Teen saves baby brothers, sister from house fire
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Courtney Thomas said a thick cloud of smoke woke him up long before fire alarms went off when his Charleston home caught fire on Saturday. The only image that guided him through ...
View ArticlePutnam screened 497 students for drugs or alcohol
WINFIELD, W.Va. -- Putnam County Schools officials have tested 497 students so far this year for drugs or alcohol. They won't say how many positives they received. "I'm not able to ...
View ArticleKirkendolls colorful financial disclosure
Kirkendoll's financial disclosure form filed with the Ethics Commission following his Senate appointment lists no regular employment, but two sources of income more than $1,000 -- his pension ...
View ArticleBanners mark city parking garages
Bruce Arthur of the city Traffic Engineering Department hangs one of the new wayfinding banners at the Dickinson Street entrance of city Parking Garage No. ...
View ArticleChiropractor files appeal of misdemeanor conviction
PARKERSBURG - A local chiropractor has petitioned the circuit court to appeal a misdemeanor conviction.Dr. Michael W. Johnson, 57, Route 1, Box 193 TT, Mineral Wells filed a petition in Wood County ...
View ArticleInjured girl to return home soon
PARKERSBURG - A 6-year-old Williamstown girl injured Saturday during the Parkersburg Christmas Parade is expected to return home within a day or two, her grandmother said Sunday.Boaz resident Rita ...
View ArticleArc helps 3,000 families
Editor's note: This is the next in a series of articles about the member agencies of the United Way Alliance of the Mid-Ohio Valley.PARKERSBURG - The Arc of the Mid-Ohio Valley continues to ...
View ArticleHolly Trail Tour of Homes
PARKERSBURG - People came out to see the sights of the season during the 2011 Holly Trail Tour of Homes on Sunday in Parkersburg and Vienna.The GFWC Parkersburg Woman's Club organizes the ...
View ArticleI'll Be Free By 42
CLEVELAND (AP) - An Ohio 16-year-old charged with murder in a deadly Craigslist robbery scheme says in a letter to his father that he believes God will keep him from a long incarceration. ...
View ArticleW.Va. Nears OPEB Plan
By LAWRENCE MESSINA Associated Press CHARLESTON - West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin appears close to launching a plan that would cut a $10 billion funding shortfall in half and then gradually pay ...
View ArticleDrilling Boom Worries Some
COLUMBUS, Ohio- After a childhood spent moving around, Patti Gorcheff vowed that she'd never uproot her daughter. But she says wastewater disposal in her area from an oil and gas drilling ...
View ArticleSpecial Session On Marcellus Shale Kicks off
CHARLESTON- West Virginia would charge natural gas drillers $10,000 and $5,000 permit fees, require advance notice to surface property owners and rely on its Department of Environmental Protection ...
View ArticleWVU Takes $10M From Halliburton
MORGANTOWN - A $10.2 million computer software grant to the Department of Geology and Geography will help West Virginia University train students searching for careers in the energy field. The grant ...
View ArticleBowl Preps In Final Week For Marshall University
Tuesday marks one week until Marshall University's appearance in the Beef O'Brady's Bowl in St. Petersburg, Florida. "We want to have passionate fans. We want to have an ...
View ArticlePanera Bread Helps 'Share The Warmth'
Nine Panera Bread locations throughout West Virginia, along with those in St. Clairsville, Ohio and Ashland, Kentucky, are working to "Share The Warmth" this holiday season. From now ...
View ArticleCost of College Textbooks Still A Concern
The state Higher Education Policy Commission is continuing its dialogue with university and college presidents in the state over the textbook affordability ...
View ArticleDOT Happy with Public Input on Bridge Lighting
State Transportation Sec. Paul Mattox says the DOT will continue to seek public feedback on potential projects after residents overwhelmingly voted against lighting the New River Gorge ...
View ArticleShovel-Ready More Than A Phrase
"West Virginia has really taken shovel-ready projects, put them to contract, built the project, completed the project and opened it to traffic," Smith said. "They (WV) lead the ...
View ArticleSBA to Vote on New Policy for Contractors
Members of the state School Building Authority will meet Monday to vote on a new policy that would prohibit illegal immigrants and registered sex offenders from being contracted for school ...
View ArticlePublic pans lights on New River Gorge Bridge
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- The public has panned a proposal to install decorative lights on the New River Gorge Bridge. More than 76 percent of those responding to an online poll opposed the idea, ...
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