Dorothy Abernathy, The Associated Press bureau chief for West Virginia and Virginia, shares the 10 things you need to know Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2014. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items, upcoming events and stories in West Virginia newspapers.1. NO INDICTMENT FOR POLICE OFFICER IN MICHAEL BROWN’S DEATHA[Read More…]
Month: November 2014
Hunters rejoice as deer season returns
BECKLEY, W.Va. — What amounts to one of the state’s unofficial holidays arrives again Monday with the opening of the 2014 gun deer season. Gun season lasts two weeks through November and December, officials said. “It lasts from Nov. 24 to Dec. 6,” the Department of Natural Resources’ Colin Carpenter[Read More…]
Capitol Theatre to honor ‘The Wheeling Cat’
WHEELING, W.Va. — It’s taken more than three decades, but longtime Jamboree USA star Slim Lehart is finally getting his due. On Monday, the boisterous local entertainer, known as “The Wheeling Cat” for how he prowled the stage with his trademark guitar, will be honored with a sidewalk star in[Read More…]
Veteran Huntington newscaster Bos Johnson dies
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Longtime local broadcaster and public relations executive Bos Johnson died Sunday, according to WSAZ. Johnson retired in 2005 after a 53-year career in communications. His first 28 years were spent in commercial broadcasting, 24 of those with WSAZ-TV Charleston-Huntington. As television news came of age in the[Read More…]
Legslature has important task regarding Scout reserve
An editorial from The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — West Virginians spoke out strongly in the Nov. 4 general election in support of a constitutional amendment allowing the Boy Scouts of America to lease out its Summit Bechtel Family Reserve for use in for-profit ventures without risking the organization’s tax-exempt status. So[Read More…]
Morgantown area pets visit Santa for a cause
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Jim and Jane Yohn, of Reedsville, were a bit unsure what their hound mix, Maggie, would do. Their poodle, Rambo, regardless of his name, did just fine. Maggie, a 6-year-old rescue from South Carolina, ended up being a bit skittish, but overall, well-behaved as she posed for[Read More…]
E-filing program piloted in 14 W.Va. counties
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — Legal briefs could be available at the click of a mouse by next summer in Harrison and surrounding counties under an electronic filing program being implemented by the state Supreme Court. Harrison, Marion, Lewis and Upshur counties are among 14 participating in the pilot program, which ultimately[Read More…]
Newspapers take stage in recycling fashion show
Downtown Charleston gets ‘Homeless Jesus’ statue
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Walk down Washington Street in downtown Charleston, across the street from the post office, and you’ll come to a bronze park bench that wasn’t there last week. You may be hesitant to take a seat. There’s a man, who looks to be homeless, asleep on the bench.[Read More…]
School breakfast program frustrates teachers
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Participation in the state’s school breakfast program has skyrocketed since its reconfiguration in 2013, but grumblings among some teachers show that those numbers alone aren’t necessarily indicative of its success. While teachers praise the program for feeding hungry children — more than 50 percent of West Virginia[Read More…]
