Father accused of shaking, severely injuring infant son
By Erin Beck A Cross Lanes man admitted to shaking his 4-month-old son, causing bleeding on the brain, after his arraignment Monday morning.Joshua Steven Albany, 24, of Antelope Lane, confirmed that...
View ArticleFDA eases restrictions on blood donations from gay men
By By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal health officials are lifting the nation's 32-year-old lifetime ban on blood donations from gay and bisexual men, but major restrictions...
View ArticleWVSU to seek aid in search for new president
By Samuel Speciale The West Virginia State University Board of Governors will seek the help of an executive search firm to find a replacement for President Brian Hemphill, who is leaving the college...
View ArticleWVU notebook: Gibson has contract amended
By Mike Casazza MORGANTOWN - Four days after West Virginia's athletic director announced Dana Holgorsen would remain the football coach for the 2016 season, Shane Lyons addressed another part of the...
View ArticleCharleston plans to pay $650K to man after ambulance drug mix-up
By Kate White Charleston city officials plan to pay a man $650,000 after paramedics in a city ambulance gave the man a drug that nearly killed him. The claim settlement is probably the largest paid by...
View Article2 sentenced in West Virginia for credit card fraud
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Two Mexican men each have been sentenced to eight months in federal prison for conspiring to commit credit card fraud in West Virginia.U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin says...
View ArticleMan sentenced for Cross Lanes killing
By Kate White A Cross Lanes man was sentenced Monday to spend 20 years in prison, after admitting to shooting a man to death that he found hiding in his ex-fiancees closet. Dustin Wayne Bodkins, 30,...
View ArticleGazette-Mail Charities: Husband needs shoes to get back to work
Down on their luck and out of work, a pair of good shoes would help turn this couple's fortunes around.Their lives have been complicated by a series of illnesses that left the wife unable to work....
View ArticleMan denied unemployment benefits accused of threatening state employee
By Staff reports Charges were filed Monday against a Tornado man for allegedly calling in a threat to WorkForce West Virginia after he was denied unemployment benefits.Capitol police charged Joseph...
View ArticleOley Leo Pauley
Oley Leo Pauley, 92, of South Charleston, formerly of Lincoln County, went home to be with the Lord Saturday, Dec. 19, 2015 at Hubbard Hospice House, Charleston.He was a retired construction worker...
View ArticleMadeline L. McNeel
Madeline Lee McNeel, 78, of Hillsboro, died Friday, Dec. 18, 2015 at Pocahontas Center, Marlinton. Madeline was a retired special education teacher, having taught 32 years. She was a member of Delta...
View ArticleKaren "K.J." Jarvis
Karen Louise "K.J." Jarvis, 71, native and lifelong resident of Charleston, died peacefully at home surrounded by her loving family on Saturday, Dec. 20, 2015. She was born Feb. 14, 1944 to the late...
View ArticleCarolene Faye Dotson
Carolene Fay Dotson, 76, of Charleston, formerly of Diamond, passed away Dec. 19, 2015 at Hubbard Hospice House West at Thomas Memorial Hospital.She was born May 14, 1939 in Chesapeake to William Jess...
View ArticleDan Deahl
Dan E. Deahl, 63, formerly of Charleston, died on Dec. 19, 2015, at Vidant Service League Inpatient Hospice of Greenville, N.C., after fighting a long battle with neuroendocrine carcinoid cancer. Dan...
View ArticleJanet L. "Pat" Cummings
Janet L. "Pat" Cummings, 79, of Crawfordville, Fla., and Kanawha City, died Dec. 16, 2015. A complete obituary will appear in Tuesday's edition. Arrangements are in the care of Elk Funeral Home,...
View ArticleLarry Steven Coleman
Larry Steven Coleman, 60, of Kimberly, died Dec. 19, 2015. He was born Nov. 14, 1955 in Montgomery and was the son of the late Robert Lee and Betty Ann Farley Coleman.He was a retired miner from...
View ArticleEd Chapman
Ed Chapman, 61, of Dunbar, passed away Saturday, Dec. 19, 2015.Ed was an employee at Diamond Electric and was very devoted to his family.He was preceded in death by his infant son, Zachary Allen...
View ArticleBarbara Blankenship
Barbara Triplett Blankenship, 79, of Indore, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, Dec. 18, 2015.Born Sept. 27, 1936 in Widen, she was the daughter of the late Richard and Mary (Jarvis)...
View ArticleFunerals for: December 21, 2015
Bowles, William 11 a.m., Handley Funeral Home, Danville.Bowman, Nancy 1 p.m., Leon United Methodist Church, Leon.Chapman, H. Gladys 1 p.m., Newton Baptist Church, Newton.Coleman, Larry S. 2...
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