By Ashley PerhamFor HDMedia For the past two years, Charleston Parking Director Terri Allen and her team have been maintaining an empty movie theater in the bottom of the city’s 600 Washington St. E. parking garage. Park Place Stadium Cinemas closed in May 2024 after 43 years in business. Ownership told[Read More…]

By Riley McCoy For The Register-Herald Beckley — The robotics team at West Virginia University Institute of Technology has emerged as one of the top collegiate teams in the world this season, earning a place at the upcoming VEX World Championship in April. WVU Tech’s robotics team swept three top[Read More…]

By Ashley PerhamFor HDMedia $60.35 — That’s the starting rate Kanawha County will have to pay for every day they house someone at the South Central Regional jail next year. By comparison, there are cheaper rooms available at a Charleston-area Red Roof Inn, Days Inn and Super 8. For fiscal[Read More…]

By Edgar KelleyFor The Inter-Mountain Pickens — The small community of Pickens is set for a population boom this weekend when the 40th annual West Virginia Maple Syrup Festival gets underway on Saturday. The annual spring event will run through Sunday, and more than 2,000 visitors are expected to converge[Read More…]

By Matthew YoungFor HDMediaWhile addressing what he called “significant wins” over the past 60 days of the annual lawmaking exercise in Charleston, Gov. Patrick Morrisey, during a Monday news conference at the Capitol, said, “It was a very strong legislative session.” Once again praising his administration for the “tough financial[Read More…]

By Eric CraveyFor The Register-Herald Beckley — It’s not often that a middle schooler’s artwork ends up on thousands of pieces of clothing, but that is the new reality for Reese Childers, of Beaver. The Shady Spring Middle School eighth grader is the winner of the West Virginia Secretary of[Read More…]

By Amanda Larch HinchmanFor HDMedia One Cabell County kindergartener is very committed to the bit. Burt Texas — who wishes to keep his identity a secret — is the pro-wrestling alter-ego of Jerica Brae Hibner’s 6-year-old son, whose dreams came true after finding viral fame on TikTok and being invited to WWE’s[Read More…]

By Gage VotaFor The Intelligencer Glen Dale – Saturday saw many community members join forces to pack 30,000 meals for the annual Rise Against Hunger event. The event took place at St. Jude’s Church Hall and was sponsored in part by the Rotary Clubs of Moundsville, New Martinsville and Wheeling.[Read More…]

By Charles OwensFor Bluefield Daily Telegraph Bluefield — The Bluefield Planning Commission has scheduled a hearing to receive public input regarding a proposed tobacco and vape shop ordinance for the city. The city released a draft copy of that ordinance earlier this week, which will be considered by the planning[Read More…]

By Gwen SourFor The Parkersburg News and Sentinel Parkersburg – Families, artists and community organizations gathered Saturday at the Parkersburg Art Center for this year’s Art-O-Rama, a free community arts day that also coincided with several other events happening throughout the building. Jessie Siefert, managing and education director at the[Read More…]