In Shorts: Dec 3, 2015
Expect bumps, dings and crashes when the Demolition Derby Smashed event comes to the Big Sandy Superstore Arena starting at 7 p.m. Saturday in downtown Huntington. Forty ProStock cars will compete in...
View ArticleYellen confident in economy ahead of expected rate hike
By By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen on Wednesday indicated that the U.S. economy is on track for an interest rate hike this month, but she...
View ArticleAround WV: Dec. 3, 2015
By Erin Beck In Around West Virginia: find out what job laid off coal miners are turning to, the sentence for a former state trooper caught selling pain killers, and more. n Laid off coal miners are...
View ArticleLawmaker proposes cutting school calendar by 5 days
BECKLEY, W.Va. (AP) - A West Virginia lawmaker is proposing legislation that would trim five days from the school calendar.The Register-Herald reports that Delegate Dave Perry's bill would reduce...
View ArticleNonprofit health insurance company to move to West Virginia
WHEELING, W.Va. (AP) - A nonprofit health insurance company has announced it will uproot about 325 workers from the company's current location in St. Clairsville, Ohio to Wheeling, West Virginia.Media...
View Article8,000 West Virginians enroll in health insurance
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Federal officials say 8,000 West Virginians have chosen health plans in the insurance marketplace created by President Barack Obama's health care law since an open enrollment...
View ArticleAlderson Broaddus University names interim president
PHILIPPI, W.Va. (AP) - The interim president of Elmira College in New York is assuming the same position at Alderson Broaddus University.The governing board of the university in Philippi announced...
View ArticleReview: Mother Teresa a woman of 'Letters'
By By Rick Bentley The Fresno Bee The commitment by Mother Teresa to care for those who had been rejected by society is one of the most unparalleled displays of benevolence of the 20th century. The...
View ArticleReview: 'Macbeth' is bloody good
By By Katie Walsh Tribune News Service Climbing the power ladder is a bloody, bruising business, and that is nevermore so starkly rendered than in Justin Kurzel’s adaptation of William Shakespeare’s...
View ArticleBlankenship guilty of conspiracy, not guilty on other two counts
By Ken Ward Jr. A federal jury on Thursday found former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship guilty of conspiring to willfully violate mine safety standards. The jury found him not guilty of securities...
View ArticleNorma C. Fellure
Norma Catherine (Short) Fellure, 81, of St. Albans, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2015 at CAMC Teays Valley.She was retired from Verizon (C&P) Telephone with 30 years of...
View ArticleEthel Spencer Dye
Ethel Spencer Dye, 90, of Nitro, passed away Dec. 1, 2015. Service will be 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5, at Snodgrass Funeral Home, South Charleston, with visitation two hours prior.
View ArticleRuby Jane Kane Dalton
Ruby Jane Kane Dalton, 71, of Marmet, formerly of Mingo County, went home to the Lord on Dec. 1, 2015.Ruby was a coal miner and a hard worker.She was preceded in death by her mother, Macie Jane Aliff;...
View ArticleShirley Lee Crouse
Shirley Lee Crouse, 61, of Belva, died Nov. 30, 2015. She was born Feb. 9, 1954 in Stark County, Ohio, and was the daughter of Jack Jones of Vaughan and the late Mary Bush Jones.She was a former...
View ArticleLarry F. Cochran
Larry Franklin Cochran, 71, of Charleston, died Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2015 at his home. He was a retired mechanic for KRT with 26 years of service. He was preceded in death by his mother, Mary Agnes...
View ArticleDanny Okes Cline, Sr.
Retired Honorable Judge Danny Okes Cline, Sr., 77, of Sutton, passed away Nov. 30, 2015 at The Arbors Nursing Home in Gallipolis, Ohio, after a long illness.He was born Jan. 1, 1938 in War Eagle,...
View ArticleRandal E. Clay
Randal E. "Randy" Clay, 61, of Black Oak Road, Princeton, died Sunday, Nov. 29, 2015 at Princeton Community Hospital.Born Sept. 23, 1954 in Charleston, he was the son of the late Clemith Clay and...
View ArticleBetty Jane Butler
Betty Jane Butler, 92, of South Charleston, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2015.Betty was born Feb. 4, 1923 in Kanawha County to the late Harvey and Naomi Martin. She was a graduate of...
View ArticleRebecca Ann Bowe
Rebecca Ann Bowe was born Dec. 29, 1941 and passed away Dec. 1, 2015.Daughter of the late Delmus and Jessie Bowe. Mother of the late John Bowe.Becky retired from CAMC General Division.She is survived...
View ArticleFunerals for: December 03, 2015
Angell, Durward R. 1 p.m., Cooke FuneralHome, Nitro.Blackburn, Robert L. 1 p.m., Allen Funeral Home, Hurricane.Blankenship, Ernestine 7 p.m., Stump Funeral Home, Grantsville.Brown, Dearl L. 2...
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