MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — WVU expelled three students Thursday, Oct. 23, for their behavior after this past weekend’s football upset of nationally ranked Baylor in Morgantown. Their names weren’t released. Post-game partying in Sunnyside after the 41-27 win morphed into rioting downtown that damaged police cars and other property. As many[Read More…]
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AEP wants 17 percent rate hike as earnings soar
WHEELING, W.Va. — Citing damage the American Electric Power system suffered during a pair of 2012 storms and a new vegetation management program, the firm’s regulated West Virginia subsidiaries want customers to pay 17 percent more for their electricity. But as Appalachian Power and Wheeling Power await the Public Service[Read More…]
Retired Wood County circuit judge dies in crash
VIENNA, W.Va. — Former Wood County Circuit Court Judge Daniel Douglass died Thursday in a two-vehicle accident at the intersection of Rosemar Road and Millstone Drive in Vienna, officials said. Douglass, 85, of Vienna, a retired circuit court judge, died at the scene of the accident, said Mike Deem with[Read More…]
W.Va. Coalfields Expressway is pushing ahead
BECKLEY, W.Va. — Although the state is seeing a lull in coal production, truckloads are being moved as the Coalfields Expressway is cut across a scenic trek between Slab Fork and Mullens. West Virginia Division of Highways project manager Ali Sadeghian said selling the coal removed along the expressway was[Read More…]
Beckley school band latest to benefit from grant
BECKLEY, W.Va. — Park Middle School band students are blowing their own horns thanks to a $30,000 grant from VH1 that purchased instruments for the 42-member marching unit. “My students are so excited,” said Park Band Director Erin Tucker. “We’ve been working with instruments from the 1940s, so to have[Read More…]
The Associated Press shares 10 things to know Friday, Oct. 24
Dorothy Abernathy, The Associated Press bureau chief for West Virginia and Virginia, shares the 10 things you need to know Friday, Oct. 24, 2014. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items, upcoming events and stories in West Virginia newspapers.1. NEW YORK CITY DOCTOR TESTS POSITIVE FOR EBOLAThe physician,[Read More…]
WVU officials constructing isolated Ebola unit
BECKLEY, W.Va. — No cases of Ebola have been reported or suspected in West Virginia, but West Virginia University officials are developing protocol and constructing an isolated Ebola unit that is expected to be finished by Oct. 31. WVU Health and Health Sciences Director of Public Affairs Amy Johns said[Read More…]
CPR initiative starts in Wood County schools
PARKERSBURG — The American Heart Association is looking to increase the chances of West Virginians surviving sudden cardiac arrest, and with the help of the Highmark Foundation, they’re starting in Wood County schools. A $100,000 grant from the foundation, a charitable affiliate of the insurance company that includes Highmark West[Read More…]
ESPN in Huntington to profile Marshall’s herd
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — All season, Marshall’s football team has dominated the competition in an effort to catch the attention of national voters and earn a spot in the top 25 rankings, as well as the “New Year’s 6” Bowls at season’s end. That effort is getting ready to get a[Read More…]
Morgantown baseball team named “Black Bears”
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — After more than 2,500 suggestions and more than 10,000 fan votes online, Rich Baseball Operations announced Wednesday, Oct. 22, that the West Virginia Black Bears has been chosen as the name of their new NY-Penn League franchise. The team will take the field for the first time in[Read More…]
