LOGAN, W.Va. — Shrektember has officially kicked off in the town of Logan. In a kickoff party held on Tuesday, Southern Coalition for the Arts gave away 100 tickets for Shrek the Musical playing the first two weekends of September. Coalition Managing Director Jamie Butcher says the kick-off, which[Read More…]
Month: September 2014
Couple starts trust fund for Cacapon State Park
BERKELEY SPRINGS, W.Va. –The Cacapon State Park Foundation had more than just an 18th Annual Homecoming to celebrate this weekend when foundation president Jim Michael announced they will soon become the beneficiary of a charitable trust fund. During the annual Labor Day tradition, Michael announced to a packed crowd[Read More…]
Former W.Va. state trooper may see prison
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — A three-year Army veteran of Vietnam who followed that service with an 11-year career as a West Virginia state trooper is now looking at a potential federal prison sentence. That’s because Thomas Cueto, 65, of Bridgeport, lied about his military decorations on a document he submitted[Read More…]
Plans gel for 550-mile gas pipeline to start in W.Va.
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — Dominion — announcing a joint venture Tuesday with Duke Energy, Piedmont Natural Gas and AGL Resources — has officially confirmed its plans to build a natural gas pipeline from Harrison County to southeast North Carolina. The project, originally proposed by Dominion as the Southeast Reliability Pipeline[Read More…]
Despite new law, parole denied for five convicted as juveniles
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A man convicted in the 1980s of strangling a St. Albans mother and her two children will not be released on parole. John Moss Jr., 52, appeared Tuesday before the state Parole Board. Moss, who received three consecutive life sentences, was eligible for a parole hearing as[Read More…]
Police say Kanawha teen met alleged killer online
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — An Ohio man accused of killing a Cross Lanes teenager allegedly met the girl over the Internet — and the girl’s father begged other parents Tuesday to make sure they know what their children are doing online. Ericka Brown, a 16-year-old sophomore at Nitro High School, was[Read More…]
The Associated Press shares 10 things to know Wednesday, Sept. 3
Dorothy Abernathy, The Associated Press bureau chief for West Virginia and Virginia, shares the 10 things you need to know Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2014. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items, upcoming events and stories in West Virginia newspapers.1. UKRAINE SAYS CEASE-FIRE DEAL REACHED WITH RUSSIAThe statement is[Read More…]
Ex-Wyoming agency chief settles case for $528,000
STEPHENSON, W.Va. — Bob Graham … Remember him? Robert E. Graham, of Stephenson, formerly of Princeton, the wrongly defrocked former chief executive officer of the Wyoming County Council on Aging and All Care Home and Community Services, is back in the news, but this time for getting the state to[Read More…]
New W.Va. law gives killers chance of parole
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The pictures still haunt Bill Forbes to this day. Forbes, the former Kanawha County prosecutor who now owns the Forbes Law Office, oversaw the prosecution of John Moss Jr., who strangled Vanessa Reggettz and her two children on Dec. 13, 1979. The bodies were found in[Read More…]
Daily Mail revives ‘Cornered by the Camera’
Editor’s note: After about a 20-year absence, a popular Daily Mail feature has been revived. “Cornered By The Camera” offered glimpses of people in and around the Charleston area, a sort of “get-to-know-you” for the Kanawha Valley. It will be a regular Monday Life feature. Chief photographer Craig Cunningham remembers his[Read More…]