Okla. Shootings May Have Been Revenge
TULSA, Okla. (AP) - Two men were arrested Sunday in a shooting rampage that left three people dead and terrorized Tulsa's black community, and police said one of the suspects may have been ...
View ArticleFederal Study Ties Fracking to Earthquakes
NEW YORK (AP) - Oil and gas production may explain a sharp increase in small earthquakes in the nation's midsection, a new study from the U.S. Geological Survey suggests. The rate has jumped ...
View ArticleCasinos To Add Trouble
CLEVELAND (AP) - Casino gambling is coming to one of America's poorest cities, and with the glitz and new jobs it'll bring to Cleveland, the games of chance are also likely to attract ...
View ArticleWellsburg to Mark Bataan Anniversary
WELLSBURG - Area residents are invited to walk through downtown Wellsburg today to honor those who endured one of the worst atrocities ever committed against American troops overseas - the Bataan ...
View ArticleNatural Gas Glut Puts Gloom in Boom
NEW YORK (AP) - The U.S. natural gas market is bursting at the seams. So much natural gas is being produced that soon there may be nowhere left to put the country's swelling surplus. After ...
View ArticleWVU law school adding 6 courses on energy issues
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- The West Virginia University College of Law is adding six courses on energy issues starting this fall. Associate professor Jamie Van Nostrand, who directs the Center for ...
View ArticleFairmont State presidential search narrows to 2
FAIRMONT, W.Va. -- An academic administrator from Virginia and the current interim president at Fairmont State University are the finalists to become next permanent leader of the north-central West ...
View ArticleState ag chief warns horse owners about viruses
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- West Virginia Agriculture Commissioner Gus Douglass says horse owners should eliminate standing water in areas where the animals gather to protect them from mosquito-borne ...
View ArticleSmall W.Va. airport gets $2.5M for expansion work
PHILIPPI, W.Va. -- The Barbour County Regional Airport has won funding for two major construction projects totaling $2.5 million. The Inter-Mountain reports excavation for a new business building ...
View ArticleHeadphones may be factor in train death
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Police say headphones likely played a role in the death of a Charleston man who was hit by a train. Charleston police tell media outlets that investigators believe ...
View ArticlePrincipal Charged In Abuse Case
The criminal complaint says Point Pleasant Intermediate School Principal Cameron Moffett, 45, grabbed an 11-year-old boy by the neck and shoulder with both hands, jerked him out of the school bus ...
View ArticleFlood Debris Pick-Up Deadline Tuesday
The West Virginia National Guard, which has been helping with clean-up since soon after the flood occurred, will make one final pick-up Wednesday ...
View ArticleHome, long-term care costs rising in state
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A new survey shows West Virginians are paying more each year for long-term and home health care than they did the previous year. Genworth Financial's annual survey shows ...
View ArticleSoftball. Softball Begins Home Stretch with Ohio
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - After playing 13 of its last 16 games away from Huntington, Marshall softball will host Ohio in a doubleheader on Wednesday to begin a stretch of 11 straight home games. The ...
View ArticleInjunction issued in W.Va. junkyard parts lawsuit
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- An insurance company and a St. Albans body shop owner are temporarily barred from using junkyard parts to repair ...
View ArticleRisk of wildfire risk high in many parts of W.Va.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- The National Weather Service is warning people in at least 12 West Virginia counties to be aware of the high risk for ...
View ArticleMass. police put the squeeze on toothpaste thief
EAST LONGMEADOW, Mass. -- Police using surveillance video have put the squeeze on a man suspected of trying to steal a shopping cart full of toothpaste from a western Massachusetts grocery store. ...
View ArticleA Legal Fight Over Powered Wheelchairs
A fight over wheelchairs and state DHHR policy has made its way to the state Supreme Court. Justices heard arguments Tuesday on a three-year-old case that centers on whether the DHHR should ...
View ArticleTomblin To Make Jobs Announcement
On May 17, 2007, a new company, Charleston Stamping and Manufacturing, announced it would take over space left vacant following the bankruptcy of Union Stamping in Dec. 2006. Those making that ...
View ArticleW.Va. lawmaker says he thought he had OK to drive
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- A McDowell County lawmaker accused of driving on a revoked license says he thought an Ohio court order allowing him to drive was valid in West ...
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