Community members discuss racial injustice in West Virginia
By Samuel Speciale Correcting racial injustice in West Virginia will take local and statewide collaboration as well as community engagement, people attending an equality conference on Tuesday said.The...
View ArticleWoman arrested after holding knife to infant, making threats in Rand
A woman was arrested in Rand Tuesday after deputies say she held a knife near her infant son and made threats to kill him while arguing with the child's father. Kanawha sheriff's deputies were...
View ArticleClinton wants gun control to be a 'voting issue'
By By Ken Thomas The Associated Press CORALVILLE, Iowa - Hillary Rodham Clinton vowed Tuesday to make stricter gun control into a campaign that can compete with the powerful National Rifle...
View ArticleHouston voters reject LGBT nondiscrimination
HOUSTON - An ordinance that would have established nondiscrimination protections for gay and transgender people in Houston failed to win approval from voters on Tuesday.The Houston Equal Rights...
View ArticleLand donated for proposed Parkersburg baseball stadium
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (AP) - A developer has donated 10 acres for a proposed minor league baseball stadium in Parkersburg.Media outlets report that Pat Minnite announced his donation on Tuesday. He says...
View ArticleAround WV: Nov. 4, 2015
By Erin Beck In Around West Virginia today: read about a man who allegedly plowed into a State Police cruiser, an update on the police chief accused of domestic violence, a woman who hasn't been seen...
View ArticleRaleigh County area under boil-water advisory/Huntington advisory lifted
The Glen White Trap Hill Public Service District has issued a boil-water advisory for customers from the intersection of W.Va. 3 and W.Va. 99, to and including Lower Sandlick.Customers in these areas...
View Article3 finalists chosen for Southern community college president
LOGAN, W.Va. (AP) - Three finalists have been chosen for the president's job at Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College.Southern's Board of Governors and presidential search committee...
View ArticlePower outage affects city customers, Ruffner Elementary
More than 2,000 Charleston customers are without power after problems with a sub-station on the city's East End.AEP says 1,023 customers on the East End, and 1,094 on the West Side are affected....
View Article'Hero' officer staged suicide, embezzled from youth program
By By DON BABWIN Associated Press ROUND LAKE BEACH, Ill. (AP) - A police officer who was lauded as a hero after his fatal shooting triggered an intense and costly manhunt in fact committed suicide,...
View ArticleSobriety checkpoint
State Police will conduct a sobriety checkpoint from 6 p.m. to midnight Friday at Sissonville High School, 6100 Sissonville Drive.
View Article5 stabbed, attacker killed at central California university
MERCED, Calif. (AP) - An assailant stabbed five people as students headed to class at a rural university campus in central California before police shot and killed him, authorities said Wednesday.All...
View ArticleHeroin, prescription pain pills top drug threat in the US
By By ALICIA A. CALDWELL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Drug Enforcement Administration says heroin and prescription pain pills are among the top drug threats in the U.S.The agency released...
View ArticleWVU police report increase in October crime
By Samuel Speciale In a monthly crime report released this week, West Virginia University Police said there was an increase in vandalism, assaults, liquor law violations and other offenses on...
View ArticleState retirement board out of teachers' lawsuit
By Phil Kabler After seven years of litigation, the Consolidated Public Retirement Board has settled its part of a class-action lawsuit by public school employees who contend they were misled into...
View ArticleReport: W.Va. health system saved $2.4B choosing generics
By Lydia Nuzum West Virginia health care consumers and insurers collectively saved $2.4 billion in 2014 by choosing generic drugs over their brand-name counterparts, according to a study released this...
View ArticlePolice respond to WVU fraternity incident
By Staff reports Morgantown police responded early Wednesday to an incident at West Virginia University involving Phi Gamma Delta (FIJI) fraternity members who reportedly beat and stuffed another...
View ArticleJustice stresses big ideas over specifics in campaign
By David Gutman In a state with the nation's highest unemployment rate, in the midst of round after round of major budget cuts and with a gaping hole in the health insurance fund for state employees,...
View ArticleTattoo shop ordinance passes commission, moves to City Council committee
By Rachel Molenda Charleston is one step closer to allowing tattoo shops to open downtown. The Municipal Planning Commission passed an amendment to the zoning ordinance Wednesday that would allow...
View ArticleGovernor's Mansion holiday ornament available
The Governor's Mansion holiday ornament, the sixth in the series painted by state artist Shelley Goodman, was unveiled Wednesday by first lady Joanne Jaeger Tomblin.This year's ornament shows a "jolly...
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