Alleghany 66, Parry McCluer 12; Alleghany 57, Giles 18. The Cougars went to Buena Vista Wednesday and swept a tri-match with Parry McCluer and Giles, improving to 6-1 in dual matches on the year.

Editor, The Recorder, Let me paint a picture. Imagine being welcomed into a family — not by blood, but by trust, shared values, and commitment. You show up, and you give your time, your energy, and ...

Editor, The Recorder, At the board meeting of Dec. 11, the Highland board voted unanimously to give $15,391 to county employees in the form of across-the-board Christmas bonuses. Honestly, I wasn’t ...

A trio of Bath County football players has been named to the Class 1, All-Region C team released last week. Charger senior Ethan Bryant was selected to the team as a first-team kick returner and a ...

The flag corps for the Bath County High School marching band attempted to keep warm before the parade by keeping in perfect sync as they went through their routine. (Recorder file photo) Editor’s note ...

The road to D-1 baseball has been a little crooked for Hunter DePriest. Arm issues limited his innings on the mound in his senior year at Alleghany, and since then Tommy John surgery has slowed his ...

Steven Lewis Vess, 67, of Iron Gate, died Friday, Dec. 12, 2025, at his residence. Steve was born Feb 28, 1958, in Clifton ...

There’s no place like home.” And with those five simple words, Dorothy and Toto were whisked away from the magical dreamscape of Oz and Emerald City and back to the monochrome world of her home on the ...

The family of Barbara Huffman Charlton of New Castle is saddened to announce her passing on Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025, at the age of 80. Born Aug. 24, 1945, Barbara was the second child of Eugene ...

Paul Harris Fellow recipients, members of the Covington-Hot Springs Rotary Club, were recognized Thursday, Dec. 11, during the club’s final meeting. From left, are Bill Wilson, Allan Tucker, Rotary ...

Editor, The Recorder, The shooting of two unarmed Venezuelan boat survivors sticks in the craw of most people. One account, from a U.S. senator who had seen the video, speaks of two men on a piece of ...

James Daymond Lewis Jr., known to all simply as Daymond, left this world Friday, Dec. 5, 2025, at the Virginia Salem Medical Center in Salem, surrounded by those that loved him, leaving behind a ...