By JOHN RABY, Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Unions for West Virginia teachers ended their two-day strike Wednesday night after lawmakers did not act on a doomed, broad-based education bill. Leaders of three unions representing teachers and school service personnel said at a news ...
BEAVER, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia authorities say they have charged three Southern Region Jail inmates with murder in the beating death of a fourth inmate. Senior State Trooper E.W. Boothe told the Bluefield Daily Telegraph that Kevin Whittaker of Princeton was found unresponsive in his ...
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia school board has approved placing security guards at 12 schools. News outlets report the Cabell County Board of Education approved placing security guards at several schools that don't have man-trap entry Tuesday. A handful of buildings do not have ...
By JESSICA GRESKO, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Wednesday that the state of West Virginia unlawfully discriminated against a retired U.S. marshal when it excluded him from a more generous tax break given to former state law enforcement officers. West Virginia ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A $10,000 reward is being offered for a West Virginia man who is a suspect in the shooting of a Virginia police officer. The U.S. Marshals Service offered a $5,000 reward and said Wednesday that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives matched the ...
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Four finalists have been selected for the chance to become West Virginia University's next Mountaineer mascot. The university says the finalists will participate in a cheer-off competition Monday night at the WVU Coliseum in Morgantown during the men's basketball ...
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (AP) — Court documents say the second-largest natural gas producer in West Virginia will pay $53.5 million to settle a federal class-action lawsuit over royalty payments to residents and businesses. News outlets report the deal's terms were unsealed Wednesday. ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A federal safety board has issued five recommendations after a 2016 liquid chlorine leak from a railroad tank car that injured eight people in West Virginia. The National Transportation Safety Board announced the recommendations Thursday after completing an ...
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Health officials in West Virginia say a raccoon that was killed by two dogs in the Cheat Lake area has tested positive for rabies. The Dominion Post reports the Monongalia County Health Department says in a news release the raccoon was killed Feb. 7. A state lab ...
By EDDIE TRIZZINO, Times West Virginian FAIRMONT, W.Va. (AP) — Though it hasn't been rung in some time, the Victory Bell is still an identifying landmark of Fairmont State University's campus. With the bell now entering its 80th year on campus, Raychel Fitzwater noticed that it could use an ...