Day: April 9, 2018 Archives


MondayApril 9, 2018

Notebook: No. 4 Winfield adds second win over No. 2 Wayne

Notes from Winfield's 7-6 win over Wayne on Monday night in high school baseball action.

Investigator finds piece of Morgantown history through old photo

"He never spoke about his childhood. We basically didn't know any of this until Mr. Manning called and we all started digging in the Library of Congress," she said.

Truck totaled after struck by train in Hurricane

Driver was not injured in Monday afternoon collision.

Morrisey: Senate campaign “two-man” race

Monday appearance on MetroNews "Talkline."

PEIA Task Force is set to get the big picture

Session will be led by PEIA Director Ted Cheatham. 

Sophomore big man Maciej Bender transferring from West Virginia

Polish-born forward gives the Mountaineers roster equilibrium for now — four players outgoing, four recruits incoming — though WVU remains in search of adding another player for next season.

Three Guys Before The Game : Off-Season Edition 1

Two Mountaineers are sniffing the NBA. At least four new recruits are heading to town.

Woman accused of beheading Mercer County boyfriend

Roena Cheryl Mills is currently being held at the Southern Regional Jail.

“I thought she was dead” says man and brother who helped rescue woman from Cheat Lake

"We stopped the work truck, got out of the work truck, went over the cliff, seen if anybody needed help, if anybody was alive," Andrew Emery said.

Police: Martinsburg fatal appears drug related

Virginia man dead after vehicle strikes tree.

WV Tax Department still wants to collect in hotel cases

In two federal cases, the state says it is owed a total of $1,395,000 collected from hotel guests but not passed on.

UPDATE: Monroe County offices closed through Friday

The Monroe County Commission will meet tomorrow to determine an action.

PSC to offer refreshers on pipeline safety

Workshops designed to help industry officials learn more about newest laws and to be reminded of current regulations.

Huntington mayor on Cabell County drug overdose decline: ‘We feel we are on the right track.’

During the first three months of 2018, Cabell County officials reported a 36 percent drop in overdoses compared with the same time in 2017.

WVU classes help recovering addict turned treatment counselor expand ‘pond of recovery’

"I've fought substance abuse disorder the better part of 10 years," said Dustin Daniels. "And since I have found recovery, I've made some steps to get into working into the field."

The power of the presumption of innocence

In the early morning hours of September 19, 2014, Frank Gene Thompson drove off U.S. Route 119 in Boone County and into an embankment. The vehicle landed on the passenger side and caught fire. Four passengers—Thompson’s girlfriend, Betty Holstein, their one-year-old son, Nathaniel Thompson, Holstein’s five-year-old daughter, Alyssa Bowman and Holstein’s friend, Rebecca Bias, were

Advocate calls new state law written to reduce rape kit backlog “a great first step”

Going forward, Ilse Knecht with the Joyful Heart Foundation said West Virginia lawmakers should look at mandating rape kit testing and tracking such criminal evidence.