Buffey to be freed after Supreme Court finds prosecutors acted improperly
By David Gutman After serving nearly 15 years in prison for a rape that another man was later convicted of, Joseph Buffey, whose appeal of his case set a new precedent in West Virginia criminal law,...
View ArticleCabell school board to vote on personnel layoffs, transfers
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) - The Cabell County Board of Education will consider several personnel layoffs and transfers at a special meeting. The Herald-Dispatch reports board members will vote Tuesday on...
View ArticleAt hearing, speakers sharply divided over WV abortion bill
By Eric Eyre The West Virginia Legislature's push to ban the most common second-trimester abortion procedure drew strong praise from anti-abortion activists Monday, while abortion rights supporters...
View ArticleSenate weighs moving ahead on nominee for FDA commissioner
By By Mary Clare Jalonick The Associated Press WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama's nominee to head the Food and Drug Administration will be a step closer to confirmation if the Senate votes to...
View ArticleTanker spill reported in Boone County
By Staff reports VAN, W.Va. -- State and local officials were on the scene Monday evening of a tanker truck spill along W.Va. 85 in Boone County. The incident in the Bull Creek area near Van was...
View ArticleState senator resists Sunday sessions
By Phil Kabler A state senator and ordained minister said Monday he's considering going to court to block the Senate from meeting this Sunday, saying such sessions violate his freedom of religion....
View ArticleCapito tours Charleston eating disorder center
By Elaina Sauber Coinciding with National Eating Disorder Awareness Week, Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., toured the state's most comprehensive eating disorder treatment facility on Monday. The...
View ArticleBill could increase counties' textbook selection options
By Ryan Quinn In a nearly unanimous vote, the West Virginia House of Delegates passed Monday a state Department of Education-requested bill that proponents say would give counties more flexibility in...
View ArticleMilton man pleads guilty to child porn charge
By Staff reports HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Milton man pleaded guilty Monday to possession of more than 600 child pornography images, and faces up to 20 years in federal prison. Mark Allen Angle, 47,...
View ArticleHouse panel rejects smoking ban repeal bill
By Eric Eyre With Republicans joining Democrats, state lawmakers killed the first of a series of expected bills that aim to repeal and weaken smoking bans across West Virginia. By a 12-10 vote,...
View ArticleBeloved Hurricane horse dies at 27
By Laura Haight Hurricane's living landmark, Nugget the horse, will no longer be roaming his pasture next to the Wave Pool on Teays Valley Road. Nugget, a Morgan horse with Palomino coloring, died...
View ArticleHealth Plan CEO talks growth, expansion of company
By Lydia Nuzum When Jim Pennington returned to his home state, he knew the company he planned to lead needed to do the same. "When I came in, I felt that I was coming back to West Virginia and making...
View ArticleOhio County school board selects new superintendent
By Ryan Quinn Ohio County's school board Monday night offered a Wheeling-area elementary school principal a job as its new superintendent. The board voted 4-1 to enter contract negotiations with...
View ArticleSenate to vote Tuesday on tobacco tax hike
By Phil Kabler Legislation to raise the state's cigarette tax from the current 55 cents to $1.55 a pack (SB 420) will be up for a passage vote in the Senate Tuesday, despite facing uncertain odds in...
View ArticleDEA agents raid Charleston neurologist's office for medical records
By Kate White At least 64 patients under the medical care of Charleston neurologist Dr. Iraj Derakhshan died from overdose between 2010 and 2015, a federal drug enforcement agent wrote in a request to...
View ArticleSouth Charleston man killed, 2 injured in Sissonville crash
One person was killed and two others were injured in a Sissonville area crash, a Kanawha County Metro 911 dispatcher said. The report of the two-vehicle collision, at the intersection of Rocky Fork...
View ArticleAfter child gets rare disorder, family fights for research, awareness
By Lori Kersey It was the delayed speech that Dave and Elise Esposito noticed first. Their daughter, Keira, was talking at 3 years old, but not as much as other kids her age. Doctors attributed the...
View ArticleAll northbound lanes of Interstate 77 reopen after truck fire
By Staff reports The fast and middle lanes of Interstate 77 northbound were closed around the 98 and 99 mile markers after a tractor-trailer caught fire this morning, according to a Kanawha County...
View ArticleWest Virginia professor speaking to Congress this week
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) - A West Virginia University professor who has been researching the experience of black soldiers in World War I will speak to Congress about the time period's similarities to...
View ArticleAround WV: Feb. 23, 2016
By Erin Beck In Around West Virginia today: a Clarksburg woman allegedly urinates on a police officer, the House votes to remove the time limit for sexual abuse civil cases, and a warrant is issued...
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