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West Virginia is joining Ohio, Kentucky and other states asking the U.S. Supreme Court to protect lawmaker led prayer at public meetings. The states filed a brief that argues lawmaker led prayer is part...

A judge in Kanawha County Circuit Court sentenced a man to 40 years in prison yesterday for murder. Brian Thompson previously pleaded guilty to killing 19-year old Brandon Robinson with a machete at a...

The Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office plans another high visibility sobriety checkpoint tonight from 8pm to 1am on Big Tyler Road in Cross. Lanes. It’s part of a zero tolerance policy when it comes to...

Next year’s West Virginia State Amateur Boxing Championships are coming to Clendenin. Elk River Boxing Club will host the bouts Jan. 27 at the former Clendenin Middle School in Clendenin. Boxers from West Virginia...

The Appalachian Regional Commission Investment Program serves 175 at-risk students in Cabell, Lincoln, Wyoming, Greenbrier and Randolph counties, and they’re awarding $3 million in funding for seven projects across that area. Included in that...

The West Virginia Parkways Authority plans to launch a corporate sponsor program for the Turnpike. The program will promote the Turnpike’s marketable assets, like the Courtesy Patrol, signs, rest areas with free wi-fi, and...

Police are calling it the largest drug bust in Cabell County history. Sheriff’s Deputies seized over four pounds of heroin from a home in the Highlawn area of Huntington. That amount of heroin has...

West Virginia’s unemployment rate is holding steady. State numbers released yesterday show the October rate was unchanged from the previous month at 5-point-1-percent. The goods and services industries showed increases, while the numbers fell...

The victims of the 1970 Marshall plane crash are being remembered. The 47th Memorial Fountain Ceremony was held yesterday, honoring the 75 killed in the tragic crash. Flight 932 went down enroute to Huntington...

The main library branch in Charleston is getting an upgrade. The Capitol Street building will be expanded from 60-to-80-thousand square feet, including the addition an enclosed bridge to the parking garage. Private donations will...