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The Mount Storm area churches will be having their 25th annual Trim A Tree program Sunday, Nov. 24, at the Mount Storm Methodist Church at 3 p.m.

The program will feature a guest speaker and special music. This year’s program will be in memory of Nadine and Billy Idleman.

Bows are still being sold. If you would like to buy one, you can get one in memory, encouragement, to honor someone or for a veteran (retired or active)

All proceeds help the local Toys for Tots, local food pantry and veteran programs.

Refreshments will be served after the program.

For more information call 304-693-7723.

A Baltimore man will be serving the next eight years in prison after being convicted of supplying “large quantities” of Fentanyl to the Grant and Hardy county areas.

Michael Anthony Matthews, age 35, of Baltimore, Md., was sentenced last week to 100 months in federal prison and three years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute fentanyl.

According to court documents and statements made in court, Matthews was a source of fentanyl in the Moorefield/Petersburg area of West Virginia. Matthews would supply large quantities of fentanyl from his home in Baltimore to others who would transport the drugs to West Virginia.

The Grant County Sheriff’s Department issued a concerning warning to the community following a needle being discovered in a child’s Halloween candy.

According to a report from the Grant County Sheriff’s Department, they received a call on Halloween night in regards to a local family that had been out trick-or-treating in Petersburg.

According to the family, they had been trick-or-treating from the Highland Avenue area over into the fi eld area around the Tri-County Fairgrounds. Upon going home, the father was checking over his children’s candy when he felt something sharp prick him when he pushed his hand into the bag.

When he pulled his hand out, he discovered a lancet that is commonly used for diabetic testing of the finger. The father then contacted the sheriff’s office and reported to the Grant Memorial Hospital emergency room for testing.

Admits to malicious assault, attempted murder charge dismissed

A Grant County man accused of brutally attacking a disabled woman has pleaded guilty to one count of malicious assault and could face between two to 10 years in prison for the crime.

Christopher Scott Hefner, 47, of 79 Humidity Lane, Cabins, was charged with both malicious assault and attempted murder last year, following an incident in which Hefner was seen by police attacking a female victim following their response to a reported domestic violence in Cabins.

According to police reports filed on the incident, on July 7, 2023, officers arrived at the residence and heard a man yelling from inside the home. When they approached the front porch, the officers observed a “male on top of a female hitting the female with a closed fist in the head and face area.

When the officers entered the home to stop the assault, they were able to detain Hefner and placed him in handcuffs.

The Grant County Clerk’s office is already reporting high turnout for the county just a few days into early voting. 

In-person early voting for the 2024 General Election began locally on Oct. 23 at the Grant County Courthouse in Petersburg. The ballot includes the nationally contentious presidential race between current Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump.

While presidential elections generally bring out a higher voter turnout rate, the West Virginia Secretary of State’s office has said this election appears to be the “highest it’s been in the last several elections.”

The Grant County Dog Pound is set to get a new round of updates and improvements thanks to a $28,500 grant from the Federation of Humane Organizations (FOHO) of West Virginia. 

The county received an award letter from the organization last week during their regularly scheduled County Commission meeting. 

 County administrator Michelle Sites explained that the county had not originally been awarded any funds from the grant application. However, after the program reconsidered multiple smaller county applications, Grant County was added to the winners’ list.

A deadly car accident claimed three lives this week when a truck collided head-on with a vehicle driven by a Grant County woman.

According to reporting by WHSV, Harrisonburg, Va., the collision happened in Frederick County on Sunday afternoon. 

The accident, which is currently being investigated by the Virginia State Police, occurred at 1:42 p.m. near the intersection of Wardensville Pike and Bushy Ridge Drive.

 The Petersburg City Council confirmed last week that this year’s Trick-or-Treat event will be held on Halloween night (Oct. 31) starting at 6 p.m.

The council asked that anyone interested in participating leave their porch lights on to let trick-or-treaters and their families know which households will be giving out sweets this year.

The announcement came during the council’s regularly scheduled Oct. 7 meeting.