Money Awarded to Head Start Programs
West Virginia’s two U.S. senators say almost $10 million is being awarded to Head Start programs in the state. U.S. Sens. Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito announced the funding from the U.S. Department...
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Rededicated Marker
Authorities have rededicated a George Washington Memorial Granite Marker and Shield in Beckley that was buried for years and recently unearthed. Media outlets report the plaque was rededicated on Saturday at the Soldiers and...
Generic Drugmakers being Sued
West Virginia’s attorney general has joined three other states and the District of Columbia to sue six generic drugmakers, alleging they conspired to hike prices for a common antibiotic and a diabetes medication. Attorney...
Pipeline Ruling Sides With Builders
The Virginia Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the company developing the Atlantic Coast Pipeline in a lawsuit against a woman who sought to keep surveyors off her property. Hazel Palmer owns land...
Woman is Killed After Walking Along the Highway in the Dark
Kanawha County deputies have been investigating a fatal accident in Belle. Reports came in Friday about a pededstrian that had been hit on US Rt. 60 in the area of Witcher Creek. The woman...
Man is Arrested After Encounter with St. Albans Police
A man was arraigned after being released from the hospital, after an incident where he and two St. Albans police officers were injured. 31-year old Samuel Manriquez faces charges of transferring and receiving stolen...
Man Gets Prison Time for Choking a Federal Marshal
A West Virginia man has been sentenced to more than six years in prison for illegal gun possession and choking a deputy federal marshal by pulling on his tie. Taurean Amadeus Johnson pleaded guilty...
Sen. Manchin Releases Campaign Finance Statement
U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, running for re-election next year, says his campaign raised more than $1.4 million in the most recent quarter and has nearly $3.5 million on hand. Manchin is seeking a second...
Kanawha County Man Gets 30-year Sentence for Murder
A Kanawha County man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison. 61-year old Keith Jones of Rand shot and killed Joe Williams after he said the victim made a comment that angered him....
Elkview Crossings Bridge Gets Closer to Opening
They’re making progress toward the reopening of the Crossings Mall in Elkview. Concrete was poured Thursday for the deck of the new bridge that will help open the shopping complex, which has been closed...
