Crash kills Mason teenager
By Staff reports POINT PLEASANT - Police say speed was a factor in a one-vehicle accident that killed a Mason County teenager Sunday afternoon. Sarah Ebert, 18, of Letart, was probably speeding when...
View ArticleHeat wave expected to continue through Tuesday
By Staff reports After six straight days of temperatures above 90 degrees and similar days expected, the Charleston area is in the midst of its longest heat wave of the summer, meteorologists say....
View ArticleBikers rally to create special memories for Huntington child
By By Malcolm Walton The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - For Patricia David, seeing her 12-year-old son with cerebral palsy struggle to get around never gets easier.However, thanks to three local...
View ArticleStudents to learn water conservation at Fayette festival
By The Associated Press BECKLEY, W.Va. - About 300 Fayette County elementary school children will learn about water conservation, water science and aquatic life at the fifth annual Fayette County...
View ArticleSigns of Russia positioning to enter Syria conflict raises US concerns
By By Vladimir Isachenkov The Associated Press MOSCOW - Signs of an ongoing Russian military buildup in Syria have drawn U.S. concerns and raised questions of whether Moscow plans to enter the...
View ArticleTourism conference comes to Charleston this week
By Kelsey Thomas More than 200 tourism professionals are expected to converge in Charleston for the Southeast Tourism Society's Fall Forum today through Thursday.This is the first time the Southeast...
View ArticleCourting unions on Labor Day, Obama pushes paid sick leave
By By Josh Lederman The Associated Press BOSTON - Courting unions on Labor Day, President Barack Obama denounced Republicans for a "constant attack on working Americans" and said he was using his...
View ArticleCharleston councilman faces allegations in drug overdose case
By Kate White A Charleston City councilman's cellphone has been confiscated by police as part of an investigation into a fatal overdose.Councilman Bernard Slater is being investigated after officers...
View ArticleUnion members rally in Racine for Labor Day celebration
By Andrew Brown RACINE - The line of people stretched back 30 to 40 feet as they waited for a hefty helping of the slow-roasted pig, a ladle of barbecue sauce and a scoop of coleslaw. The sun beat...
View ArticleClay County man pens book on World War II veterans
By Wade Livingston MAYSEL - Ronnie Hamrick picked up the Dollar General bag and carefully reached inside."This here is a precious book," the Clay County man said as he stood sock-footed in his...
View ArticleProposed zoning amendment targets downtown sale of 40s
By Rachel Molenda City officials want to dry up downtown, and they're proposing changes to Charleston's alcohol laws in order to do so.A bill that would amend the city's zoning ordinances so that...
View ArticleProstitution persists despite police efforts
By Erin Beck In the middle of the night last week, two plain-clothes police officers with the Special Enforcement Division of the Charleston Police Department watched as a young woman walked across...
View ArticleHuntington's Fit Fest benefits PATH system
By Lexi Browning HUNTINGTON - Huntington's seventh annual Fit Fest will return to Ritter Park from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday to celebrate healthy living and promote the Paul Ambrose Trail for Health, known...
View ArticleFormer deputy medical examiner sues DHHR over termination
By Kate White A doctor who worked for the West Virginia Medical Examiner's Office for 12 years filed a lawsuit this week against the Department of Health and Human Resources alleging he was wrongly...
View ArticleKEYS 4 Healthy Kids tries to move needle on childhood obesity
By Lydia Nuzum When Desean first visited Dr. Jamie Jeffrey, the 11-year-old was facing an uphill battle - prescribed two blood pressure medications and considered morbidly obese, Desean needed to...
View ArticleState higher education system requests $351 million for 2016 budget
By Samuel Speciale Keeping in line with a Tomblin administration request that state agencies not exceed last year's funding levels, the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission has asked for...
View ArticleBulletin Board: Sept. 8, 2015
Teen health fairA teen health fair will be held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at George Washington High School, 1522 Tennis Club Road, Charleston. The fair was sponsored by the Girl Scout troop of...
View ArticleEastern Kanawha Frontier customers experience outage
By Staff reports Several hundred Frontier Communication customers in eastern Kanawha County were without service Tuesday morning. Andy Malinoski, Frontier's communications director, said the outage...
View ArticlePendleton lawmaker criticizes governor for turning down base
By The Associated Press FRANKLIN, W.Va. - A lawmaker says Pendleton County will lose several hundred jobs as a result of Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin's decision to turn down the federal government's offer to...
View ArticleJailed clerk who fought gay marriage is ordered released
By ADAM BEAMAssociated PressGRAYSON, Ky. (AP) - After five days behind bars, county clerk Kim Davis was ordered released from jail Tuesday by the judge who locked her up for refusing to issue marriage...
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