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CHARLESTON (AP) — The executive director of West Virginia Public Broadcasting is retiring after months of being at odds with the authority that oversees public broadcasting. Dennis Adkins announced Thursday that he would retire on Dec. 21. The announcement followed an hour-long, closed-door session of the Educational Broadcasting Authority. The Charleston Gazette reports that Adkins [...]
Continue reading …WHEELING (AP) — The nun made famous by her book “Dead Man Walking” is visiting Wheeling to discuss the death penalty. Wheeling Jesuit University and the Sisters of St. Joseph will host two public events, followed by two public lectures featuring Sister Helen Prejean. Prejean wrote the book that inspired a movie starring Sean Penn [...]
Continue reading …WEST UNION (AP) — West Virginia State Police say a 71-year-old Doddridge County man died after troopers began searching his house as part of a drug investigation. Police said in a statement that Elton Wine initially tried to interfere with their search for fugitive John Bowman on Thursday. After Wine agreed to cooperate, he began [...]
Continue reading …CHARLESTON (AP) — Fuel prices are inching up to the $4-a-gallon mark in West Virginia. The weekly Fuel Gauge report issued by the Triple A says the average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline in the state is now $3.90, up more than 1 penny from a week ago. That’s higher than the [...]
Continue reading …MORGANTOWN (AP) — The family of a South Carolina woman killed at the 2011 All Good Music Festival will get about $570,000 from lawsuit settlements a federal judge has approved. U.S. District Judge Irene Kelley approved agreements Monday that also pay Kim Miller’s lawyers $233,000. Miller’s daughter Nicole died and two friends were injured when [...]
Continue reading …CHARLESTON (AP) — A half-century ago, Sam Huff’s bone-rattling hits on NFL running backs earned him his own network television special and the cover of Time magazine. Those collisions had their roots in Huff’s career at West Virginia. On Saturday, the 77-year-old will be honored during the ninth-ranked Mountaineers’ game against James Madison in Landover, [...]
Continue reading …CHARLESTON (AP) — State regulators are inspecting commercial vehicle brakes at interstate weight stations this week as part of an effort to raise driver awareness about safety. The safety inspections by Public Service Commission enforcement officers will be conducted at weigh stations on southbound Interstate 64 in Winfield, southbound and northbound Interstate 77 in Mineral [...]
Continue reading …CHARLESTON (AP) — Children across West Virginia appear doomed to fail because their parents appear unwilling or unable to make sure they attend school. That’s the warning from Circuit Judge Alan Moats, who has become an expert on truancy in the state. Moats told lawmakers on Monday that half the students in his circuit covering [...]
Continue reading …CHARLESTON (AP) — A West Virginia judge has ordered a California-based loan company to pay a $13 million civil penalty and cancel all debts owned by its clients in the state. Kanawha County Chief Circuit Judge Duke Bloom issued the penalties against CashCall Inc. on Monday. Bloom said the company used predatory lending practices and [...]
Continue reading …CHARLESTON (AP) — The state Supreme Court is set to discuss a court system for business-related lawsuits. Earlier this year the court asked for the public’s comment on the new system. Wayne County Circuit Judge Darrell Pratt is chairman of a court-appointed committee. He has said the goal is to have a court that can [...]
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