An editorial from The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — As hundreds of thousands of people in the Kanawha Valley learned all too well in January, water is a precious commodity. The chemical leak into the Elk River near a water intake for a West Virginia American Water treatment and distribution plant[Read More…]
Month: April 2014
Woman sentenced for $1.4 million Bethany theft
WELLSBURG, W.Va. – Shelly Lough stole nearly $1.4 million from Bethany College in an effort to stop an extortion attempt by two people who threatened to harm her children in addition to exposing an extramarital affair. Taking the extortion into account – as well as Lough’s cooperation in pursuing federal[Read More…]
Logan Sober Living Home becoming a reality
LOGAN, W.Va. — A Sober Living Home in Logan will soon be a reality following the signing of a lease Saturday morning. Pete Browning, Recovery Group Of Southern West Virginia board president, met with long-time businessman Sam Tiller, owner of Logan Hydraulics, to sign a lease on Tiller’s property located[Read More…]
Construction ‘tops-out’ at 8-story University Place
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Set for completion just in time for the start of the fall 2014 semester, the University Place student apartment construction site has quickly taken shape and now towers over the Sunnyside neighborhood near the West Virginia University Downtown Campus. The 950-bed complex will offer two-, three- and[Read More…]
Monongah lemonade stand to help animals
MONONGAH, W.Va. — Monongah Elementary School students are helping their community this week by serving lemonade. Lee Anne Burton’s second-grade class, with the help of student teacher Taylor Myers, organized a lemonade and snack stand Tuesday, today and Thursday to raise money that will be donated to Pet Helpers. They[Read More…]
Proposed school calendar lives up to spirit of law
An editorial from The Times West Virginian FAIRMONT, W.Va. — West Virginia state law requires that students be in a classroom for 180 days. Why 180 days? It’s probably a carryover from the 19th and 20th centuries when agriculture was a prominent industry and family members, young and old, were[Read More…]
Theatre West Virginia to auction props, costumes
BECKLEY, W.Va. — Many Theatre West Virginia items will be auctioned off Saturday at 10 a.m. at the former Mabscott office, located at 102 Spruce St. Manager Scott Hill said the items need to be sold because the company is moving from a large building to a much smaller office.[Read More…]
Ex-Daily Mail Sports Editor Dick Hudson dies at 100
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Dick Hudson, who wrote about sports for the Charleston Daily Mail for 36 years, died last Friday at 100 years old. Hudson passed away at home in Shady Springs, Ga., surrounded by family. Hudson’s Mountain State friends and former colleagues recalled him as a “gentlemen” and “sweetheart”[Read More…]
Luck outlines $106 million in WVU athletics projects
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — WVU athletic director Oliver Luck said that while Mountaineer Field and the Coliseum have “aged gracefully,” they’re in need of upgrades. Luck discussed the athletic department’s plans to use $106 million for facility improvements during a Tuesday, April 8, press conference outside his Coliseum office. He said[Read More…]
The Associated Press shares 10 things to know Wednesday, April 9
Dorothy Abernathy, The Associated Press bureau chief for West Virginia and Virginia, shares the 10 things you need to know Wednesday, April 9, 2014. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items, upcoming events and stories in West Virginia newspapers. 1-SHIP RELOCATES UNDERWATER SIGNALS FOR MH370 Search crews are[Read More…]