Day: May 19, 2017 Archives


FridayMay 19, 2017

Manchin says Trump administration “keeps throwing gasoline on the fire”

Senator says Senate Intelligence Committee won't allow a "witch hunt" to happen.

Texas turns Myers around late, takes Game 1

The Longhorns have the Big 12's worst team batting average at .250, yet came alive in the sixth and rallied for a 6-2 win over West Virginia to start a three-game series.

Statewide high school baseball sectional scores

High school baseball sectional scores from around the state.

Armstead says $100 million revenue bill has “a lot of positives”

House adjourns until Tuesday awaiting Senate action.

KCHD seeking approval to cut positions

The state Personnel Board would have to approve the request at its June meeting.

Illinois outlasts Marshall in NCAA softball regional

Marshall falls to Illinois 3-2 in 12 innings on Friday afternoon.

Man dead after Clay County ATV crash

Rollover happened near Wallback.

Ex-Michigan standout Gondrezick transfers to West Virginia

A Parade All-American and top-30 recruit, the guard averaged 14.9 points and 3.6 rebounds this past season for the Wolverines.

W.Va. elk hair produces W.Va. brook trout

Two anglers set out to catch native West Virginia brook trout using flies tied from the hair of the first elk to roam wild in West Virginia in more than a century.

Flood debris at R.D. Bailey is unsightly, but it’s been worse

Corps has a process in place to cleanup mess left from recent flood

West Virginia records 4th mining death of 2017

Worker killed at Pinnacle Mine in Wyoming County.

3 arrested for concealing, moving body of apparent overdose victim

A third person, Rayburn Buchanan Jr.,, turned himself in early Friday afternoon.

Event to honor West Virginia’s Rosie the Riveters

Ceremony to be held Thursday night in Charleston.

Winning breeds record-breaking attendance for West Virginia sports

Basketball and baseball set single-season attendance records, while football drew its fifth-highest number of fans. A banner year where winning is the common denominator.

High school softball state tournament schedule, brackets

The high school softball state tournament is set for Wednesday, May 24 and Thursday, May 25.

House expects to pass revenue bill today, and then negotiations really begin

Conference committee seems most likely way to work out differences.

W.Va. prostitution law changes with state Supreme Court decision

Cabell County attorney Russell Cook had suspected for some time that the state law on prostitution was being misapplied, but he had trouble finding a case to challenge the statute. Then he was assigned as the public defender for Belinda Ann Fuller. Fuller was charged with third-offense solicitation in Huntington in 2015, a felony punishable

Herbert Hoover, Richwood hold first graduations after flood destroyed schools

The commencement took place nearly 11 months after the flood destroyed both buildings leaving students to spend the year in temporary quarters.