Hillsboro, WV

Lee Preston McLaughlin Jr., 77, of Charles Town, passed away Saturday, October 24, 2026, at Berkeley Medical Center in Martinsburg. Born October 22, 1949, in Hillsboro, he was the son of the late Preston and Cleatrice McLaughlin. Lee was a member and Deacon of Elk Branch Presbyterian Church. He was a 1968 graduate of Hillsboro […]

Emily Castilleja, Hillsboro Librarian More Than Books: What Librarians bring home from WVLA Conference Several of our librarians recently had the opportunity to attend the West Virginia Library Association (WVLA) conference, and while we certainly came home with plenty of ideas, we also came home with something just as valuable, a renewed sense of what […]

Edward Lear Riley, 85, of Hillsboro, passed away Tuesday, October 13, 2026. Born at Arbovale, he was a son of the late June W. and Ruth Flynn Riley. Ed was a graduate of Green Bank High School. He graduated from Potomac State College with a degree in Agriculture and from West Virginia University with a […]

The following hearings were recently held in Pocahontas County Circuit Court before the Honorable Judge Robert E. Richardson: Jeffrey Thomas Rose, 30, of Hillsboro, and his defense counsel have filed a written plea agreement with the court. The trial that was set for October 21 was removed from the docket. A plea hearing will be […]

Thursday, October 18, 1951 HILLSBORO Friends and relatives by the hundreds gathered at the fine old country estate of J. Moffett and Rachel Edgar McNeel Friday night, October 12. The occasion was the 35th anniversary of their wedding. A family gathering was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred McNeel in honor of […]

Wilma Ann McMillion Walker, 81, of Hillsboro, suddenly passed away Sunday, October 11, 2026, at her home. Born January 7, 1945, at Spring Creek Station, she was a daughter of the late Samuel Callison McMillion and Stella Ray Dixon McMillion. Ann was an honor graduate of Frankford High School, the first year of the consolidation […]

Hillsboro High School in Hillsboro, W.Va. was the successor of the Latin Grammar School and the Academy. The district high school was established by an order of the Board of Education of the Little Levels District in March, 1911. This splendid new building opened in September, 1912, ready for both grade and high school students. […]