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Petersburg Mayor Gary Michael awarded city employee Terry George with a symbolic key to the city for his 50 years of work with the city. He is the longest serving city employee in the town’s history.

Last week, the City of Petersburg held a special event to celebrate a city employee who has dedicated 50 years of work to the municipality. At just 18 years old, Terry E. George started his employment with the city as a trash collector in 1976. Since then he has done just about every job in town from fi xing water leaks and plowing snow to painting the pool and cleaning streets.

The Grant County Sheriff’s Department, headed by Sheriff Steve Wratchford, is working with the Grant County Commission to relocate the law enforcement’s evidence room out of the county’s magistrate courthouse and into the Grant County Courthouse. The discussion about the evidence room and the mold issues took place during the Jan. 13 meeting of the Grant County Commission, Currently, the evidence room is located in the downstairs of the Annex building, located near the traffic light at the intersection of Virginia Avenue and South Main Street. The annex building has been confirmed to have a mold issue that the county is currently working to address.

The Grant County Volunteer Fire Association, which includes the Bayard, Mount Storm, Maysville and Petersburg volunteer fi re companies, has released an informative fl ier on exactly how much the proposed fi re levy will cost each local taxpayer. The Grant County Fire Levy will run on the May 12 primary election ballot and is aimed at providing necessary funding to all four local volunteer fi re departments. The funding will address some of the growing issues faced by the companies, including the need to routinely purchase and replace expensive safety gear and airpacks.

A man from Hardy County was sentenced in circuit court last week after pleading guilty to soliciting a minor online. He received an indeterminate prison sentence and decades of extended supervision. Judge John H. Treadway Jr. sentenced Russell Lawrence Garrett to between two and 10 years in a state prison, followed by 50 years of extended supervision. Garrett can have two supervised visits with his children each week, but he cannot live with them after he is released.

Weather & Safety Update - January 26th

By: Clay Fritz

The weather this past week would not stop the Viking SMASH. No matter the weather, we wrestle! That was the message to the community and teams this week. The mats were rolled out, the work was done, and it was time for the show in Petersburg. Teams making the trip this year included: Elkins, Keyser, Pendleton, East Hardy, Moorefield, Hedgesville, Philip Barbour, Frankfort, and Hampshire.

By: Clay Fritz

After the high school finished their matches, it was time to showcase the next generation.  Middle School teams from Pendleton, East Hardy, Elkins, and Keyser joined the Vikings.