CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Shatterproof, the first national organization committed to supporting research, advocacy and resources for those affected by the disease of addiction to alcohol or other drugs, has recognized Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin and West Virginia lawmakers for passing the Access to Opioid Antagonists Act. The bill (Senate Bill 335) was requested by Gov. Tomblin[Read More…]
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Ceremony marks state’s first 1,000 drug court grads
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Drug court graduates, their family and friends and state officials gathered for a Tuesday ceremony honoring the first 1,000 people to successfully complete the state’s adult and juvenile drug court programs. West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Brent Benjamin, Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin and Senate President Bill Cole,[Read More…]
Williamson Daily News names Kyle Lovern editor
WILLIAMSON, W. Va. – Longtime Williamson-area journalist Kyle Lovern has been named editor of the Williamson Daily News. The announcement was made by Jim Lawitz, vice president of editorial operation for Civitas Media, the newspaper’s parent company… “Kyle has guided the sports section at the Daily News into one of[Read More…]
Guilty pleas expected from two ex-Freedom owners
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Federal prosecutors are asking a judge to schedule guilty plea hearings for two former Freedom Industries owners. Assistant U.S. Attorney Philip Wright filed the motions Wednesday morning for former Freedom owners Charles Herzing, 63, of McMurray, Pa., and William Tis, 60, of Verona, Pa. The motions, each[Read More…]
House OKs bill to allow Teach for America in W.Va.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Teach for America, an education program that puts recent college graduates from non-education backgrounds in low-performing schools, has its first invite to West Virginia. The House of Delegates approved an alternative teacher-certification bill that will allow programs such as Teach for America to operate in the Mountain[Read More…]
W.Va. teen hit by lightning, lived to tell millions
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — Robert C. Byrd High School graduate Zach Sandy, who was struck by lightning in the summer of 2012 and believed to be dead, miraculously started breathing 30 minutes after the strike. Zach has been sharing his story of faith and healing with churches and groups around the East[Read More…]
Report says WVU frats had double their capacities
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A supplemental report from Lt. Keith Summers, a Morgantown fire marshal, says both of the fraternities suspended Monday, Feb. 9, had more than double the amount of people allowed by code in their party rooms. Morgantown Fire Marshal Ken Tennant said the Kappa Alpha Order’s house, at[Read More…]
Valuable toys, trains taken from Wheeling museum
WHEELING, W.Va. — A part of toy history – valued at nearly $30,000 – was stolen Monday from the Kruger Street Toy and Train Museum, and now city police are asking the public for help in solving this crime. According to a Wheeling Police Department report, someone broke into the[Read More…]
Former Kodak plant in Jefferson County sold
MIDDLEWAY, W.Va. — Although the former Eastman Kodak manufacturing plant in Middleway closed its doors nine years ago, the facility has recently been acquired by Commercial Liability Partners WV LLC – and may become a productive industrial site again in the future. Commercial Liability Partners WV LLC is a St.[Read More…]
