ATV Wreck Claims Life In Logan County
The victim, identified as Nathaniel Dobeck, 28, of Catawissa, Pennsylvania, lost control of the ATV Thursday afternoon on the Rockhouse Trail System. He was not wearing a ...
View ArticleResidents concerned over developing sink holes
At first glance, Beechwood Boulevard looks like any other street, but a closer look will tell you otherwise. For years, residents who live along the road have been dealing with sink holes. ...
View ArticleEx-MSHA chief, W.Va. school accused of fraud
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) -- Federal documents filed by a NASA fraud investigator indicate a former head of the Mine Safety and Health Administration and the Catholic college in West Virginia where he ...
View ArticleOwner claims diamond ring found in Idaho sewer
BOISE, Idaho -- A Boise woman says she believes in miracles after sewer workers found the $6,000 diamond wedding ring she accidentally flushed down the toilet 18 months ago. Mechelle Rieger ...
View ArticleW.Va. Symphony Orchestra has fun with the music of Queen
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Michael Shotton and the Jeans 'n Classics Band's concert of the music of Queen with the West Virginia Symphony made an amiable evening Friday night at the Clay ...
View ArticleU.S. overture to North Korea fizzles with rocket
WASHINGTON -- President Obama's hopes of using diplomacy to defuse an unpredictable, nuclear-equipped North Korea fizzled with that country's failed rocket launch Friday, leaving Obama ...
View ArticleLandau Murphy, Pat White spread anti-bullying message
"How many of you have ever been bullied?" Landau Murphy, winner of the NBC reality show "America's Got Talent," asked elementary students Friday. Murphy and former WVU star ...
View ArticleHospital debuts new procedure
MARTINSBURG - In continuing to offer area residents the best and safest medical options available, Dr. Maria Merzouk recently performed City Hospital's first total laparoscopic hysterectomy ...
View ArticleHybrid and Electric Cars See Record Sales
DETROIT (AP) - Americans are buying record numbers of hybrid and electric cars as gas prices climb and new models arrive in showrooms, giving the vehicles their greatest share yet of the U.S. auto ...
View ArticleTitanic Remembered Near and Far
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Two Titanic survivors who later became tennis pros are being honored at Rhode Island's International Tennis Hall of Fame and Museum. Nearby on Cape Cod, a wreath will be ...
View ArticleIRS Agent Stresses Tax Time Caution
WHEELING - IRS Criminal Investigation Special Agent Andrew Hromoko Jr. is reminding those filing last-minute tax returns to be cautious as the Tuesday deadline quickly approaches. Anyone searching ...
View ArticleTime To Control Fracking
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The federal government likely will take a more active role in regulating natural gas fracking because of President Barack Obama's Friday executive order to coordinate the ...
View ArticleCourt issues formal opinion on Deem case
PARKERSBURG - The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals flatly rejected Frank Deem's "one man, one vote" argument with regard to multi-member districts.The court issued an unanimous ...
View ArticleOfficials remove 50 dogs from residence in Belpre
BELPRE - After receiving complaints from neighbors, the Washington County Sheriff's Office and volunteers with the Humane Society of the Ohio Valley removed about 50 dogs from a residence on ...
View ArticleFew scares as Friday the 13th quietly passes
PARKERSBURG - Knock on wood, residents were unconcerned with superstitions on Friday the 13th.Danielle Reynolds and her mother, Tammy Reynolds, both of Vincent, were at Civitan Park Friday afternoon ...
View ArticleWHS student accepted to West Point
WILLIAMSTOWN - Williamstown High School senior Colton Kiselica found out Friday he has been accepted to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.The news was delivered by U.S. Rep. David McKinley, ...
View ArticlePolice move to 10-hour shifts
PARKERSBURG - The Parkersburg Police Department lengthened its patrol shifts from eight to 10 hours in order to put more officers on the streets.The shift change was implemented Monday to provide ...
View ArticleEastwood Farm featured on tour
MARTINSBURG - Eastwood Farm, built circa 1842, also known as "Avon Hill" or Avon Wood," is featured during the Shenandoah Garden Club's 57th annual House and Garden Tour of ...
View ArticleTaste of Home tickets available
MARTINSBURG - The Journal's Spring into Spring Taste of Home Cooking School and Pre-show Expo is quickly approaching, and tickets are selling out fast. The popular event is scheduled for ...
View ArticleCity eyes EPA regs
MARTINSBURG - The Martinsburg City Council continues to take steps to comply with strict new pollution limits set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on municipalities in the Chesapeake Bay ...
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