MATEWAN, W.Va. — It started here on May 19, 1920, when seven men carrying Winchester rifles and pistols got off the Norfolk and Western’s No. 29 out of Bluefield under gray clouds and light rain. Within a few hours the climax of West Virginia’s mine wars would occur, a shootout between[Read More…]
Month: May 2015
The Associated Press shares 10 things to know Monday, May 18
Dorothy Abernathy, The Associated Press bureau chief for West Virginia and Virginia, shares the 10 things you need to know Monday, May 18, 2015. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items, upcoming events and stories in West Virginia newspapers: 1. ISLAMIC MILITANTS KILL HUNDREDS AS THEY TAKE IRAQ’S[Read More…]
Charleston Civic Center’s new LED lights reducing power usage by 75 percent
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – With your next sporting event or concert at the Charleston Civic Center Coliseum, officials say you can expect “crisp” lighting and clearer viewing for televised programming. The Charleston Civic Center and Ephesus Lighting, the leader in high-output LED lighting in sports and entertainment venues, Friday unveiled a new high-output LED[Read More…]
Buckhannon’s Strawberry Festival in full swing
BUCKHANNON, W.Va. — Deann Baughman of Buckhannon and her family sit in the same spot every year to watch the various parades in the West Virginia Strawberry Festival. It’s a family tradition that’s been going on for the last five years. But that’s what the Strawberry Festival, which is in[Read More…]
Wheeling lawmaker considers run for Congress
WHEELING, W.Va. — West Virginia Sen. Ryan Ferns says he’d consider running for Congress next year if three-term U.S. Rep David McKinley decides to enter the governor’s race. Ferns said he’d been approached about running for West Virginia’s 1st District congressional seat even before his 2014 election to the state[Read More…]
Convert old Navy base to a state prison
An editorial from The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Bargains such as West Virginia may benefit from soon do not come along frequently. State officials should snap this one up. A major Navy base located, strangely enough, near Sugar Grove, in Pendleton County, has been closed. State officials hope the General[Read More…]
Painted potholes strike lawmaker as ‘pretty stupid’
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Residents of the Jakes Run and Miracle run areas report that the Division of Highways (DOH) has painted road stripes right through the potholes. “To me it is a waste of money, when the potholes need patched before the lines need painted,” said Jakes Run resident Raymond Bane.[Read More…]
Drug dealer claims good motives, judge differs
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — A millennia ago, Robin Hood was (at least supposedly) an outlaw whose misdeeds were in the name of the greater good. Drug dealer Maurice Lamar Garrison sees his crimes in much the same light: The $20,000 a week he told a probation officer he made by marketing[Read More…]
Wood County DJ, 95, makes Guinness record book
WILLIAMSTOWN, W.Va. — Sally Hille has been awarded a certificate from the Guinness Book of Records naming her the oldest disc jockey in the world. Hille, who turned 95 on April 30, does a podcast for WMOA radio in Marietta, Ohio, called “News for Seniors.” The show is geared to[Read More…]
W.Va. court lets addicts sue health care providers
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Mingo County residents alleging they were negligently prescribed pain medication, causing or enabling their addiction, will be able to maintain their lawsuits against pharmacies and doctors that distributed them, West Virginia Supreme Court justices decided. In a 3-2 decision, written by Chief Justice Margaret Workman, justices decided if[Read More…]
