Capital's Pratt wins House Award as state's top QB
By Derek Taylor The 2015 prep football season saw most of the eye-opening statistics posted by quarterbacks come from the ranks of Class AA.When it came time for the West Virginia Sports Writers...
View ArticleState calendar showcases West Virginia roadside wildflowers
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Dogwood, mountain laurel and other roadside wildflowers are showcased in a calendar offered by the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection.Photographers from...
View ArticleWest Virginia ups reimbursement for hunter food program
SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Meat processors participating in the Hunters Helping the Hungry program are getting a larger reimbursement from the state.The Division of Natural Resources says the...
View ArticleAgency to vote on funding for Fayette school consolidation
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - The West Virginia School Building Authority is set to vote on whether to provide funding for Fayette County's school consolidation plan.Fayette County is among 20 counties...
View ArticleHuntington police to recruit more officers
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) - The Huntington Police Department will step up its recruiting efforts as the application deadline approachesThe Herald-Dispatch reports the department will start using...
View ArticleA look at the candidates' approaches to Tuesday's debate
By By LAURIE KELLMAN Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) - Nine Republicans hopefuls meet Tuesday in the next prime-time presidential debate, with a familiar slate of candidates looking to wrangle over...
View ArticleAround WV: Dec. 14, 2015
By Erin Beck In Around West Virginia today: fatal crashes decline, a struggling child advocacy center, "no party affiliation" increases in Preston County, and more. n Fatal crashes in West Virginia...
View ArticlePhiladelphia man pleads guilty to role in drug ring
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (AP) - A Pennsylvania man has pleaded guilty to participating in a ring that sold heroin and prescription drugs in West Virginia.Raheem Cuffee faces up to 40 years in prison and a...
View ArticleWetzel County car dealer pleads guilty to financial fraud
WHEELING, W.Va. (AP) - A New Martinsville car dealer faces up to five years in prison after pleading guilty to federal financial fraud charges.Clarence Joseph Jackson pleaded guilty on Friday to...
View ArticleCloddie Reed
Cloddie Reed, 77, of Elkview, passed away Saturday, Dec. 12, 2015 at Meadowbrook Acres Nursing Home, Charleston.He was retired from Welding Incorporated and previously worked at H&B Incorporated,...
View ArticleRussell E. Lowther
Russell Edward Lowther, 86, of Nitro, passed away Dec. 12, 2015. Service will be 2 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 16, at Twin City Bible Church, Nitro, with visitation two hours prior. Arrangements by Chapman...
View ArticleThaddeus Kauffelt Jr.
Thaddeus David Kauffelt, Jr., 91, died on December 10, 2015, in Charleston, after a short illness. He was born on October 20, 1924, in Omar, Logan County, West Virginia, the son of Thaddeus David...
View ArticleSherman Johnson
Sherman Eugene "John" Johnson, 66, of Summersville, died Dec. 11, 2015. Service will be 2 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 16, at New Beginnings Worship Center, Summersville, with visitation one hour prior....
View ArticleJeremy T. Johnson
Jeremy Todd Johnson, 37, of Milton, died Dec. 10, 2015. Service will be 11 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 16, at Wallace Funeral Home, Milton. Visitation will be 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 15, at the funeral home.
View ArticleMargaret Gaten
Margaret Gaten, 57, of Fairmont, passed away on Sat. Dec.12, 2015, at her residence after a lengthy illness. She was born Dec. 26, 1957, in Charleston, a daughter of the late William J. and Virginia...
View ArticleTissie Bailey
Naomi "Tissie" Bailey, 92, of Rock Branch, passed away Saturday, Dec. 12, 2015 at her home.Born April 4, 1923 in Nitro, she was a daughter of the late Joseph Franklin and Alona Ethel Winter Asbury....
View ArticleJo Anderson
Jo Anderson, 83, of South Charleston, died Dec. 12, 2015 at Hubbard Hospice House, Charleston.Jo was a charter member of Bethel Baptist Church, South Charleston, where she had been very active through...
View ArticleCarol Ann Allbright
Carol Ann Allbright, 73, of Point Pleasant, died Dec. 12, 2015. Service will be 11 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 16, at Wilcoxen Funeral Home, Point Pleasant, with visitation one hour prior.
View ArticleFunerals for: December 14, 2015
Adkins, Melinda 2 p.m., Leonard Johnson Funeral Home, Marmet.Bartlett, Mary 1 p.m., Shinnston Memorial Cemetery, Shinnston.Cain, Eva M. 2 p.m., Chapman Funeral Home, Winfield.Hardway, Sharon ...
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