Clay County’s youth needs YOU!
By Betty Gandee Are you a Future Farmer of America (FFA) former member? Do you have a special skill that could relate? Do you enjoy helping the youth and your community? Then the FFA Alumni Association needs YOU! The idea for this type of organization has been tossed around before, but never could get off the ground. With the help from the community so many could benefit from this More...
Lions Club Basket Bingo upcoming
This knife will be available at the Lions Club Basket Bingo on May 4, 2018! We will be printing one knife each week until the bingo. Everyone is welcome to attend. More...
Love is all you need
By Betty Gandee Picturerd is Megan with her loving adoptive family which includes Kristy, Jason, Drew, and Austin Belt along, with the later picture with husband Larry Harold More...
Lizemore Elementary students incubate and hatch baby chicks
By Sherry WalkerIt has been a exciting week in Mrs. Rebekah Holcomb’s first grade classroom at Lizemore Elementary School. Baby chicks have been incubating for 21 days More...
Clay County Clean Up a success
The Clay County Solid Waste Authority and REAP hosted the annual Clay County Clean Up this past Saturday. This is an event many in the county look forward to each and every year More...
Lady Panthers looking for wins
Kylie Koch (left) and Gracie Johnson (right) kick off the games. Allen Hamrick photo. For whatever reason in the cosmos, Lady Panthers softball has had a tough year to say the More...
CCHS track still melting asphalt
Celina Humphrey setting a pace on the 1600 meter. Allen Hamrick photo. Earl Jarrett kicking on the after burners. Allen Hamrick photo. Well, it’s official now – there More...
Dundon opens up for Little League season
Setting up for the gun down. Allen Hamrick photo. It’s all about determination. Allen Hamrick photo. It was hot and dusty, just the right ingredients for baseball and softball More...
CCHS girls track team places second in Ice Invitational
Hannah Casto stretching the hamstrings on the 100 meter dash. Allen Hamrick photo. The CCHS track team is in the news again at the Chup Robinson Classic held in Glenville. It More...
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BRAXTON COUNTY CLAY COUNTY NICHOLAS COUNTY...Reba Lee Neal Shaffer
Reba Lee Neal Shaffer, 99, passed away peacefully on April 7, 2018. She was born in Indore, Clay County, on August 11, 1918 to the late Alexander (Dodd) and Maggie Neal, who both preceded her in death. More...
Ramona Ross Morton..
Ramona Ross Morton passed away April 7, 2018 at Clay Health Care Center in Ivydale. Per her wishes she was cremated. Friends and family are invited to a Celebration of Life for More...
James Claude Hamrick..
James Claude Hamrick, 83, of London, went home to be with his Lord and Savior Thursday, April 5, 2018, after an extended illness. Born August 30, 1934, in Putney, WV, he was More...
Dallas Floyd Nicholas..
Dallas Floyd Nicholas, 52, of Elkridge, MD, entered into rest Sunday, April 1, 2018. Born September 2, 1965, in Albion, NY, he was the son of Eva Jewel (Adkins) Nicholas of Lakin More...
Lizemore Elementary students incubate and hatch baby chicks
By Sherry WalkerIt has been a exciting week in Mrs. Rebekah Holcomb’s first grade classroom at Lizemore More...
Bullying in our schools, a rising problem
By Betty Gandee With the surge in social media sites and its popularity among young people, it is no surprise that..Local residents work with Clay Middle School After-School Band
By Tracy Wayne On most Monday evenings, you can follow your ears down to the basement of Clay Middle School. Tucked..‘Salt & Sonshine’
Some time ago I was asked by a reader what the title of “Salt & Sonshine” meant. That is a good a good More...
He loves you anyway
There are many people who are under the impression that they must clean up their act before they could ever More...
Two Ways To Meet God
In the days in which we live we hear it said that there are many ways to heaven. Even many Christian denominations declare that there are many ways and means by which we can get to heaven and eternal life. That is called deception for there are only two ways..The Ministry
If you are a child of God then you in some capacity are in the ministry of Jesus Christ. He told every who followed Him to share the good news of the Gospel. God did not call you to do what you could not do. He did not call you to be..First Blood
Who shed the first blood in the Bible? Did you guess God? Genesis 3:21 says, “Unto Adam also and to his wife did the Lord God make coats of skins, and clothed them.” When God rested on the 7th day of creation, he saw everything he had made was good. Adam..Echo from the Hills
April showers bring May flowers, but what does April snow bring? According to my late mother, who was a fount of wisdom, April snow brings babies. Also, April snow water was a good remedy for burns. As for the babies. I wonder now if you rubbed April snow on your skin,..The cold, rainy days of March seem to have bled over into the usually warmer days of April, with more rain and cloudy skies. Some folks have remarked that this has been the wettest March that they can remember, and it seems that way. We look forward to the March winds to More...
Courthouse News – February 22, 2018
Tuesday, February 27th, 2018 Docket Schedule for Magistrate: Boggs, Jeffrey W. 09:00 AM, State v. Eric Dale Smith, Preliminary Hearing, Strangulation..