Advocates for child abuse victims concerned about "religious freedom" bill
By Erin Beck People who work to prevent child abuse and help abuse victims in West Virginia are concerned that a bill up for a final vote in the Legislature on Wednesday could be used to justify child...
View ArticleWV House passes unemployment fund bill
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - West Virginia lawmakers have passed a bill to move up to $50 million from reserves into the state's troubled unemployment fund. The House of Delegates cleared the bill by a...
View ArticleWood County woman acquitted after stepping between dog, trooper
By Kate White A Wood County woman, charged with obstruction after stepping in front of a State Police trooper who had his gun pointed at her dog, was acquitted by a jury this week. It took jurors...
View ArticleWV Senate amends 'religious freedom' bill to add civil rights protections
By Erin Beck After several attempts failed earlier this year, West Virginia lawmakers on Tuesday finally amended a "religious freedom" bill in a way they hope will prevent it from being used to...
View ArticleOklahoma man indicted, accused of killing fellow federal inmate
By Staff reports An inmate at the U.S. Penitentiary at Hazelton on Tuesday was indicted on a charge of first-degree murder in the death of a fellow prisoner. Marricco Sykes, 36, is alleged to have...
View ArticleChesapeake Energy ex-CEO McClendon indicted
By The Associated Press Aubrey McClendon, the former chief executive of Chesapeake Energy Corp., has been indicted for conspiring to rig bids to buy oil and natural gas leases in northwest Oklahoma....
View ArticleWest Virginia bills hit crossover day deadline
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - A coal tax break and higher fees to fix roads are among the West Virginia bills facing a deadline to stay alive. Wednesday is the last day in the legislative session for a...
View ArticleAround WV: March 2, 2016
By Erin Beck In Around West Virginia today: drug treatment for addicts in prison, enrollment declining at community colleges, a woman in the running for WVU Mountaineer, and more. n The House of...
View ArticleFreedom's Farrell gets OK for Florida trip
By Ken Ward Jr. A federal judge on Wednesday gave former Freedom Industries President Dennis Farrell permission to travel to Florida before he spends 30 days in jail for pollution crimes related to...
View ArticleChesapeake ex-CEO dead - 1 day after being indicted
By From staff, wire reports Aubrey McClendon, the controversial former CEO of Chesapeake Energy Corp., died Wednesday in a car crash in Oklahoma City, just one day after he was indicted for allegedly...
View ArticleBen Carson says 'no path forward' in his bid for White House
By By BILL BARROW Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson said he is effectively ending his bid for the White House Wednesday, concluding a roller-coaster campaign that...
View ArticleSons of Confederate Veterans to gather in Martinsburg
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. (AP) - Despite having been barred from marching down Martinsburg's streets, West Virginia's Sons of Confederate Veterans members say they will gather in the city and celebrate...
View ArticleEPA questions water rule changes pending in Senate
By Ken Ward Jr. As a pair of water quality changes sought by the coal industry moves through the Legislature, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is cautioning state regulators that it believes...
View ArticlePolice to ramp up seat belt enforcement
By Staff reports Beginning Friday, law enforcement agencies will be stepping up enforcement again with "Click it Or Ticket" campaign. The Metro Valley Highway Safety Program, along with the Governor's...
View ArticleParkersburg to study audit after ethics complaints dismissed
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (AP) - Parkersburg officials are preparing to meet with state auditors to discuss the recent investigation into the city's finances in the wake of a controversy surrounding the...
View ArticleHouse targets pain clinics that skirt rules
By Eric Eyre Pain clinics are taking extraordinary steps to dodge state regulations that aim to slow the proliferation of prescription narcotics in West Virginia, according to state health officials....
View ArticleMooney among few against renaming post office for Angelou
By CQ-Roll Call (TNS) WASHINGTON - Rarely do the renaming of United States post offices receive backlash on the House floor, but the one for poet and civil rights leader Maya Angelou did on Tuesday....
View ArticleWV Senate kills 'religious freedom' bill
By Erin Beck After weeks of contentious debate between LGBT rights supporters and social conservatives, the West Virginia Senate rejected the Religious Freedom Protection Act. House Bill 4012,...
View ArticleMission Savvy downtown cafe to close April 1
By Elaina Sauber After nearly five years, Mission Savvy owner Jennifer Miller is closing the vegan cafe and juice bar in downtown Charleston to pursue what she says is a higher calling. Keeping...
View ArticleMan gets up to 15 years in downtown bouncer shooting
By Kate White According to prosecutors, two men shot bouncer Jimmy Beasley at a downtown Charleston nightclub in 2014. But on Wednesday, one of the men was handed a much stiffer sentence than the...
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