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Earlier this month, a stolen vehicle incident that started in Hardy County made its way onto the roadways of Grant County ending in a crash and arrest. On Dec. 11, an offi cer with the West Virginia State Police received information about a stolen truck from Hardy County being spotted in Grant County. The offi cer begin to travel towards South Mill Creek Road, following other units responding to the call. The caller told dispatch that the vehicle had pulled onto Crites Village Road and was possibly heading towards Elk Horn Road.

A Pendleton County man, charged in a 2023 overdose death of Miranda Henderson is set to return to circuit court early next year. A pretrial conference has been scheduled in the case of Adam Gregory Keller. Keller, 32, faces several felony charges. These include murder, delivery of a controlled substance resulting in death, and delivery of a controlled substance as a repeat offense. Court records state the alleged offense happened around December 2, 2023.

Last week, Grant County Schools superintendent Mitch Webster and schools facility director Brent Nelson traveled to Charleston to attend a School Building Authority (SBA) meeting in which the agency would be awarding $49 million for school needs. A total of 31 counties submitted requests during this SBA funding cycle, overall asking for approximately $170 million. The submission from Grant County was for $5 million for a renovation and update project that will modernize Petersburg High School out of the 1960s.

The Grant County Sheriff’s Department arrested a Florida man last week after he was seen driving at over 100 mph and later crashing into a fence. James Rubin Holton, 26, of Jacksonville, Fla., was arrested on Dec. 18 for fleeing in a vehicle with reckless regard. The incident occurred at approximately 7:25 a.m. Lt. Lambert of the sheriff’s offi ce was conducting a road patrol on West Virginia Route 42 near Veterans Lane when he observed a vehicle driving northbound at a speed that appeared to exceed the posted speed limit of 55 mph.

The jury trial for Lawrence “Grasshopper” Puffenbarger, which had been scheduled to begin last week in Hampshire County Circuit Court, has been rescheduled.

The Petersburg Lady Vikings capped off their Tip-Off Tournament in dominant fashion Saturday night, rolling past Pendleton County 80–33 to claim the 2025 tournament championship on their home fl oor. Petersburg advanced directly to the title game after Union was unable to travel due to weather conditions. Pendleton County earned its spot after a hard-fought win over Moorefi eld Friday night.

By Clay Fritz

A quick turnaround back to Keyser for the team this week as they traveled back north on Wednesday the 17th for a quad match along with Northern Garrett and Mt. Ridge. The Vikings matched up with the Huskies of Northern for the fi rst dual of the night.