Kwanzaa in Charleston to promote family, values
By Elaina Sauber Sunday will mark the 10th annual Kwanzaa celebration hosted by Heritage Towers. But unlike previous years, a different venue will house the event. The seven-day, African-American...
View ArticlePew report: WV recession recovery below average
By Phil Kabler A new report from Pew Charitable Trusts shows that revenue in a majority of states has recovered from the recession of 2008-09, although recoveries have varied widely, with revenue in...
View ArticleChurch Activities: Dec. 26
Randy Gifford Promotions presents the 8th Annual New, New Year's Eve Gospel Sing at 7 p.m. Thursday at Riverside High School. Ron Pauley, pianist, performs at 6:30 p.m. The sing features Courtney...
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By Kate White At least 90 residents will see the value of their property diminish when crude MCHM leaks out of a Putnam County landfill and into Hurricane Creek, according to attorneys who represent a...
View ArticleThings to do today: Dec. 26, 2015
SEAN RICHARDSON WITH AARON FISHER: 7 p.m. Free. Bluegrass Kitchen, 1600 Washington St., E. Call 304-346-2871.RYAN KENNEDY: 7:30 p.m. Free. Bridge Road Bistro, 915 Bridge Road. Call...
View ArticleBulletin Board: Dec. 26, 2015
The Speakers Advantage Toastmasters Club meets from 6 to 7 p.m. on the first and third Tuesdays of the month at the Cross Lanes Public Library, 5449 Big Tyler Road. Guests and new members are welcome....
View ArticleParkersburg man creates suicide awareness shoelaces
By By Gretchen Richards-Meunier Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. - A local businessman has turned a recent family tragedy into a way to support grief and drug-abuse counseling in the...
View ArticleAlyce Faye Bragg: Love, togetherness outlast the holidays
EDITOR'S NOTE: Alyce Faye Bragg has been in the hospital. This column originally appeared in December 2011.The Christmas season is so much different now than it was when I was a child. Our excitement...
View ArticleStatehouse Beat: 2015 a turbulent year at Capitol
It was a historic and hysterical year at the Statehouse, particularly notable for the change of leadership in the Legislature, as Republicans took control of the House and Senate for the first time in...
View ArticleNational Alliance chairman responds to allegations
The chairman of a hate group responded to a request from the Gazette-Mail by implying a woman who accused him of battery is a liar, and saying the truth will come out. William White Williams II, the...
View ArticleWV attorney general warns residents about jury scam
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - West Virginia's attorney general is warning residents about a jury duty phone scam.Patrick Morrisey said a scammer who claims that they're from the Nicholas County Sherriff's...
View ArticlePolice investigating robbery at gas station in Huntington
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) - Huntington Police are searching for a man they say stole money and threated employees at a gas station. WSAZ-TV reports that the robbery happened around 3:30 a.m. Saturday at...
View ArticleGlassmaker juggles time between his own studio, Blenko Glass
By By Mary Wade Burnside The Exponent Telegram BUCKHANNON, W.Va. (AP) - Ron Hinkle pulls a blowpipe with a glowy orange glob at one end from a 2,100-degree Fahrenheit furnace in his glass studio. He...
View ArticleAs flooding lessens, more rain predicted for Monday night
By Lydia Nuzum Severe flooding on Christmas Day caused plenty of damage but no deaths in Kanawha County and the surrounding area, and with more rain predicted for the coming week, first responders are...
View ArticleWV's first inter-county elementary only 60 percent full
By Ryan Quinn State School Building Authority officials say West Virginia's first inter-county elementary school, built with $10.3 million in SBA money, has only about 60 percent of the students...
View ArticleWest Virginian of the Year: Katherine G. Johnson
By David Gutman May 5, 1961. Cape Canaveral, Florida.It's 9:34 a.m. A Friday. There are 45 million people, one quarter of the United States, watching on live television.Alan Shepard, a 37-year-old...
View ArticleThings to do today: Dec. 27, 2015
"CHRISTMAS STORY: THE MUSICAL": 2 p.m., Culture Center Theater at the state Capitol Complex. Tickets are $20. Charleston Light Opera Guild's production of the musical adaptation of the popular holiday...
View ArticleEssays on Faith: I used to be
By By Lawton Posey My Uncle John S. Wallace was what we used to call a "school man." He was not only a district superintendent but a classroom teacher of mathematics. He had studied German in college,...
View ArticleInnerviews: Belated artist Chris Wood paints name for himself
By Sandy Wells Artistic talent will not be denied. Ignored or stifled, yes. Shoved aside by the practical demands of everyday living, sure. But sooner or later, creativity has a way of bubbling to the...
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