Fairmont Senior wins AA state football championship, 49-48 over cross county rival North Marion By Nick Henthorn, for the Times West Virginian WHEELING, W.Va. — North Marion and Fairmont Senior play every year, but they had not played in the state championship since 1981. In their first meetup in over[Read More…]

By Jay W. Bennett, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel WHEELING, W.Va. — Greenbrier West’s vaunted defense was no match for No. 3 Williamstown here Saturday night at Wheeling Island Stadium as the Yellowjackets capped a 14-0 campaign and back-to-back Class A state championships after securing a 42-12 victory against the[Read More…]

By Toni Milbourne, The Journal CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. — A weeks-long effort by Jefferson County Commissioners Jennifer Krouse and Tricia Jackson to refuse to vote on a replacement for an open seat ended Thursday as the two were ordered by Judge Bridget Cohee to attend a scheduled special meeting and[Read More…]

By Ashley Perham, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A federal grand jury in Charleston has charged five former correctional officers in connection with a 2022 fatal assault on inmate Quantez Burks, 37, at the Southern Regional Jail in Beaver less than a day after his arrival. A sixth was charged[Read More…]

By Charles Owens, Bluefield Daily Telegraph BLUEFIELD, W.Va. — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is continuing his fight to keep former President Donald Trump’s name on the 2024 ballot not just in West Virginia, but in other states as well. Morrisey, a Republican, announced that West Virginia has now[Read More…]

By Emma Delk, The Intelligencer WHEELING, W.Va. — As high school football players hit Wheeling Island Stadium’s turf today and Saturday, business owners across the Ohio Valley anticipate an increase in customers during the Super Six state championships. With no local teams participating this year, Ohio County Commissioner and Ohio[Read More…]

By Charles Young, WV News WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., said she will “do everything in my power” to avert the closure of the U.S. Postal Service’s Charleston Processing & Distribution Center. Capito, during her weekly news briefing Thursday, said she is working alongside other West[Read More…]

By Roger Adkins, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia is adding nearly 300 new correctional officers to combat an ongoing staffing shortage in the state’s jails and prisons. Corrections staffing issues have been a persistent challenge in West Virginia, with the state facing a critical shortage of COs and[Read More…]

By Noah Jeffries, WV News CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — A new respiratory illness is affecting dogs across the country. In West Virginia, veterinarians are informing pet owners about the illness and the symptoms they should look out for. At the moment, very little is known about the illness, but it is[Read More…]

By Charles Owens, Bluefield Daily Telegraph BLUEFIELD, W.Va. — The King Coal Highway in Bluefield will open to traffic on Dec. 13, Gov. Jim Justice announced Wednesday. Justice said he will be in Bluefield on that day at 4 p.m. to cut the ribbon and to open up the new[Read More…]