Carter to stay at WVSU until 2014, receive full pay
Professors at West Virginia State University may not be pleased that longtime university president Hazo Carter will remain at the school until 2014 as president emeritus, but the decision by the ...
View ArticleArmy widow asks for return of stolen wedding rings
Zachary and Beth Tomczak embrace just shortly after he returned home from his third tour of duty in Iraq. Army Staff Sgt. Zachary Tomczak was killed during his fourth tour by sniper fire. This ...
View ArticleReaders donate almost $80,000 to Gazette Chrismas Fund
On behalf of everyone helped by donations to this year's Gazette Charities Christmas Fund -- thank you! More than $8,600 in donations received this week put the fund very close to its goal ...
View ArticleNo Sears, Kmart store closings in West Virginia
HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. -- Florida will be hit the hardest by the closing of Sears and Kmart stores, losing 11, according to a preliminary list of 79 planned closures released Thursday. None of the ...
View ArticleEmergency management officials on scene of spill in Ohio Co.
Emergency management officials are on the scene of a massive roadway spill in Ohio County. Officials say the spill is covering an area of about 4 to 5 miles around G C and P Road and State Route 88. ...
View ArticlePeople flock to Cambridge for one-of-a-kind light show
Thousands of people from all over the area are flocking to the Guersney County Courthouse. It's all linked to a light show that officials there say is the first of its kind in the entire United ...
View Article2 men behind bars in connection with police pursuit
said the chase started after the two men stole a flat-screen TV from a Moundsville Walmart. The men took off and headed across the river toward Bridgeport, police ...
View ArticleWVU Players Respond To Garrison Injury
Mountaineer defensive players responded at a news conference Saturday morning in Miami to the injury suffered by starting running back Dustin Garrison in Friday's Orange Bowl practice. The ...
View ArticleTwo Dead in Harrison County Accident
Police say the accident happened at about 8:45 p.m. when a car turning left on U.S. 50 from W.Va. 98 collided with a pickup truck driving east on U.S. ...
View ArticleW.Va. utilities win $21M in 2012 electricity hikes
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- West Virginia regulators are allowing more than $21 million in rate increases for around 520,000 power customers in the new ...
View ArticleMarshall guard Coleman suspended
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) -- Marshall men's basketball coach Tom Herrion has indefinitely suspended freshman guard Justin Coleman for reasons he did not ...
View ArticleLet it snow, W.Va. ski operators say
Joe Stevens of the West Virginia Ski Areas Association said milder weather in population centers such as Charleston and Huntington keeps skiers and snowboarders at ...
View ArticleCharleston patrolman a 1-man sobriety checkpoint
In fact, records kept by the Governor's Office of Highway Safety show that he has made more arrests than some entire agencies, according to the Charleston Gazette ...
View ArticleMan stabs child after night out drinking
Belmont County early Saturday morning for allegedly stabbing a four year old boy following a night out drinking. Police said George Pyles III, 27, was arrested after the incident happened at a home ...
View ArticleLong-held WVU painting back from the bayou
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) -- A painting that has been in the possession of West Virginia University for more than 60 years is back in Morgantown after a short stay in ...
View ArticleInjury sidelines West Virginia's Garrison
The university says the Mountaineers leading rusher was injured Friday at practice in Miami Beach, spraining the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee. He also has a slight medial collateral ...
View ArticleWest Virginia Defenders Ready For Challenge
Mountaineer defensive coordinator Jeff Casteel and five of his top players were not hesitant Saturday in praising the explosive nature of the Clemson offense. The group traveled from team ...
View ArticleClemson Opts for Physical Practices
College coaches take different approaches when it comes to preparing for bowl games. Clemson has taken the physical approach. "The practices have been very intense, a lot of good on ...
View ArticleWater restored for Pratt customers
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Health Department officials lifted the boil water ban for customers in Pratt Saturday. Stephen Hopkins of the Pratt Waterworks said the problem that prompted the boil water ...
View ArticleStarting in July, WVSU to pay for two presidential salaries
Starting in July, financially struggling West Virginia State University must swing the cost of financing two presidential salaries, thanks to a contract agreement by the state Higher Education ...
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