Ex-Mason Co. school official admits bribery
POINT PLEASANT, W.VA. (AP) -- A former Mason County Board of Education member faces up to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to a bribery ...
View ArticleDems majority of voters for W.Va.'s May 8 primary
Figures released by the Secretary of State's office show 640,888 registered voters are Democrats, or about 52 percent. Another 352,304 voters are Republicans, or about 29 ...
View ArticleDrug Take-Back event set for Saturday in state
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- West Virginia residents can turn in expired or unused prescription drugs at 125 locations statewide during the state's fourth Drug Take-Back Day. The drugs will be ...
View ArticleWheeling Jesuit hosts 2nd forum on health care law
WHEELING, W.Va. -- Wheeling Jesuit University is hosting a second town hall-style meeting to discuss the nation's health care laws. This one will focus on the moral and constitutional aspects ...
View ArticleCity, trash hauler brace for WVU Student Move Out
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- Spring cleaning is a big deal in Morgantown, when most of the nearly 30,000 students at West Virginia University head home for summer. City officials are already preparing ...
View ArticleDriver killed in Cabell car-school bus wreck IDed
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. -- Police have identified a driver who was killed when her car collided with a Cabell County school bus. The Cabell County Sheriff's Office says 42-year-old Teresa McComas ...
View ArticleInternal probe clears Wood deputies in shooting
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. -- Three Wood County deputies involved in the fatal shooting of a man during a standoff are going back to work. Wood County Sheriff Jeff Sandy tells media outlets an internal ...
View ArticleRomney turns campaign toward money, reconciliation
Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and wife, Ann, take the stage at an election night rally in Manchester, N.H., ...
View ArticleSenate Dems ready bill freezing student loan costs
This photo combo shows President Barack Obama in Chapel Hill, N.C. on Tuesday and Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney last week in Charlotte, N.C. Obama and his ...
View ArticleDiscovery of mad cow in Calif. was stroke of luck
A truck enters Baker Commodities transfer station, where a cow with mad cow disease was discovered, in Hanford, Calif. The first new case of mad cow disease in the U.S. since 2006 has been ...
View ArticleW.Va. metro areas rank high for particle pollution
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- The American Lung Association says seven metropolitan areas in West Virginia are among the 25 worst in the country for year-round particle ...
View ArticleCharleston man back in jail after drugs found, police say
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A Charleston man who had been released on home confinement is back in jail after police allegedly found drugs in his home. Brian E. Collins, 26, of Barton Street, was on home ...
View ArticleHancock Co. courthouse reopens after natural gas leak
Hancock County Courthouse is back open after a scare about a natural gas leak Wednesday morning. Courthouse employees and customers evacuated the building shortly after 10 a.m. A strong odor of ...
View Article25 a.m.: Ranson shooting claims life
Update, 11:25 a.m. RANSON - One Ranson resident is dead and a second is receiving treatment at Jefferson Memorial Hospital following an early-morning shooting Wednesday, according to Ranson Police ...
View ArticleMother of Five, Man Found Dead
EAST LIVERPOOL - The 31-year-old mother of five children and a 30-year-old man were found dead in a Jennings Avenue home early Tuesday night by her father, who was concerned after not hearing from ...
View ArticleGingrich to Pull Out of Race
WASHINGTON (AP) - Newt Gingrich began taking steps Wednesday to shut down his debt-laden presidential bid, setting the stage to endorse one-time rival Mitt Romney next week and rally the GOP behind ...
View ArticleBody found in shallow grave in Chesapeake
Authorities have discovered a body in a shallow grave in Chesapeake. West Virginia State Police spokesman Sgt. Michael Baylous confirmed that State Police crime scene investigators are on their ...
View ArticleWest Virginia Scholar Semifinalists Named
Fifteen top high school juniors from across West Virginia are the semifinalists for this year's West Virginia Scholar Program. The winner will receive a full, four year scholarship to West ...
View ArticleLegal synthetic drug use can be fatal
Their effects can be just as devastating as illegal drugs, but the difference between synthetic drugs and others is that many can be legally purchased at specialty shops. Even though it's legal ...
View Article'He Could Not Find Child Abuse'
The attorney for the Mason County school principal charged with felony child abuse says a report from the state Department of Health and Human Resources shows an incident with a student on a school ...
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