By CARLEE LAMMERS Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Police say a Charleston woman created a fake will for her dying mother, in order to cut her siblings out of an estate worth more than $1 million. Tracie D. Wilson, 44, allegedly colluded with several others to create a fraudulent last[Read More…]
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‘Traditions’ musical to showcase Marshall’s history
By CAROLINE KIMBRO The Parthenon HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Friday and Saturday night at 7:30 p.m., the history of Marshall University will come to the Joan C. Edwards Performing Arts Center’s stage in the form of a musical. “Traditions: The Rise of Marshall” is an hour-long performance for incoming freshmen created[Read More…]
10 things to know: Wednesday, September 6
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. EYE OF IRMA PASSES OVER NORTHEAST CARIBBEAN The most powerful Atlantic Ocean hurricane in recorded[Read More…]
A recipe for disaster: Part 1 of 2
EDITOR’S NOTE: Following is part I of a two-part series on the heroin public health crisis in southern West Virginia. By SAMANTHA PERRY Bluefield Daily Telegraph BLUEFIELD, W.Va. — The deadly heroin cocktail killing scores of addicts in metro areas has made its way into the picturesque hills of southern[Read More…]
A recipe for disaster: Part 2 of 2
EDITOR’S NOTE: Following is part II of a two-part series on the heroin public health crisis in southern West Virginia. By SAMANTHA PERRY Bluefield Daily Telegraph BLUEFIELD, W.Va. — The drug epidemic in southern West Virginia has morphed into a potential catastrophic health situation, with Mercer and surrounding counties now[Read More…]
West Virginia voter registration shows strength with Independents
By JOSELYN KING The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Shifts in voter registration across West Virginia over the last decade have political insiders pondering whether the Mountain State is truly a “red” state, or if the time is ripe for a third political party to organize in West[Read More…]
State women recognized for serving as ‘Rosie the Riveters’
By JIM McCONVILLE The Journal HARPERS FERRY, W.Va. — America’s “Rosie the Riveter” got a belated 70 year-old thank you on Monday. Towns large and small across America yesterday offered up a formal commemoration for all the country’s “Rosie the Riveters,” the women who rolled up their collective sleeves during WWII[Read More…]
Union miners look to future with determination at annual picnic
By LACIE PIERSON Charleston Gazette-Mail RACINE, W.Va. — Even though their years in the coal mines of Southern West Virginia are well in the past, Jerry Bell and Curtis Akers said Monday they still worry about the future of miners who don’t have the advocacy of a union. Bell, of[Read More…]
Meeting with soldier’s sister helps local Vietnam veteran
By PAUL LAPANN The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — Bob Goff of Parkersburg has carried for 50 years the guilt over Army Sgt. James Ralph Snyder’s death in Vietnam. After meeting with Snyder’s sister Cindy Dunbar of Roanoke, Va., at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., this[Read More…]
Why WV same-sex couple filed lawsuit instead of complaint with state
By ERIN BECK Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Samantha Brookover and Amanda Abramovich wanted to prevent discrimination against other same-sex couples, so they filed a complaint with the West Virginia Human Rights Commission. But in the end, they filed a lawsuit in federal court instead, arguing that their constitutional rights[Read More…]
