Teacher strike continues
Schools are closed for an eighth day across West Virginia…The West Virginia Senate passed an amended pay raise bill Saturday, lowering a raise for teachers from five percent to four percent. The House did...
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Richwood Mayor Faces Charges
Richwood’s controversial mayor, who’s currently on paid administrative lead, was arrested last Thursday night at a Richwood City Council meeting. Mayor Bob Henry Baber was charged with trespassing, disorderly conduct and obstructing an officer....
Hybrid Unit Makes More Arrests
Just after celebrating its six month anniversary, the Charleston Police Department hybrid unit arrested 17 people more during an undercover sting near the Capitol Market and Plaza East Friday. Charges ranged from littering to...
Conference Committee to Decide on Teacher Pay Raise Bill
Just minutes after receiving an amended teacher pay raise bill Saturday from the Senate, the West Virginia House of Delegates refused to concur with the changes made the the bill that gives teachers and...
Some Students Support Teachers During Strike
Students marched at the State Capitol on Friday in support of teachers. Many students said they know their teachers pay out of pocket for things they need in the classroom, and they support teachers’...
Revenue is up from tax collections
West Virginia tax authorities say February collections were 8.1 percent higher than the same month last year and $8 million above their budget estimate. For the first eight months of the fiscal year, general...
A $1600 Uber hangover
A night of partying in Morgantown ended in New Jersey with a 16-hundred-dollar Uber bill. Kenny Bachman thought he was taking an Uber back to where he was staying near the WVU campus, but...
Man on meth holds wife captive for days
Deputies in Fayette County arrested a man for holding his wife captive for days and choking and beating her. Earnest Chapman the Third, of Kanawha Falls, was arrested after a domestic incident at the...
Attorney General says teacher strike is illegal
West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey says he’s ready to take legal action if the teacher strike isn’t over soon. At a news conference yesterday Morrrisey sai d he believes the work stoppage is...
Mayor wants to get rid of needle exchange program
Charleston Mayor Danny Jones says he wants to get rid of the city’s needle exchange program. The Mayor says the success of the harm reduction program is outweighed by the dangers thousands of discarded...
