WVU-P, Roane schools plan rural education program
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. -- West Virginia University-Parkersburg and the Roane County school system are partnering to provide educational and training opportunities for rural residents. The U.S. ...
View ArticleTo cut costs, W.Va. colleges to share faculty
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- In an effort to trim teaching costs across West Virginia, a group of liberal-arts colleges are doing something they haven't tried before: sharing faculty. As part of a ...
View ArticleJudge tosses Jerry Jones lawsuit
A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit filed by the widow of Charleston Police officer Jerry Jones, who died in 2009 during a police chase that ended in friendly fire among the officers ...
View Article‘Canstruction' buildings chase away hunger
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Fairmont State University architecture students used more than 1,600 cans of food to create a Pac-Man arcade scene on Tuesday at the Clay Center with the message ...
View ArticleMine safety legislation now awaits Gov. Tomblins signature
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin's legislation to toughen mine safety standards (HB4351) is on the way to the governor's desk for his signature, after passing the Senate Tuesday ...
View ArticleLincoln man indicted on weapons charge; sheriff resigns
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A grand jury has indicted a Midkiff man on charges that he used a handgun to threaten and assault a federal agent and a state elections official who were investigating a Lincoln ...
View ArticleCommunity and adaptive gardening workshop series to launch March 14
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- West Virginia State University Extension Service is launching a five-part workshop series that will cover all aspects of designing, implementing and maintaining community and ...
View ArticleState show choir festival Saturday
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The West Virginia Music Educators Association Show Choir Festival will begin at 9 a.m. Saturday in the Charleston Civic Center Grand Hall. Twenty high school and middle ...
View ArticleHouse honors longtime sergeant-at-arms
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- West Virginia's House of Delegates is losing another longtime official, Sergeant-at-Arms Oce Smith. The House honored the 74-year-old during a surprise ceremony Tuesday. ...
View ArticleSenators consider independent redistricting panel
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- After recent legislative and congressional redistricting provoked weeks of contentious debate, and six separate legal challenges -- including one still pending before the U.S. ...
View ArticleMason sheriff pleas to criminal charges
POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. -- Mason County Sheriff David L. Anthony has entered pleas to several criminal charges one day after resigning. Media outlets report Anthony pleaded guilty Tuesday in Mason ...
View ArticleGOP presidential contender Santorum holding watch party in Steubenville
With 11 states voting or holding caucuses, GOP presidential contenders have their eyes on the battleground of Ohio this Super Tuesday. Ohio figures to be a crucial state once again in the fall vote, ...
View ArticleMinority students face harsher discipline than white students
New data released from the U.S. Department of Education says that minority students face harsher discipline than white students in schools nationwide. The data released on Tuesday is from a federal ...
View ArticleMSHA missed problems at doomed W.Va. mine
Federal inspectors either missed problems at West Virginia's Upper Big Branch mine or failed to inspect the areas where they existed in the 18 months before a deadly 2010 explosion, but an ...
View ArticleTougher distracted driving bill advances
A House committee has advanced a tougher bill that would crack down on distracted driving by allowing police to stop drivers who are using their cellphones. After several hours of debate Tuesday, ...
View ArticleLawmakers eye costs of W.Va. autism coverage law
Last-minute cost concerns are delaying legislation meant to fix West Virginia's new autism insurance coverage law. But Senate President Jeff Kessler on Tuesday said that the law's spending ...
View ArticleOhio still razor-thin race between Romney, Santorum
Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney are fighting to break into a lead in Ohio. With 79 percent of the votes counted, the two were less than a percentage point apart at 38 percent for Romney and 37 percent ...
View ArticleBaseball. Herd to Face No. 23 Kentucky Wildcats Wednesday
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. -- Marshall’s baseball team will face the undefeated Kentucky Wildcats (12-0) at UK’s Cliff Hagan Stadium in Lexington, Ky. Wednesday at 4 p.m. The Thundering Herd is ...
View ArticleInwood man dies in wreck
CLEAR BROOK, Va. - Virginia State Police reported a two-vehicle crash on Interstate 81 in Frederick County early Tuesday morning left a West Virginia man dead and sent another driver to the ...
View ArticleFelon bill still in House
MARTINSBURG - A bill that would prohibit convicted felons from running for or holding public office has not yet moved out of the House of Delegates' Judiciary Committee, and time may be running ...
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