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Those driving down Petersburg’s Virginia Avenue will have a little more art in their travels, thanks to the beautiful work of muralist Kelson Thorne and the America 250 Mural Project. The America 250 Mural Project was a statewide initiative in which all 55 counties could submit applications to receive a grant to fund an original piece of large-scale art in their community.

The Grant County Chamber of Commerce hosted a special Meet the Candidates event to introduce the community to local political candidates that will appear on the primary election ballots in May. The event opened with a presentation by the Grant County Volunteer Fire Association .

A county fi re levy is set to run on the May ballot, asking residents to approve a relatively minor tax rate increase to assist in funding all four local fi re departments. Deputy chief of the Petersburg Volunteer Fire Company, Hunter Whetzel spoke during the event and highlighted the need for a fi re levy. The levy is an effort to help bring funds to all four volunteer fi re departments in the county, including the Petersburg, Maysville, Mount Storm and Bayard volunteer fi re companies.

During last week’s reguarly scheduled meeting of the Petersburg City Council, a new municipal judge was sworn-in to offi ce.

Grace Ford, a graduate of Belmont University College of Law, took her oath of offi ce administered by mayor Gary Michael. Municipal judges preside over city courts, which have criminal jurisdiction when it comes to violations of city ordinances and similar criminal jurisdictions.