New year stirs memories of years long since gone
The beginning of a brand new year puts most folks in a reflective mood - pondering over the past year and wondering what the new year has in store for us. After the bright festivities of the Christmas...
View ArticleEnd of year brings usual surge in donations
By Daniel Desrochers On Dec. 19, the Teamsters Local 175 donated $20,000 worth of food, clothing and toys to the Children's Home Society in Charleston.By Dec. 23, it was gone. In those four days, 167...
View Article2 shot on Charleston's West Side
By Staff reports Two people were shot in an incident on Charleston's West Side on Friday night, according to a Kanawha County Metro 911 dispatcher.The shooting was reported shortly before 11 p.m. in...
View ArticleBulletin Board: Jan. 2, 2016
Soup and silenceWest Virginia Institute for Spirituality's Soup and Silence event will be held from noon to 12:50 p.m. on the first Friday of each month through May at 1601 Virginia St. E. A suggested...
View ArticleThings to do today: Jan. 2, 2016
DANIELLE AND STEVE: 7:30 p.m. Free. Bridge Road Bistro, 915 Bridge Road. Call 304-720-3500.BOOGIE BROTHERS: 7 to 10 p.m. Admission is $8. Marmet Recreation Center, 8500 MacCorkle Ave. Call...
View ArticleHealth care repeal vote to open a political year in Congress
WASHINGTON (AP) - This will be the year when Republicans finally put legislation on President Barack Obama's desk repealing his health care law.It's the first order of business when the House...
View ArticleMercer County man named Conservation Farmer of the Year
By By Bill Archer Bluefield Daily Telegraph FLAT TOP, W.Va. (AP) - Somewhere above the clouds in Mercer County, a farmer was surprised when he learned that the Southern Conservation District had...
View ArticleSales tax coming soon to a West Virginia city near you
By By Jim Davis The Exponent Telegram CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (AP) - Like it or not, shoppers will likely be paying 7 percent in sales taxes on their purchases no matter where they go in West...
View ArticleMan charged in Charleston shooting death
A man has been arrested and charged with murder in connection to the death of J'Shaad Jones, who was shot earlier this week outside a Charleston bar.Marlon Rush is charged with murder, said Lt. Steve...
View ArticleReport: drug overdose deaths in West Virginia county hit 70
By The Associated Press HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) - Seventy people in Cabell County died in 2015 of drug overdoses.WSAZ-TV reports that the numbers were tallied by the city of Huntington's Office of Drug...
View ArticleRobbery reported in Fayetteville
By Staff reports FAYETTEVILLE -- A man robbed a shell station at the corner of U.S. 19 and Hinkle Road in Fayetteville Saturday, police say. The suspect brandished a small, silver-colored handgun as...
View ArticleLawyers to challenge rates for court-appointed cases
By Kate White A Charleston attorney has given the state official notice that he will challenge "emergency guidelines" that would cut the amount lawyers taking court-appointed cases are paid for their...
View Article25 W.Va. hospitals see $265 million drop in uncompensated care
By Lydia Nuzum More than two dozen West Virginia hospitals saved more than $265 million last year through reductions in uncompensated care from 2013 to 2014, according to data from the West Virginia...
View ArticleConfusion persists over non-renewal of Ohio County superintendent's contract
By Ryan Quinn Three Ohio County school board members aren't specifying why they want to change the leader of a school system that had the best English language arts standardized test proficiency rate...
View ArticleRick Steelhammer: Three things you don't really need to know to start off 2016
With temperatures in the mid-70s, thunderstorms and even a small tornado in the Parkersburg area on Christmas Eve, Santa was probably glad to put West Virginia in his sleigh's rear-view following his...
View ArticleProposed nondiscrimination ordinances cause debate about bathrooms
By Erin Beck A young woman who lives in one of the West Virginia cities considering a new nondiscrimination ordinance is so fearful of being harassed or attacked that she wouldn't agree to an...
View ArticleOhio group buys Charleston and Huntington Wendy's stores
By Elaina Sauber A Portsmouth, Ohio-based franchise has purchased nearly 20 Wendy's restaurants in and around Charleston and Huntington. Schmidt Family Restaurant Group recently acquired 25 Wendy's...
View ArticleWV guides on US team in world whitewater rafting championship
By Rick Steelhammer An impressive run on the Upper Gauley River landed a pair of West Virginians on the women's U.S. Whitewater Raft Team, where they can expect more thrilling races. In September,...
View ArticleEight years later, Marshall student's death still unsolved
By By Courtney Hessler The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) - Eight years have passed since Leah Hickman was last seen alive, and there are still few answers about who killed the 21-year-old...
View ArticleEssays on Faith: Say hello again
By By Dr. Richard C. Lamb Say "hello" to the New Year. Summer and fall have retreated; winter is with us. God likes a bit of change, and so do we.As we celebrate a New Year, say "hello" to those who...
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