Overbrook Elementary closed after transformer blows
By Staff reports Overbrook Elementary in Charleston will be closed today because it has no power, according to an automated phone message from Kanawha County schools.A transformer blew and then caught...
View Article2 killed, 1 injured in Interstate 64 wreck in Barboursville
BARBOURSVILLE, W.Va. (AP) - Police say two people are dead and one person is hospitalized with critical injuries following a wreck on Interstate 64 in Barboursville.Multiple news outlets reported that...
View ArticleW.Va. American Water lifts/issues boil-water advisories for some Fayetteville...
West Virginia American Water has lifted the boil-water advisory for approximately 75 customers on 1st Avenue, 2nd Avenue, 3rd Street, 4th Street and Taylor Street in Fayetteville.West Virginia...
View ArticleAround WV: Oct. 28, 2015
By Erin Beck Today's Around West Virginia features stories on a social justice summit, a new recovery center coming to Charleston, a TV show filming in Harpers Ferry, and more. n The Summit on Race...
View ArticleAccident closes historic Wheeling Suspension Bridge
WHEELING, W.Va. (AP) - The historic Wheeling Suspension Bridge is closed after being damaged in a traffic accident.WTRF-TV reports that a pickup truck hit the bridge Tuesday night.The state's...
View ArticleHampshire woman receives life sentence in husband's death
ROMNEY, W.Va. (AP) - A Hampshire County woman convicted of killing her estranged husband will spend the rest of her life in prison.The Cumberland Times-News reports that Mandy O'Hara received a life...
View ArticleWest Virginia Broadcasting Hall to hold induction ceremony
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) - Ten people are being inducted into the West Virginia Broadcasting Hall of Fame this weekend.The ceremony will be held Saturday night at the Museum of Radio and Technology in...
View ArticleSuspect arrested in West Side killing
By Kate White Police have captured a man and will charge him with first-degree murder over a shooting death on Friday on Charleston's West Side.Darius Coles, 18, was arrested Wednesday morning,...
View ArticleTractor-trailer spins, tumbles in I-64 wreck
A double tractor-trailer wrecked Wednesday between Dunbar and South Charleston, leaving one of the two trailers on its side.The crash happened just before noon at mile marker 53 of Interstate 64...
View ArticleFighter jets track military blimp drifting over Pennsylvania
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Pentagon says U.S. fighter jets are tracking an unmanned Army surveillance blimp that tore loose from its ground tether in Maryland and is drifting north over...
View ArticleGOP nominates Ryan as speaker, House set to OK
By By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - House Republicans nominated Rep. Paul Ryan on Wednesday to become the chamber's next speaker, rallying behind a youthful overachiever they hope will...
View ArticleUS attorney says planned WV child mental health facility "disastrous"
By David Gutman A proposed child psychiatric treatment facility in Logan County is advancing with a disturbing lack of transparency and would have "disastrous implications" if it is completed, the...
View ArticleAmerican Water defends a proposed 10 percent return for investors
By Andrew Brown How much profit should West Virginia American Water's shareholders receive for maintaining the company's system and providing water to hundreds of thousands of customers in West...
View ArticleTomblin announces grants to help victims
By Staff reports Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin announced Wednesday the awarding of more than $3.6 million in grant funding to support child advocacy, domestic violence and sexual assault programs in...
View ArticleTourism advertising grants awarded, casinos to split $500,000
By Phil Kabler State Tourism Commission members Wednesday approved $1.46 million of advertising matching grants for 21 tourism venues or events, with the state's four racetrack casinos splitting...
View ArticleJudges will hold off on petition over pay until meeting
By Phil Kabler Family Court judges decided Wednesday to postpone filing a petition with the state Supreme Court seeking a writ of prohibition to block the next phase of state employees to be switched...
View ArticleCross Lanes man turns in drugs to deputies, enters rehab after Obama speech
A Cross Lanes man is in rehab after telling deputies President Barack Obama's speech last week inspired him to kick his drug addiction, officials say. A press release from the Kanawha County Sheriff's...
View ArticleSenate confirms WV native Sarah Feinberg for Federal Railroad post
By Staff reports West Virginia native Sarah Feinberg has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate to be the permanent administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va.,...
View ArticleAlleged daycare trespasser is more than his mental illness, friends say
By Erin Beck After D'laontie Dee Lewis was arrested for referring to himself as Justin Bieber and allegedly refusing to leave a daycare Wednesday, some media outlets cracked jokes in their coverage.To...
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