenore Stafford
Kathryn Lenore Stafford, age 81 of Sebring, passed away at Crandell Medical Center on Tuesday, September 23, 2025. Kathryn was born in Greenville, Pennsylvania, on October 20, 1943, to the late J. D. Murray and Marion (Sweet) McLean. Kathryn was employed by Minerva Local Schools as an elementary teacher for 33.5 years. She was a […]
Veterans Honored at Quilts of Valor Presentation
On Monday night in the Barnesville Middle School Gymnasium, the Ohio Valley Quilts of Valor honored twenty-two veterans, awarding each with a handmade quilt at the Eyes of Freedom Opening Ceremony. The mission of the Quilts of Valor Foundation is to cover all combat service members and veterans touched by war with comforting and healing […]