MILTON, W.Va. — West Virginia was forged under fire nearly 151 years ago, and glass workers in one of the state’s last bastions of artisan craftsmanship mark its birthday forging in a fire of their own. Work on the 2014 West Virginia Birthday piece, Sunrise over Appalachia, began earlier this[Read More…]
Month: May 2014
Teens’ tragic deaths resulted in a positive resolve
An editorial from The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINTON, W.Va. — Nine years ago today, shock reverberated across the Tri-State as residents awoke to learn that four teenagers — two from Huntington, one from Barboursville and one from South Point, Ohio — had been gunned down overnight. Two of them had attended a[Read More…]
W.Va. justice benefited from AG education funds
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — State Supreme Court Justice Allen Loughry received nearly $21,000 from the state in the late 1990s to pay for a graduate law degree at American University while he worked for the West Virginia Attorney General. The payments were among those recently highlighted in a legislative audit of[Read More…]
Social services re-funded in W.Va. budget bill
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Legislators moved more than $1 million from racing purses Wednesday to fund social services programs that aid domestic violence victims and children, as well as in-home education. An amendment tacked on to a budget bill in the House of Delegates passed unanimously, as did the budget bill[Read More…]
Deal reached in Kanawha prosecutor’s case
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Kanawha County Prosecuting Attorney Mark Plants will have two misdemeanor charges against him dropped if he completes a pre-trial diversion program, according to a deal reached by prosecutors and Plants’ lawyer Wednesday. Plants is accused of domestic battery of his 11-year-old son and violating a domestic-violence protective[Read More…]
Editor Tammie Toler honored by Princeton school
PRINCETON, W.Va. — Princeton Senior High School inducted Princeton Times Editor Tammie Toler into the PSHS Hall of Fame Wednesday during an academic awards ceremony for graduating seniors. Allen Kade introduced Tammie and recalled what a wonderful student she had been in his 7th grade class. “Tammie has shown determination,[Read More…]
The Associated Press shares 10 things to know Thursday, May 22
Dorothy Abernathy, The Associated Press bureau chief for West Virginia and Virginia, shares the 10 things you need to know Thursday, May 22, 2014. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items, upcoming events and stories in West Virginia newspapers. 1. AP EXCLUSIVE: NUKE SECURITY FAILED CRUCIAL DRILL Armed[Read More…]
Charles Town editor recovering from heart attack
From Facebook, a column by Christine Snyder, Life editor of The Spirit of Jefferson This week’s Page 2 editor’s note is a personal one. We have tried to be as transparent as possible about the Spirit, so when our editor Rob Snyder (also my husband) had a heart attack Saturday[Read More…]
Kentucky co-op to offer health insurance in W.Va.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A Kentucky-based nonprofit insurance cooperative will join West Virginia’s federal health insurance exchange in time for the 2015 Affordable Care Act open-enrollment period, state Insurance Commissioner Mike Riley said. The commission approved the Kentucky Health Cooperative May 15, Riley said. The cooperative plans to have products ready[Read More…]
Chinese hospital will not release Wheeling native
WHEELING, W.Va. – Friends and family of a Marshall County native in a coma at a Chinese hospital are trying to get the man home, but first have to pay his medical bill that already has reached $21,000. John Berisford, 36, a 1996 graduate of John Marshall High School,[Read More…]