By Samantha SmithThe Daily Athenaeum The Monongalia County Sheriff’s Office released the identity of the body recovered at Coopers Rock State Forest on Thursday, according to a release Saturday. Andrew Zimmer, 34, from California, was identified as the victim. Zimmer was pronounced dead on the scene following a search of the area,[Read More…]

By Riley McCoyThe Register-Herald BECKLEY — A law named for Baylea Craig Bower will soon raise penalties for West Virginia DUI cases that result in death. Baylea’s Law, formally House Bill 4712, creates the offense of aggravated DUI resulting in death and sets a mandatory prison sentence of five to[Read More…]

By Steven Allen Adams The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG – With early voting ending Saturday and the primary election on Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito is making her way across West Virginia to get out the vote for her own re-election campaign and like-minded candidates on the ballot.[Read More…]

By Matthew YoungFor HDMedia At a Friday arraignment hearing, ambulance driver Alyssa Brooke Middleton, 19, of Elkview, pleaded not guilty in the April 16 dragging death of 45-year-old John Lucas. A trial date has been set for August. Middleton, a Kanawha County Emergency Ambulance Authority employee who was driving the[Read More…]

By Holly Belmont and Nolan DuncanFor The Parthenon Old Sport, New Group Marshall Hockey has officially made its debut as a campus organization, and interested students have already made their way onto the ice for practices at the South Charleston Ice Arena. The sport isn’t new to the university, but[Read More…]

By Matthew YoungFor HDMedia Seven of West Virginia’s small businesspeople were honored in Washington, D.C., on Sunday as part of the Small Business Administration’s National Small Business Week celebration. One national award winner was named West Virginia Small Businessperson of the Year, while six local winners were recognized for their[Read More…]

By Evan BevinsFor The Parkersburg News and Sentinel Parkersburg – As guests gathered at the Wood County Resiliency Center this week to celebrate the 100th graduation from the county’s Juvenile Drug Court program, Family Court Judge Darren Tallman didn’t just tell them how the program works. He showed them. Before[Read More…]

By Ben ConleyFor The Dominion Post Morgantown – A new pedestrian bridge, a wall restoration along Richwood Avenue, and the first three neighborhood projects to receive funding through the Morgantown MOSAIC initiative have each received the official go-ahead from Morgantown City Council. Earlier this week, the body approved a $412,398.82[Read More…]

By Esteban FernandezFor Times West Virginian Fairmont — For her audition to the Governor’s School for the Arts, Halle Cercone picked the one in a foreign language. The art school program is a little different from the other four Governor’s Schools. For the performing arts, auditions are part of the application[Read More…]

By Steven Allen AdamsFor The Parkersburg News and Sentinel Charleston – Gov. Patrick Morrisey cited a bill aimed at cracking down on domestic violence as an example of how lawmakers and the Governor’s Office can work together while also defending his endorsements of challengers to sitting Republican lawmakers heading into[Read More…]