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PARKERSBURG (AP) — West Virginians are being invited to submit photos of the state for possible inclusion in a special issue of “Wonderful West Virginia” magazine. The issue will be published in June 2013, on the state’s 150th anniversary. The theme of the issue will be “A Day in the Life of West Virginia.” All [...]
Continue reading …CHARLESTON (AP) — West Virginia’s Supreme Court must decide whether the judicial branch is unique enough to allow special campaign finance rules. Court candidate Allen Loughry has received public funds through a pilot program. That program also offers so-called rescue funds triggered by other candidates’ spending. But the State Election Commission has withheld matching funds [...]
Continue reading …CHARLESTON (AP) — A man convicted of one of three sniper-style slayings that rattled the Kanawha Valley in 2003 was sentenced Friday to the maximum 40 years in prison. Kanawha County Circuit Court Judge Duke Bloom also said Shawn Lester, 37, of Charleston will not get credit for time served since his arrest, media outlets [...]
Continue reading …CHARLESTON (AP) — The son of West Virginia’s homeland security director is being paid through a federal stimulus grant that his father oversees. Jimmy Gianato tells the Charleston Gazette the West Virginia Ethics Commission and the federal agency that distributed the grant money did not have an issue with his son Adam’s hiring and denies [...]
Continue reading …PARKERSBURG (AP) — A Travel Channel television show about paranormal activity has filmed an episode in Parkersburg. The “Dead Files” pairs a retired homicide detective and a physical medium to solve unexplained paranormal phenomena. Travel Channel spokeswoman Stephanie DePietro told the News and Sentinel that a crew completed filming over five days last week. She [...]
Continue reading …PARKERSBURG (AP) — West Virginia officials say the U.S. Treasury Department is adding 450 jobs at the Bureau of Public Debt in Parkersburg. U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller said the announcement Wednesday also includes assurances the current 1,850 jobs will be retained at the bureau. The additional jobs to be added over the next several years [...]
Continue reading …CHARLESTON (AP) — The funeral for a slain West Virginia State Police trooper will be held this weekend in Charleston. Gatens-Harding Funeral Home in Poca says the funeral for Cpl. Marshall Lee Bailey is set for 2 p.m. at the Charleston Civic Center. Bailey was fatally shot Tuesday night at the Wallback park-and-ride off Interstate [...]
Continue reading …MARTINSBURG (AP) — A Virginia National Guard member arrested for running near a West Virginia school while carrying a training rifle will undergo an evaluation at a military facility. The evaluation is a condition of 23-year-old William Everett Alemar’s bond. Media outlets report that Alemar was released on a $50,000 personal recognizance bond on Wednesday. [...]
Continue reading …PARKERSBURG (AP) — A Wood County school’s single-gender classes are on hold while a lawsuit challenging their legality is heard in federal court. U.S. District Chief Judge Joseph Goodwin issued a preliminary injunction Wednesday halting the classes at Van Devender Middle School in Parkersburg for the remainder of the school year. The American Civil Liberties [...]
Continue reading …LEWISBURG (AP) — A female bald eagle has been released back to the wilds of West Virginia after recovering from zinc poisoning. The eagle was released Wednesday following nearly three weeks of rehabilitation at the Three Rivers Avian Center. The Charleston Gazette reports that the bird was found by a worker at the Greenbrier County [...]
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