Ali’s first fight
Muhammad Ali’s very first professional fight was against a former Fayetteville Police Chief. In October of 1960, Tunney Hunsaker lost a six round decision to the then-Cassius Clay. The fight was Ali’s first as...
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Former Marine wants to be next governor
A former Marine and Pentagon accountant wants to become West Virginia’s next governor. Les Payton and his supporters are working to get more than 66-hundred signatures to get his name on the November ballot....
Morrisey
West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey has reached a $336,000 settlement with an online lender. Morrisey’s office announced the settlement Monday with Avant Inc. over allegations the company violated the state’s Consumer Credit and...
Fugitive arrested
Authorities have arrested a fugitive from California accused of assaulting two people and killing one of them in Mercer County, West Virginia. Officials arrested 42-year-old Orlando Davis on Saturday on charges of murder, malicious...
Man traveling for transplant passes away
A West Virginia man traveling to Texas for an artificial lung transplant has died in a crash in North Carolina. Media outlets report 56-year-old John Michael Newman of Beckley, West Virginia, died Wednesday in...
Pence headlining fundraiser
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence is headlining a Charleston fundraiser for Republican Bill Cole’s campaign for governor of West Virginia. Cole campaign spokesman Kent Gates says the fundraiser will take place Tuesday at the Embassy...
Couple Faces Charges for Trying to Sell Infant
A Fayette County couple is accused of trying to sell an infant for $500 to $1000. A couple called police saying another young couple tried to sell the baby to them and when they...
Boone County Schools Struggle to Pay Bills
Boone County School officials say paychecks could be delayed for employees if legislation doesn’t pass that would give the district an extra $2.2 million to address funding shortfalls caused by a drop in local...
Cox Funeral Home
Back when funeral homes offered ambulance services and bodies were embalmed in folks’ bedrooms, John Cox got his start in the industry. That was in the late 1940s. Cox has spent his entire adult...
Folks finding a second career
Displaced Bridgeport-area workers are finding a second career, and the area’s economy is benefiting with the help of the Robert C. Byrd National Aerospace Education Center, which is a part of the Pierpont Community...
