Football. Signing Day Central!
Signing Day Central! Signing Day Central is your home for tracking all of the 2012 newcomers to the Marshall Football program! We will post updates to the list as they arrive in Huntington and ...
View ArticleCouncil hears budget requests
MARTINSBURG - Berkeley County Council members are now in the process of hearing outside agency budget requests as they make funding decisions for the new fiscal year. Citing declining funding from ...
View ArticleBerkeley leaders eye bright future
MARTINSBURG - While the last couple of years have required some difficult financial decisions followed by belt-tightening measures, Berkeley County Council officials are optimistic about the future ...
View ArticleBerkeley board drops 22 positions
MARTINSBURG - In a unanimous vote, the Berkeley County Board of Education members approved 22 reduction-in-force recommendations for service personnel employees. During the board's meeting, the ...
View ArticleDefendant's Bathroom Need Doesn't Stall Court Hearing
WELLSBURG - A Northern Panhandle judge moved a hearing into a courthouse restroom after the defendant's multiple fits of illness and subsequent bathroom breaks caused delays. Melvin Hayes, 39, ...
View ArticleRomney Adds Fla. To Victory Column
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Mitt Romney routed Newt Gingrich in the Florida primary Tuesday night, rebounding smartly from an earlier defeat and taking a major step toward the Republican presidential ...
View ArticleFriendly City Is Proclaimed 'Dead Center' of Gas Rush
WHEELING - With local wells producing enough Marcellus and Utica shale natural gas to support an ethane cracker, industry leaders believe the city lies in the "dead center" of an economic ...
View ArticlePipeline Firm Takes An Unpopular Route
LAPORTE, Pa. - A pipeline operator assured federal regulators it would minimize using eminent domain against private landowners if given approval to lay a 39-mile natural gas pipeline in northern ...
View ArticleGun slaying was accidental, Boone man says
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A Boone County man charged with fatally shooting a woman Monday said her death was an accident. Police said the man attempted to pawn several items stolen from the ...
View ArticleStudy questions proton therapy for prostate cancer
A warning to men considering a pricey new treatment for prostate cancer called proton therapy: Research suggests it might have more side effects than traditional radiation does. A study of ...
View ArticleW.Va. urged to create extractive resources trust fund
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- West Virginia should begin setting aside a portion of coal and natural gas severance taxes to create a trust fund that could help pay for long-term programs for economic ...
View ArticleBrad Paisley helps Teays Valley man propose
Vanessa Pritt and Jason Davis have several videos of country music singer Brad Paisley filming Davis' marriage proposal Saturday in Las Vegas. Davis said the only reason Paisley agreed to help ...
View ArticleMan sues Nitro company, alleges age discrimination
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A former employee has filed a lawsuit in Putnam County against the world's largest crane company for age discrimination, among other allegations. Hurricane resident ...
View ArticleChesapeake mayor drops out of Kanawha assessors race
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Chesapeake Mayor Damron Bradshaw says has dropped out of the race for the office of Kanawha County assessor. Bradshaw, a Democrat, had filed to run for the office along with ...
View ArticleKansas added to handgun reciprocity list
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- State officials have added Kansas to the list of states where West Virginians with a valid concealed weapons permit can legally carry a hidden gun. West Virginia now has full ...
View ArticleWitnesses testify in Jackson trial
MARIETTA - A jury could decide today if a Belpre father is responsible for the death of his 2-year-old daughter by failing to supervise her.Prosecutors claim James E. "Butch" Jackson II, ...
View ArticleLocal reps supportive of state incentive plans
PARKERSBURG - West Virginia lawmakers are receptive to additional incentives to lure a multibillion-dollar chemical processing plant to West Virginia.Last week, Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin traveled to ...
View ArticleTax appeals being heard
PARKERSBURG - Four hearings have been scheduled so far before the Wood County Commission sitting as the Board of Equalization and Review this month to hear appeals on property appraisals."The ...
View ArticleWinter Market to open
PARKERSBURG - After more than a month of planning, officials are set to launch the downtown Winter Market Saturday.The Winter Market, an extension of the Downtown Farmers' Marketplace, will be ...
View ArticleArea sees rainy, warm January
PARKERSBURG- Mid-Ohio Valley residents avoided the wrath of Old Man Winter last month, seeing less snow and warmer temperatures, at least for now.Ken Batty, meteorologist for the National Weather ...
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