RIPLEY - It doesn't take long when speaking to Main Street Ripley Director Paula Casto to figure out that she is passionate about the city of Ripley. She seemingly has more energy than three toddlers after a sugar rush."Ripley has all of the good things that small towns are made of and many advantages of larger cities. It...

RIPLEY - Ripley High School senior Tyler Pittenger garnered a Special Honorable Mention recognition as a Class AAA All State Baseball player and frosh Christopher Jordan plated Honorable Mention status as the West Virginia Sports Writers Association released the team info late last week.Pittenger finished with a team...

RIPLEY - Early last week the West Virginia Sports Writers Association released the Class AA All State squad and two Ravenswood High sluggers garnered recognition.Junior Devon Crews was named to the second team. Crews hit (.487) with four homeruns while driving in 38 RBIs and scoring 31 runs. Sophomore Thomas...

RIPLEY - The Ripley high School Viking football team has now had a little time to get to know their new head coach, David Tennant.Ripley’s 22nd head coach comes to the Vikings via two seasons at Eastern High (OH) and a short stint as an assistant at Ripley prior to that position.The Vikings are coming off...

RIPLEY - There's nothing quite like a good hot dog. Or, a good burger. Or, a good bratwurst.Especially when they are coming right off the grill.Some of the best are dished out by street vendors in metropolitan areas.Dan Davila has brought the flare of the big city sidewalks to quaint little Ripley on the...

VIENNA – Among the Mid Ohio Valley Sports Hall of Fame's Class of '13, three were women. All three are linked to Jackson County and were honored Saturday night at the Grand Pointe Conference and Reception Center during the induction banquet.One-time Ripley High Lady Viking softball and basketball great Ashli White...

MARIETTA – For Brad Titus and Quaseem Fields, it was a tune-up for the next level.For Dillon Gandee and Ryan Whytsell, it signaled the end. Those were the story lines for Jackson County’s four partipants in the 20th Annual Battle Against Cystic Fibrosis Ohio-West Virginia All-Star Football Classic played Friday...

RAVENSWOOD - Good players show up in big games. Kendall Bowen did just that for her First Federal Wildcat team as they beat Lloyds Electronics in the 2013 (9-12) Ravenswood Little League Softball Championship on May 31.Bowen wasn't alone in her actions. She had help from her teammates. Mykayla Smith led off the bottom of the...

RIPLEY – Jackson County Superintendent of Schools Blaine Hess has received a favorable evaluation from members of the Jackson County Board of Education. Hess is completing his seventh year as superintendent.The board completed its evaluation of Hess at its June 6, 2013 meeting. Following an evaluation...

RIPLEY - West Virginia’s oldest heritage fair, the Mountain State Art and Craft Fair (MSACF), will take place Thursday July 4 – Saturday July 6, at Cedar Lakes Conference Center in Ripley, WV. Celebrating its 50th year, the MSACF began in 1963 as part of West Virginia’s Centennial celebration. That year the fair...

Joshua Ronald Casto 36 of Kenna, WV passed away June 8, 2013 at Ruby Memorial Hospital following a long illness.

James Frank (Bo) Porter III, 62, of Palm Bay, Florida, passed away on June 7, 2013, at his residence.

RIPLEY – The Ripley High School baseball team was victorious in an 8-2 romp over Marietta High at Ray Swisher Field at Viking Park on Friday night. The scrimmage game brought the Vikes record to (1-1).Sophomore-to-be lefty Logan McCoy was particularly stingy on this night as he has been in his young Viking pitching...

INSTITUTE – When Daryl Hicks suits up for the South Cardinals on Saturday night in the annual WCHS-TV/FOX 11 North-South All-Star Football Classic, he will be playing for not only himself, but more importantly his older brother, David.A year ago, David Hicks had been chosen for the annual contest that brings together...

RIPLEY - The season began with a positive energy and an infectious enthusiasm earlier this spring for the Ripley High Softball team. The squad was coming off of a 17 win season a year ago and while the team lost four seniors from last season, there was an abundance of talent in the middle school pipeline to help ease that burden for...