Day: August 27, 2015 Archives


ThursdayAugust 27, 2015

Marshall fans gear up for football season with annual Charleston rally

Herd football fans "Paint the Capital Green"

Crews test new pothole repair tool

The use of this machine will also cut down on time spent getting asphalt from a plant, and that asphalt potentially cooling in a DOT truck. The unit is entirely self-contained.

Morgantown woman sentenced in drug trafficking pipeline

The leader of the operation is scheduled for sentencing Friday.

Hazmat team cleaning up spill after wreck in Monongalia County

A box truck rolled over leaking oil and diesel fuel into a stream near the Daybrook community.

Yeager Airport introducing new firearm security regulations

Violations will now result in a misdemeanor.

Elderly woman seriously injured in riding lawnmower crash

She had to be flown to a trauma center for serious head injuries.

Eastern Panhandle Report: Week 1

The slates are clean. Hope springs eternal. The curtain is about to be raised. Welcome to the 2015 season.

ACT test-takers improve in English, struggle in math, science in W.Va.

The 2015 ACT college entrance exam results were released Thursday.

Barbour County superintendent believes reasons behind hostage situation complex

Jeffery Woofter hails the teacher in the classroom as a hero

Charleston school pilot project enters new school year with new goals

The focus is on the Capital City's West Side.

Kanawha County man gets home confinement for pointing rifle at a sheriff’s deputy

Brandon Weese, 29, previously pleaded guilty to wanton endangerment for the June 2014 incident.

Mason County leaders balk at proposal to change women’s prison

County Commissioner said residents were promised a women's prison when it was created more than 15 years ago and nobody wants male inmates in the county.

Gold & Blue Lunch Report: Cornerback depth gets redonkulous

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — If you don’t already have plans for next Jan. 30, the SEC-Big 12 Challenge (or rather, the Big 12-SEC Challenge) has the Mountaineers basketball team playing Florida at high noon. Should be a blast, even without Billy Donovan’s Eddie Munster hairline. (OK, so color me jealous.) Not into five-month waits? Well there’s

Dozens arrested in central West Virginia drug round-up

Police cover Fayette and Nicholas counties.

Southwestern Report: Week 1

Cabell Midland at Spring Valley is one of the highlight games in week one of the season.

Southern Report: Week 1

A look at Liberty-Westside, Bluefield-Graham and Shady Spring-Princeton.

Pastor says school gunman was bullied

First, let’s be clear about one thing: the person responsible for the terrifying afternoon at Philip Barbour High School Tuesday is the 14-year-old student who brought a loaded .380 caliber pistol to school and put his fellow classmates and teachers at risk. The boy, whose name is not being released, is charged with 28 counts

Thomas-Williams ‘hasn’t done enough’ in camp, slips to fourth string

It sounds like a disappointing preseason for the redshirt freshman, who arrived at WVU in 2014 with big expectations.

School year begins for all 55 W.Va. counties

Marshall County schools were the last to end their summer break Thursday.