Mobile home fires cause injuries in Raleigh County
Two mobile homes caught fire Saturday in the Crab Orchard community, sending people to the hospital, a Raleigh County dispatcher said. The dispatcher said one home was already engulfed in flame by the...
View ArticleInmate escapes Huntington Work Release Center
An inmate at the Huntington Work Release Center allegedly escaped Saturday over a wall at the back lot of the facility, the center said in a news release. Jeffrey S. Spencer, 38, was in the center...
View ArticleStatehouse Beat: Party says room rentals not bipartisan enough
By Phil Kabler By its own bylaws, the West Virginia Municipal League is a "statewide, nonprofit, bipartisan association of cities, towns and villages," but some Democrats are complaining it's not as...
View ArticleFor Charleston dermatologist, skin care goes beyond Botox
By Carlee Lammers Tammy Keaton said one of her biggest worries was looking fake. "I didn't want to have the Kardashian look," she said, laughing. But she was self-conscious. The mother of three...
View ArticleJustice, 'marketer in chief,' pushes tourism, but big projects difficult
By David Gutman Three months after Jim Justice bought The Greenbrier out of bankruptcy in 2009, he leveraged his powers of persuasion and an old friendship to bring the PGA Tour to his resort, an...
View ArticleTwo Charleston Jewish congregations, long separate, may consolidate
By Lori Kersey Charleston has two distinct Jewish congregations that date back to the late 1800s. Temple Israel, on Kanawha Boulevard, is among the founding members of the Union for Reform Judaism. At...
View ArticleWoman fights kidney disease, defies all statistics
By By Madelyn Dwyer The Journal SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.Va. (AP) - Nieltge Gedney, a Shepherdstown resident, has been advocating for others her whole life, but when doctors told her she had less than a year...
View ArticleVolunteers clean up after violence on Milwaukee's north side
By By Gretchen Ehlke The Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) - Volunteers swept and picked up debris Sunday in a north Milwaukee neighborhood that was rocked by hours of late night violent unrest sparked...
View ArticleMan found dead in Cedar Grove
By Staff reports A passerby found the body of a man lying next to his all-terrain vehicle in eastern Kanawha County on Sunday, a Kanawha County Metro 911 dispatcher said. Someone traveling on Kellys...
View ArticleBoil-water advisories
The city of Ronceverte is under a boil-water advisory due to the repair of a main water line. The advisory affects all customers of the Ronceverte except for Squirrel Hill, Gypsy Heights, Academy...
View ArticleHerbert Hoover, Elkview football teams meet New Orleans Saints
By Jake Jarvis WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS - What does it take to get about a hundred high-school and middle-school boys up and awake before 6 a.m. on the weekend? Nothing short of a miracle. But a chance...
View ArticleScience industry, community donates to labs in flooded WV schools
By Ryan Quinn INSTITUTE - Piles of cardboard boxes fill the former research lab on West Virginia State University's campus, where the school has collected a smorgasbord of science donations for...
View ArticlePolice say Charleston man shot at vehicles, people
By Staff reports A Charleston man was arrested after police say he shot at multiple vehicles and people around Kanawha County Sunday morning, police said. Charles Whiting, 20, of Charleston, fired a...
View ArticleEscaped West Virginia work-release inmate caught in Ohio
By The Associated Press HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) - An inmate has been caught a day after escaping the Huntington Work Release Center. Media outlets report 38-yeJeffrey S. Spencer, 38, was captured early...
View ArticleAllegations mount against Raleigh doctor accused of unneeded surgeries
By Kate White A New York doctor has given sworn testimony that he witnessed his former colleague injure and kill patients by performing unnecessary medical procedures as director of Raleigh General...
View ArticlePutnam making minor school upgrades ahead of Wednesday start
By Laura Haight While school districts across the state have faced recent funding cuts and school closures, Putnam County Schools is doing just fine, officials say. Students will return to school...
View ArticleWVU health leaders want to expand opioid treatment
By Lydia Nuzum With six doctors, 12 therapists and a waiting list of more than 600 people, Dr. Rolly Sullivan's clinic serves as just one example of West Virginia's overwhelming need for treatment...
View ArticleTwo Kanawha County Schools to be closed Monday
Two Kanawha County Schools will be closed Monday due to no air conditioning. South Charleston High and Pratt Elementary will not have classes on Monday, according to robocalls from the district. South...
View ArticleInnerviews: Jet ski pioneer lures national races to Charleston
By Sandy Wells Vroom! Vroom! Vroom!This weekend, the visceral sound of powerful jet ski engines will echo along Kanawha Boulevard when the country's top jet ski racers, their pit crews and followers...
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