Essays on faith: Wait for His guidance
By Peggy Toney Horton What do you want to be when you grow up?Most of us remember being asked that question many times when we were young. It seems important to adults that children establish, early...
View ArticleDex Media sells Martinsburg building as part of downsizing
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. (AP) - Dex Media has sold its building in Martinsburg as part of a downsizing of its business.Dex Media spokeswoman Suzanne Keen tells The Journal that the company will continue to...
View ArticleAG's office: Parkersburg tax plan not in accordance with law
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (AP) - The West Virginia Attorney General's Office says Parkersburg's plan to delay business and occupation tax cuts isn't in accordance with the state's home rule law.The law...
View ArticlePope Francis returns to homeland
QUITO, Ecuador - History's first Latin American pope returns to Spanish-speaking South America for the first time on Sunday, bringing a message of solidarity with the region's poor, who are expected...
View ArticleMan says teen used BB gun in East End robbery attempt
A man was shot on Brooks Street in Charleston's East End at about 8 this morning.Jerry Means, 64 of Charleston, was walking near his home when he was approached by a male teenager who demanded money...
View ArticleEscaped convict now confined to maximum-security cell
ROMULUS, N.Y. - The surviving escapee from a prison break and three-week manhunt will spend 23 hours a day in a maximum-security cell, much more confined than he and a fellow murder convict were in...
View ArticleRestored harpsichord from 1500s performed on CD
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - A harpsichord that entertained the elites of Italy in the mid-1500s has been restored by a South Dakota museum and will soon bring its sound to 21st-century ears.The National Music...
View ArticleSouth Carolina governor changes mind on rebel flag after church shooting
COLUMBIA, S.C. - For five years, Gov. Nikki Haley, South Carolina's first minority governor, dismissed calls to remove the Confederate battle flag from the Statehouse lawn as a divisive issue far from...
View ArticleGreek voters reject creditors' demands for more austerity
ATHENS, Greece (AP) - Voters in Greece resoundingly rejected creditors' demands for more austerity in return for rescue loans Sunday, backing Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, who insisted the vote would...
View ArticleCharleston Town Center announces four new stores
By Andrew Brown The Charleston Town Center Mall has announced the opening of four new stores. Lisa McCracken, the marketing director for the mall, said rue21, Rack Room Shoes, Altar'd State and Sleep...
View ArticleRichard "Dick" Long
Richard Lee "Dick" Long, 87, of Charleston, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, July 1, 2015, in Thomas Memorial Hospice Center.Richard was born August 16, 1928, to the late Nobel Milton Long and...
View ArticleIvan Lilly
Ivan Gene "Papaw" "Wimpy" Lilly, 80, of Dunbar, died Fri. July 3, 2015. Bartlett-Chapman Funeral Home, St. Albans is honored to serve the Lillly family.
View ArticleHarold Kendall
Harold O. Kendall, 88, of Villages, Fla., formerly of Beckley, died Tues. June 30, 2015. Service will be 1:30 p.m. July 8, at Tyree Funeral Home, Oak Hill. Friends may call from noon until service...
View ArticleNaomi Kelley
Naomi Christine Kelley, 79, of Bloomingrose, died July 3, 2015. Funeral will be 6 p.m. Tues. July 7, at Leonard Johnson Funeral Home, Marmet. Visitation will follow from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Graveside...
View ArticleLorena Gillispie
Lorena "Kay" Gillispie, 81, of Dunbar, died peacefully at home, Friday July 3, 2015, after a long illness.She was preceded in death by her parents, Rev. Johnny and Maggie Wickline; husband, Charles H....
View ArticleBarbara Ann Cooper
Barbara Ann Cooper, 82, devoted wife of Philip Cooper of Webster Springs, entered into rest to be with the Lord on Thursday, July 2, 2015, at Charleston Area Medical Center. She was born in Arcola on...
View ArticlePaul E. Carte
Paul Emerson Carte, "Pepper", of Charleston, passed away peacefully at home on June 30, 2015. Paul was born in Coshocton, Ohio, moved to Charleston in his youth, graduated from Stonewall Jackson High...
View ArticleKathy Ann Brick
Kathy Ann Kinser Brick, formerly of Campbells Creek, passed away at her home in Lawrenceville, Ga., on June 20, 2015.She was a member of the 1974 Class at DuPont High School. Kathy was of the Baptist...
View ArticleElaine Bird
After 100 years of a life well lived, Elaine Keeny Bird, passed away peacefully on June 1, 2015. She was surrounded by loving family and friends in her Edgewood Summit residence in Charleston, very...
View ArticleFunerals for: July 05, 2015
Caldwell, Joseph T. Jr. 3 p.m., Nighbert Memorial United Methodist Church, Logan.Herndon, Milton T. 2 p.m., First Presbyterian Church, Huntington.Jones, Kathleen 3 p.m., Antioch Advent Christian...
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