The National Merit Scholarship Corporation announced the names of more than 16,000 Semifinalists in the 2025 National Merit Scholarship Program on September 11, 2024. That[Read More…]
Author: Ron Allen
Frank Searls’ 90th Birthday Party Like None Other
F.D. Searls (left) was pleased that his father Frank Searls (right) was caught by surprise by the special occasion. Franklin Searls came to church dressed[Read More…]
Basic Bible: Daniel Sees Future Kingdoms
Daniel 8:19-26 The vision before us was seen by Daniel in the third year of the reign of Belshazzar (550 B.C.). Daniel would see the[Read More…]
Putnam County Music Educator Named 2025 WV Teacher of the Year
On Tuesday, September 10, the West Virginia Board of Education (WVBE) and the West Virginia Department of Education (WVDE) named Seth Skiles, a Rock Branch[Read More…]
COUNTY COMMISSION NEWS:Putnam Commission Recognizes Service of Former Commissioner
The first item listed on the agenda for the September 10, Putnam County Commission meeting, “Recognition of Harold Brown, Retired Putnam County Commissioner,” puzzled me.[Read More…]
Putnam County Republicans Hold Headquarters Grand Opening
Kris Warner, candidate for Secretary of State, addresses party leaders at GOP Headquarters Grand Opening. The Putnam County Republican Party recently held the grand opening[Read More…]
Gibson Reunion Held at Family Ancestral Site
The descendants of Calvery and Lucretia Gibson held their annual family reunion on Sunday, September 15, at the Bethel Baptist Church Activities Building on Hurricane[Read More…]
Basic Bible: Daniel Prophesies the Son of Man
Daniel 7:9-14 The first six chapters of Daniel is a chronology of events which transpired over a seventy year period that serves as a record[Read More…]
Putnam County Homecoming Ongoing Tradition Since 1929
The James E. Marshall American Legion Post 187 leads the Putnam Homecoming Parade on Sunday, September 8th. The Putnam County Homecoming began as a community[Read More…]
Hurricane Council Recognizes State Fair Winner
The September 3 Hurricane City Council meeting was recognition time for State Fair Fruitcake winner Bob Anderson. Bob Anderson, 96, began making fruitcakes more than[Read More…]