CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (AP) — Authorities say a police officer fatally shot an 80-year-old man while trying to serve a domestic violence protective order at his home in West Virginia. News outlets report Robert Matz was killed Monday morning when Clarksburg police attempted to serve the order. ...
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — Five former volunteer fighters in West Virginia have been charged with arson following a two-year investigation by the state fire marshal's office. The office says in a news release that the former Cabell County firefighters were charged Tuesday. The statement says ...
By JOHN RABY, Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A complex education bill vehemently opposed by West Virginia teachers' unions that claim it is a payback for a strike last year has passed the state Senate by a slim margin. The bill, approved by the Republican-led Senate on Monday, ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia revenue collections have failed to surpass tax estimates for the first time in 10 months. Gov. Jim Justice said Tuesday collections in January were $3 million below estimates, blamed on weaker-than-anticipated monthly personal income tax ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The West Virginia Supreme Court has issued new administrative policies following an impeachment scandal last year. The policies released Monday address state-owned computer systems, the use of purchasing cards, court-owned equipment and other assets, court travel and ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Thousands of West Virginia consumers who did business with a kitchen hardware company are being given funds from a settlement with the company. State Attorney General Patrick Morrisey's office said in a news release it is distributing more than $235,000 to more than ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A convicted West Virginia doctor has agreed to pay more than $200,000 in restitution and penalties to a state Medicaid program. Federal prosecutors announced the settlement Monday with 71-year-old Dr. Manuel Barit, the only practicing physician at the Mullens Family ...
By REGINA GARCIA CANO, Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Football fans bet legally on the Super Bowl from states other than Nevada for the first time Sunday, with the excitement spreading from Las Vegas to as far as Rhode Island. Sunday's big game was the first major sporting event for ...
BECKLEY, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia girls' high school basketball team is expected to return home a day after its charter bus rolled over. Berkeley County School officials said in a statement 14 people taken to hospitals Saturday night were medically cleared. The bus carrying the ...
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — If you know of WVU President Gordon Gee, you've probably at least heard of his extensive bow tie collection. Or witnessed the man himself sporting one of the colorful ties around his neck. Now, those ties will be displayed in a special exhibit at the WVU Evansdale ...
BLUEFIELD, W.Va. (AP) — A gravesite in Bluefield that has been unmarked and barren for more than 83 years now has a monument. On Friday, family members of West Virginia State Trooper Farley Kirk Litton Sr., the only State Police officer from Bluefield to die in the line of duty and one of ...
BECKLEY, W.Va. (AP) — An emergency services director in West Virginia says a deputy director has been suspended after a post on social media about a proposed border wall drew outrage. News outlets report Raleigh County 911 director John Zilinski says in a statement that deputy director Mark ...
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia University officials students threw glass bottles at officers during what had started as a "playful time in the snow." News outlets report that multiple law enforcement agencies responded to a public disturbance involving hundreds of students Friday ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Three groups critical of an education reform bill moving through the West Virginia Senate say they're ready to take statewide action. The West Virginia Education Association, West Virginia School Service Personnel Association and American Federation of Teachers say ...
By PAUL LAPANN, The News & Sentinel of Parkersburg PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (AP) — Heather Royer wants to preserve books. That is why she started the business A Stitch in Time Bookbindery in 2017. She repairs Bibles and other books that are special to people. "I love the idea of preserving ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Unemployment rates rose in 41 of West Virginia's 55 counties in December. WorkForce West Virginia says jobless rates dropped in nine counties and remained steady in five others. Jefferson County's seasonally unadjusted unemployment rate of 3 percent was the lowest ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources is looking for original art for its 2020 wildlife calendar. The state says color wildlife paintings may depict popular game and fish species or the state's other wildlife, including snakes, frogs, turtles, salamanders, ...
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Researchers at West Virginia University will receive $1 million over three years to develop artificial intelligence technologies to fight opioid trafficking. A statement from the school says the National Institute of Justice awarded the grant to Yanfang "Fanny" Ye, ...
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — A rescue owl in West Virginia named Jeff now has a home of his own thanks to volunteers with The Avian Conservation Center of Appalachia and AmeriCorps. ACCA board member Katie Fallon tells The Dominion Post that Jeff's home will allow him to take part in the ...
By JOHN RABY, Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia public school teachers are back on edge after the introduction of a bill aimed at revamping the state's education system took aim at unions less than a year after a lengthy strike resulted in better pay. The draft ...