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Chamber Banquet Speaker Selected
At Wednesday’s Barnesville Chamber of Commerce president John Rataiczak announced the name of the 2026 Spring Banquet keynote speaker Michael Schuster,FAIA, president of MSA Design in Cincinnati.
Steed Family Tradition: Sharing Halloween Fun With Community
Since 2019, Fran and Jason Steed, along with other family members, have transformed their home on N. Arch St. into a spooktacular Halloween display with games, prizes, and candy.
Becky Wehr Celebrated as a SilverSneakers® Member of the Year Finalist
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.
An Appalachian Mile in His Shoes
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 […]
Barnesville School District Working to Achieve STEAM Designation
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.
Out with Fall, In with ‘St. Nick”
Barnesville Cemetery workers were busy Monday afternoon adding lighted wreaths to the decorative street lights downtown Barnesville.
State Theater Gains Movie Screen
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.
Benefit Dance for Well Fire Victims
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.
Pennyroyal Opera House Features Larry Stephenson Band
The Pennyroyal Opera House will host the Larry Stephenson Band on Nov. 21.