Bulletin Board: June 3, 2016
The St. Albans Historical Society will be having an open house from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at their museum at 404 Fourth Ave. in St. Albans, adjacent to the C&O Depot. The town of Pratt will...
View ArticleWV middle-schoolers investigate mock murder
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Several dozen middle school students from Mason and Wayne counties are expected for a crime scene investigation event Friday at Marshall University. Marshall says about 38 students...
View ArticleAround WV: June 3, 2016
By Jennifer Gardner In Around West Virginia: A Vietnam veteran receives his Purple Heart after almost 50 years, two West Virginia banks announce a merger, and more. n Appalachian Power Company...
View ArticleState Fair of West Virginia advance tickets on sale
LEWISBURG, W.Va. - The box office is open for the State Fair of West Virginia, which runs Aug. 12 to 21 in Lewisburg. Discounts are available on admission tickets, and concert tickets are available...
View ArticleFitzpatrick waives extradition, will be brought back to WV to face charges
A Kentucky teenager accused in the killing of longtime coal company executive Ben Hatfield has waived extradition and will be brought to West Virginia to face charges. Brandon Fitzpatrick waived...
View ArticleTomblin to veto WV budget bill
By Phil Kabler Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin will veto what his office called an "irresponsible" budget bill passed Thursday by the West Virginia Legislature. "The governor thinks it's an irresponsible plan...
View ArticleProblem affects Mason AT&T customers making 911 calls
By Staff reports AT&T Wireless is having trouble processing 911 calls in northern Mason County, which is affecting residents' ability to report emergencies, officials say. AT&T Wireless is...
View ArticleWest Virginia ACLU director to leave post
By Staff reports The director of the American Civil Liberties Union of West Virginia says she is leaving for "other opportunities." An interim director, who was formerly a board member, started this...
View ArticleTry This partners talk progress at third conference
By Lydia Nuzum BUCKHANNON - When the IGA in Alderson closed its doors in February of 2015, a small town rallied around a big idea - start their own grocery store. Fritz Boettner recalls what started...
View ArticleManager: Charleston Moose losing $1,000 per month over road work
By Jared Casto Berry Wood, the manager of the Charleston Moose Lodge, says his business has lost $1,000 a month since a maintenance project on Kanawha Boulevard between East Avenue and Daniel Boone...
View ArticleThings to do today: June 4, 2016
AARON FISHER: 7 p.m. Free. Bluegrass Kitchen, 1600 Washington St., E. Call 304-346-2871. CARPENTER ANTS with LARRY AND SANDRA GROCE: 7 p.m. Adults $5. Kids 12 and under $3. Blues, soul, gospel. Jerry...
View ArticleCorporate Cup veteran looks back as this year's contest begins
By Jared Casto In 1996, Joanna Tabit's Corporate Cup team, the Steptoe and Johnson law firm, lost their first game in the Kanawha Valley's Corporate Cup's double elimination softball tournament....
View ArticleBail lowered for man charged in WV Senate candidate's beating
By Eric Eyre A Logan County judge has reduced the bail for a man accused of brutally beating Democratic state Senate candidate Richard Ojeda during a political cookout last month. Jonathan Porter, 41,...
View ArticleWV Republicans silent as Trump attacks judge over ethnicity
By David Gutman West Virginia's leading Republicans, who have endorsed Donald Trump for president, have nothing to say about Trump's race-fueled attacks on a federal judge. Trump has spent much of the...
View ArticleNew coal camp exhibit opens in Bramwell
BRAMWELL, W.Va. - An exhibit exploring the lives of families in the early coalfields has opened in Bramwell. The Bluefield Daily Telegraph reports that the exhibit, "Outside the Mine: Daily Life in a...
View ArticleWVSU email accounts 'compromised' earlier this year
By Jake Jarvis Two-dozen student email addresses at West Virginia State University were "compromised" earlier this year, but the students weren't told that someone else might have gotten into their...
View ArticleWV Supreme Court rules woman should have had trial over land in Yeager project
By Kate White A woman whose family land was taken for Yeager Airport construction should have been able to tell a jury what she thought the land was worth, the Supreme Court said Friday. Loretta Lynn...
View ArticleFayette County couple tried to sell infant child, deputies say
By David Gutman A Fayette County couple has been arrested and charged with attempting to sell a 3-month-old child, hoping to make $500 to $1,000, Fayette County law enforcement said. Ashley Nichole...
View ArticleMuhammad Ali, boxing champion and global good-will ambassador, dies at 74
By By Matt Schudel and Bart Barnes The Washington Post Muhammad Ali, the charismatic three-time heavyweight boxing champion of the world and Olympic gold medalist who transcended the world of sports...
View ArticlePSC facade work expected to be done late this year
By Lori Kersey Repairs to the West Virginia Public Service Commission's building are expected to be done by the end of this year, more than three years after an architectural report said the...
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