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University Presidents Get Contract Extensions

University Presidents Get Contract Extensions

A five-year contract extension has been approved for West Virginia State University’s president. The Gazette-Mail reports President Anthony L. Jenkins’ new contract goes into effect July 1 and ends in 2023. The contract was...

Train Cleanup Continues in St. Albans

Train Cleanup Continues in St. Albans

Cleanup continues after Wednesday’s train derailment. A CSX train went off the tracks in St. Albans and about twenty cars were involved. About one hundred workers were brought in to help with the cleanup...

WV man charged with throwing chicken poop

WV man charged with throwing chicken poop

A West Virginia man is facing charges after he threw chicken poop at the restaurant that denied service to White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders. Fifty-one-year-old Reginald Lee, of Martinsburg, is charged with littering...

RISE WV office missing signs

RISE WV office missing signs

Officials say the RISE West Virginia program is still running; despite the fact that signs on the Kanawha City offices are gone. A spokesman for the West Virginia National Guard says the RISE program...

Deadly crash on Corridor G

Deadly crash on Corridor G

One person died in a crash Wednesday afternoon on Corridor G near Parkway Road. A man died when one car t-boned another car. A woman driving the other vehicle was taken to the hospital....