CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A person has been killed at a park and ride in West Virginia. The Kanawha County Sheriff's Office tells news outlets that a group of people were meeting to exchange goods at the park and ride Tuesday around 12:30 a.m. A sheriff's office statement says an altercation ...
KEYSER, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia judge has agreed to stop presiding over marriages altogether rather than officiate for same-sex couples. The West Virginia Judicial Investigation Commission issued a warning to Mineral County Judge Lynn Nelson after receiving a complaint from Fairness ...
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (AP) — A former Ohio high school soccer coach has been sentenced by a West Virginia judge for having a sexual relationship with a player. The Parkersburg News and Sentinel reports 23-year-old Trent Stanley was ordered Monday to serve three to 15 years in prison on four ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Two West Virginia highway projects have been awarded a total of $40 million in federal grants. U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao announced the grants Tuesday. The funds come from a program to support infrastructure projects across the country. A total of $1.5 ...
CLEAR CREEK, W.Va. (AP) — Workers are removing water and pumping fresh air into a nonoperational coal mine in West Virginia as they search for three people stuck inside. The state Office of Miner's Health, Safety and Training said Tuesday that a man who emerged on his own from the ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A former Miss Kentucky who is a teacher in West Virginia has been charged with sending nude pictures to a 15-year-old former student. News outlets report that 28-year-old Ramsey Bearse was arrested Friday and charged with four felony counts of distributing or ...
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — A residential treatment facility has opened in West Virginia for new and expectant mothers suffering from drug addiction along with their children. Health care provider Marshall Health opened Project Hope for Women and Children on Thursday in Huntington. Marshall ...
WESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Police say skeletal remains have been found in a rental home in Weston, West Virginia. Authorities said the Weston Police Department was notified on Nov. 28 that someone thought they found human skeletal remains in the residence. Officers who responded collected the ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Teachers are watching closely as a task force studying fixes to a health insurance program for West Virginia public employees prepares to finalize its recommendations. American Federation of Teachers-West Virginia President Fred Albert told the Charleston ...
Editor’s Note: This article was produced in partnership with the ProPublica Local Reporting Network. By KEN WARD JR. and KATE MISHKIN Charleston Gazette-Mail House Speaker Roger Hanshaw makes a point during a Judiciary Committee meeting in 2017, when he was the lead sponsor of ...
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (AP) — Authorities say a Virginia pastor has been accused of molesting a girl in West Virginia. The Harrison County Sheriff's Office tells The Exponent Telegram that 76-year-old Daniel Houston Shafer is jailed in Dublin, Virginia and that he's waived extradition. Detective ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Chuck Roberts has been named executive director of West Virginia Public Broadcasting. News outlets report the state Educational Broadcasting Authority made the announcement Wednesday. Roberts had been named interim director in April after Scott Finn left to become ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A federal judge has ordered an aluminum processing company in West Virginia into arbitration over health coverage for retired employees. News outlets report U.S. District Judge Thomas Johnston on Wednesday granted an injunction to prevent Constellium Rolled Products ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice says he's giving state employees the day off Wednesday as a day of remembrance for former President George H.W. Bush. Justice made the announcement Tuesday on Twitter. The Republican governor calls Bush "a true American military ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A task force subcommittee studying fixes to a health insurance program for West Virginia public employees has forwarded recommendations made by Gov. Jim Justice to the full committee. The recommendations made by Justice on Tuesday would give employees in counties ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The former site of a company that spilled chemicals into a West Virginia river is going up for auction. The Charleston Gazette-Mail reported Monday the former Freedom Industries site will be available at an auction next week. A chemical known as Crude MCHM spilled ...
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — A former interim president of West Virginia University is leaving nearly $1 million to the school in his will. The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports that C. Peter Magrath announced the gift Nov. 14 during the university's second annual Day of Giving. Magrath served as ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Seventeen people have applied for a vacancy on the West Virginia Supreme Court following the resignation of Justice Allen Loughry. Gov. Jim Justice's office released the list Tuesday. Interviews are scheduled for Dec. 11. Among the applicants are Kanawha County ...
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (AP) — Police in West Virginia say they have recovered the remains of a slain woman last seen in 1983. The Parkersburg News and Sentinel reports Parkersburg Police Chief Joe Martin announced Monday that authorities located the remains of 21-year-old Leslie Diane Marty last ...
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (AP) — A court filing says a West Virginia man ran from the back seat of a police officer's cruiser and jumped into a creek before he was apprehended in the chest-deep water. The Exponent Telegram quotes the criminal complaint as saying 22-year-old Daniel Matthew Brown was ...