MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — The West Virginia University Board of Governors has approved increases for the upcoming academic year that include a $120 rise in annual tuition for in-state undergraduate students in Morgantown. Media report university officials are calling the 1 percent increase ...
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia woman who admitted taking out loans and opening accounts in bank customers' names without their knowledge has been sentenced to three years in prison. U.S. Attorney Bill Powell said in a statement that 46-year-old Karen Kinsley of Grafton received the ...
PRINCETON, W.Va. (AP) — A driver charged in a crash that killed a 2-year-old boy has been found not guilty by a West Virginia jury. The Bluefield Daily Telegraph reports 51-year-old Michael Dicker was acquitted Thursday in Mercer County court. Ayden Jayce Knight had left his home nearby when ...
By BEN CONLEY, The Dominion Post undefined MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — According to Mason-Dixon Historical Park Superintendent J.R. Petsko, one of the park's trails is taking on a decidedly mythical quality thanks to a number of local artists. On April 27, the park will officially open its new ...
By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Federal prosecutors have issued a sweeping subpoena for records related to a resort owned by West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice. A spokeswoman for the state commerce department provided a copy of the subpoena to The Associated Press ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — An Easter Carnival is set for the West Virginia Capitol Complex grounds this weekend. The office of first lady Cathy Justice says the carnival will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday on the Capitol's north plaza in Charleston. Games, prizes, crafts and food will ...
BECKLEY, W.Va. (AP) — Police in West Virginia say a man is charged with threatening to harm a pastor and a church congregation. The Raleigh County Sheriff's Office says in a news release 64-year-old Jerry Wayne Hall was charged with making terroristic threats and willful disruption of a ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia revenue collections are $191 million ahead of estimates with three months left in the fiscal year. Gov. Jim Justice says tax collections in March were $3.8 million lower than estimates. He says the performance reflected an anticipated slowdown in winter ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A man has been sentenced to 17 years in prison in a West Virginia arson and insurance fraud scheme. Federal prosecutors say 47-year-old James Lester was sentenced in federal court for his conviction on 23 felonies. Lester also was ordered to pay nearly $506,000 in ...
By JEFF BAUGHAN, Parkersburg News and Sentinel undefined PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (AP) — You leave the house, get in the car and head out to work when you realize you have forgotten your phone. What do you do? If you're not too far away, you go back to get it. That's because so much of what ...
By RICK STEELHAMMER, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Sixteen years ago at age 41, Monica Willis, then a member of the Cross Lanes-based Army Reserve's 261st Ordnance Co., was looking forward to what was to have been a deployment to Iraq. Instead, she and the other 49 ...
CANONSBURG, Pa. (AP) — Authorities say a wrong-way crash on an interstate in western Pennsylvania killed one woman and injured another. The Washington County coroner's office says the crash happened shortly before 4 a.m. Saturday on I-79 South near Exit 45 in Canonsburg. Officials said a ...
By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A woman who told police that an Egyptian man had tried to kidnap her daughter from a West Virginia shopping mall was jailed Friday after the accusation unraveled, a police detective said. Barboursville Police Detective Greg ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A former West Virginia Supreme Court justice at the center of an impeachment scandal has reported to federal prison for his two-year sentence. The Bureau of Prisons says Allen Loughry reported to a South Carolina prison on Friday. Loughry was sentenced earlier this ...
WHEELING, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia man says his middle school teacher sexually abused him for years, gave birth to his children and threatened to take them away if he left her. The Intelligencer reports 28-year-old Christopher Birch is suing former Bridge Street Middle School science ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Volunteers in West Virginia are needed for cleanup at three battlefield and historic sites in the state as part of the American Battlefield Trust's Park Day. Park Day is scheduled for Saturday. The organization says thousands of volunteers across the country will ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia sheriff has been fined and reprimanded by an ethics commission for her role in the hiring of her daughter as a deputy. The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports Logan County Sheriff Sonya Dingess Porter must pay $5,000 and confirm she's trained on the West ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A special stocking of golden rainbow trout is returning to West Virginia's lakes and streams. Gov. Jim Justice says in a news release the bright yellow trout is being added to 55 designated locations around the state this week. The Division of Natural Resources ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The West Virginia Attorney General's office says a contest deadline is this week for schoolchildren to raise awareness of prescription painkiller abuse. Attorney General Patrick Morrisey says the Kids Kick Opioids contest is open to elementary and middle school ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The West Virginia secretary of state's office is planning mobile office visits to all 55 counties this month. The visits are to help business owners and entrepreneurs file annual reports on time. State law requires all entities that do business in West Virginia to ...