Day: August 21, 2015 Archives


FridayAugust 21, 2015

WVU basketball staff takes care of players in… softball?

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — For the second year in a row, West Virginia coaches and staff members took on the men’s basketball team. And for the second time, they old guys took care of business. Although the basketball players were able to chase down drives on defense, they couldn’t always match the ball to the glove, and

Police identify body found in Huntington Thursday

Police call death suspicious. State medical examiner to perform autopsy.

Marion sex abuse suspect arrested in Vermont

The 66-year-old man was on the run since Wednesday.

CAMC Breast Center introduces 3-D mammograms at open house

The new screening is now available in Charleston.

DHHR introduces new CEO for William R. Sharpe, Jr. Hospital

Patrick Ryan was named to the position earlier in August

Baylor’s bumbling shows why Big 12 should ban troubled transfers

Allan Taylor's column: The sexual assault conviction of Sam Ukwuachu shows failings by Art Briles and Baylor's administration.

Inmate escapes Harrison County prison, recaptured in less than half an hour

56-year-old Ira Hyde started his day on work release, serving time out of Wood County for grand larceny and assault. But Hyde stole a Salem municipal vehicle and fled the area.

I-64 configuration to change again in Charleston

Work zone to shift from east bound to west bound lanes on I-64 through the capital city

Pennsylvania man sentenced on federal heroin trafficking charges

Robert Crenshaw will serve 46 months in prison after pleading guilty to Distribution of Heroin within 1,000 Feet of a Protected Location

Intake remains closed at Wheeling water treatment plant due to toxic algae bloom

Residents in Wheeling and other parts of Ohio County are being told to conserve water and stay out of Ohio River where blue-green algae is present.

Former congressman calls on those in office to approve Iran nuclear deal

U.S. Senator Joe Manchin could be a key vote in the U.S. Senate on the proposal designed to curb Iran's nuclear program in exchange for sanction relief.

Taylor County woman charged in the 2012 shooting death of her husband

Samantha E. Metzgar faces first degree murder charges related to the death of Benjamin Cooper

Class AA title: Bridgeport’s to lose? Indians enjoy the hype

Bridgeport will be going for a school-record third straight football championship.

Manchin getting earful on Iran deal

Democrat U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin is the last remaining member of the West Virginia Congressional delegation to decide whether he will vote for or against the Iran nuclear deal. Republican Sen. Shelley Moore Capito and Republican House of Representatives members David McKinley, Alex Mooney and Evan Jenkins have all stated publicly they will vote against