Kroger profit tops estimates as new locations help sales
By By Leslie Patton Bloomberg Kroger Co., the largest U.S. supermarket chain, reported third-quarter profit that topped analysts' estimates and raised its annual forecast after new locations and...
View ArticleAround WV: Dec. 4, 2015
By Erin Beck In Around West Virginia today: a Syrian refugee pleads for empathy, another city considering LGBT protections, colleges respond to the need for more health-care providers in West...
View ArticleUS attorney brings in $3.5M from civil, criminal actions
WHEELING, W.Va. (AP) - The U.S. attorney's office for the Northern District of West Virginia says it has brought in nearly $3.5 million through civil and criminal actions in fiscal year 2015. U.S....
View ArticleSalvation Army warns of scammer in Huntington
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) - The Salvation Army has issued a scam warning, saying a man is going to Huntington homes asking for donations.The Salvation Army said in a news release Thursday it received an...
View ArticleDeputies: School momentarily evacuated after bomb threat
FAIRMONT, W.Va. (AP) - A school in Fairmont was evacuated after officials found a bomb threat on a bathroom wall.Marion County Sheriff Joe Carpenter tells the Times West Virginian deputies were...
View ArticleAP Source: Woman in shooting pledged allegiance to IS
By By MICHAEL R. BLOOD, AMANDA LEE MYERS, and ERIC TUCKER The Associated Press SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) - The woman who helped her husband kill 14 people at a holiday banquet for his county...
View ArticleTrain set to roll out of Petersburg with Santa, carolers
The Snowflake Express excursion train will be rolling through the fields and forests of Grant County on Dec. 11 and 12, giving children and their parents a chance to visit with Santa, listen to...
View ArticleSoil removal to start at Freedom spill site
By Staff reports State regulators said Friday that excavation of additional contaminated soil would begin next week at Freedom Industries, the site of the January 2014 Elk River chemical spill.The...
View ArticleTwo arrested after series of Elkview break-ins
By Staff reports The Kanawha County Sheriff's Office has arrested two people they say are responsible for recent break-ins in the Elkview area.Randy Scott Sanders, 22, of Charleston, was arrested on...
View ArticleJoseph Wyatt: GOP should retire imaginary war on religion
I bear 2nd District Rep. Alex Mooney no ill will, but modestly suggest that he end his exhumation of the right wing's imaginary war on religious freedom, a doomed archeological dig he undertook...
View ArticleJoseph M. Finerty
Joseph M. Finerty, 90, a retired Federal employee and candidate for President of the United States in 1984, died on December 1, 2015 after a prolonged fight with dementia.Born in Wilmington, Delaware...
View ArticleGlada L. Faber
Mrs. Glada L. Faber, 87, of Liberty, passed away Dec. 2, 2015 at CAMC Teays Valley.She was preceded in death by her husband, Marshall Faber, and son, Shirley Faber.Mrs. Faber is survived by her...
View ArticleEthel "Tootie" Dye
Ethel "Tootie" Dye, 90, of Nitro, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2015 at Broadmore Assisted Living, Teays Valley, after a valiant struggle with congestive heart failure.She was born in...
View ArticleMichael W. Davis
Michael W. Davis, 70, of Charleston, passed away Nov. 21, 2015. Private service for the closest family members and friends of Michael will take place at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 5, at Tyler Mountain...
View ArticleJames Lee Cosner
James Lee "Jim-Doody" Cosner, 68, of Sand Fork, died Dec. 2, 2015. Service will be 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 6, at Ellyson Mortuary Inc., Glenville. Visitation will be 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5, at the...
View ArticleEva Brabbin
Eva Dean Mitchell Brabbin, 89, of South Charleston, passed away Nov. 29, 2015 at home surrounded by her loving family.Eva was born in Charleston on Jan. 19, 1926 and graduated from East Bank High...
View ArticleNorval C. Beverage
Norval Cleveland Beverage, 63, of Huntersville, died Dec. 2, 2015. Service will be 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 6, at Lantz Funeral Home, Buckeye. Visitation will be 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5, at the...
View ArticleHilda I. Bailey
Hilda I. Bailey, 65, of Charleston, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2015 at CAMC Memorial Hospital after a short illness.Hilda was born Nov. 13, 1950 in Richwood, daughter of the late Archie and...
View ArticleFrank Augenstein
Frank Augenstein, 68, of St. Albans, died Dec. 3, 2015. Bartlett-Chapman Funeral Home, family-owned and located at 409 Sixth Ave., St. Albans, is honored to serve the Augenstein family.
View ArticleFunerals for: December 04, 2015
Arthur, Shirley M. 1:30 p.m., Huse Memorial Park, Fayetteville.Butler, Betty J. Noon, Spring Hill Baptist Church, South Charleston.Clay, Randal E. 11 a.m., Burns Wornal Chapel, Memorial Funeral...
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