Bridgeport, WV

The high school football season is finally underway. All four teams were in action this past weekend with Bridgeport, Robert C. Byrd, and South Harrison posting up game one wins. The Indians blanked Buckhannon-Upshur 68 to nothing at Wayne Jamison Field. The Tribe sustained damage to their facility due to the flooding that took place […]

The Harrison County athletes in the spotlight this week are Bridgeport’s Gabe Martin and Robert C. Byrd’s Isiah Heflin. Indian running back Gabe Martin led his team to an opening win over Buckhannon-Upshur Friday. Martin picked up 199 yards on 10 carries with a pair of touchdowns. Flying Eagle quarterback Isiah Heflin helped his squad […]

BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. — Police arrested one person in Taylor County connected to a multi-county pursuit. Police launched the pursuit in Bridgeport around 7:10 a.m. near the intersection of Tolley Drive and Lodgeville Road. The pursuit continued on Route 50 to Main Street and eventually ended in Taylor County. Investigators apprehended suspect in Taylor County. No…

By Stephen Smoot “You could hear the trees crackling in Simpson Creek as the water was coming towards our school and our field,” remembered Bridgeport High School Principal Renee Matthews about this month’s recent flooding of the campus. “It just rolled in,” she said. “By 6:10 we were under two feet of water. Bridgeport High […]

BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. –– The body of an adult male was found at the I-79 northbound rest area in Harrison County over the weekend, according to police in Bridgeport. Officials at Harrison-Taylor 911 said the call came in at 5:45 p.m. Sunday, and the adult male is believed to be a local resident. No names have…

By Stephen Smoot As the Harrison County Economic Development Corporation readies for its August 26 Annual Meeting in Clarksburg, it shared updates on critical projects for the area. First, the new terminal at North Central West Virginia Airport in Bridgeport will open soon after the completion of a $3.3 million job to pave the adjacent […]

BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. — Deputies from the Harison County Sheriff’s Department confiscated dangerous drugs during a routine traffic stop over the weekend. Deputies stopped a vehicle driven by Nicholas Jachelski, 49, because they knew he was driving with a revoked license while patrolling the Main Street area of town. After a K-9 unit gave a positive…

BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. — State Senator Ben Queen, Harrison-R, 12, has been appointed to serve on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s newly revitalized Local Government Advisory Committee (LGAC). The LGAC is made up of state and local officials that work to advance the agency’s mission of protecting the environment. Queen is one of 13 new appointments…