FAIRMONT — On Thursday evenings, Kyle Stevens drives to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints on Meadowdale Road. Stevens is in the Army National Guard, based with 201st field artillery regiment in Fairmont. He brings his guitar with him.

Stevens teaches guitar to veterans who gather at the church. He comes into one of the church’s rooms and sets up his teaching space.

A white board has last week’s lessons on it. It’s chords. He goes through his lesson plan in preparation, but only o

FAIRMONT — In her 70s, Rose Cousins snuck away from the family to do one thing.

“It was on her bucket list,” Judy Bussey, cousin to Rose, said. “She decided she wanted to do it it and so she made it happen. But she knew that she couldn’t tell the family. Because the family would say, ‘are you out your mind? You are 70 some years old. You crazy.’ But she would do that.”

Bussey, who considered Cousins more of an aunt than cousin, said that daredevil streak was what made Cousins who she was. It m

FAIRMONT — Kids with diagnoses such as ADHD and autism can now have their full potential unlocked now that a new clinic opened by two psychologists in the High Tech Park.

Claire Baniak and Jenna Wallace held an open house Wednesday for Unlocked Potential, their new clinic dedicated to serving child patients with neurodevelopmental disorders.

Both psychologists are experts in the neurodevelopmental field. Wallace’s specialty is in pediatric psychology. Neurodevelopment is the process of the bra

FAIRMONT — Prickett’s Fort is ready to come out of hibernation.

This weekend the fort will host its annual 18th Century Firearms and Accoutrements Show, which will feature weapons, tools and other frontier era products. The show will be at the fort from 12 noon to 6 p.m. on Friday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday. Tickets to the show are $3.

“People can look forward to a little taste of history,” Bill Schneider, one of the vendors, said. “A little taste of the 18th century and some 19th centur

FAIRMONT — Ten minutes before the proverbial buzzer, something went wrong for Marion County Technical Center junior Kristina Jean Spender.

She had shrimp sizzling over a butane flame.

“Everything was going good,” Abby Beveridge, senior, said. “Then the heat started gradually going down and we thought we were out of butane.”

The first thought in Spender’s head was, “dang.” She called the judges for more butane, but to her dismay, the issue wasn’t fuel for the stove. The burner itself was broke

DeVault and his wife invited a family friend on a three hour road trip to Ohio, where the moon’s shadow would travel across the earth’s surface, temporarily turning day to night.

“It’s something she had never seen,” DeVault said. “I was kind of amazed at her interest in it. She knew a lot about it and I said, ‘well, we need to get the total eclipse, that’s the big enchilada.’ And she was like, ‘oh my god, that’d be great.’”

It’s a special moment for DeVault as well, who believes this might be

FAIRMONT — Tea in the mid-19th century wasn’t just a commodity, it was an integral part of Chinese culture. It continues to play an important role in the different societies throughout Asia.

But tea also functioned as a lever on the fulcrum of history. Of such importance was tea to the factories of the UK during the Industrial Revolution, that the British Empire decided it was a good idea to get China addicted to opium just so the British could keep trading the drug for more tea.

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