From the Wheeling News-Register — As other woes mount in West Virginia – jobs lost, severance taxes down, statewide budget cut, drugs flooding our state at a crippling rate – many of our youngest Mountaineers are suffering. West Virginia Children’s Advocacy Centers are providing services at an alarmingly increasing rate.[Read More…]
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New president at West Liberty University
By JOSELYN KING The Intelligencer WHEELING, W.Va. — For Weirton native Stephen Greiner, the opportunity to come home and serve as West Liberty University’s next president was “too good to pass up.” WLU’s board of governors named Greiner president Thursday afternoon after convening in private throughout the day at Oglebay[Read More…]
3,000 pumpkins later, the Pumpkin House comes to life
KENOVA, W.Va. — It all started innocently enough. Ric Griffith carved five pumpkins — one each for his three daughters and one for himself and his wife. He set them out on the porch of another house where the family used to live in this small town at the eastern[Read More…]
The Herald Dispatch: Guide to weekend activities
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Chalk up a win for the home team ’cause Halloween is on a Saturday, Donald Trump masks are a plenty, and concerts are more plentiful than lies in a political speech. Here’s a look at some concerts and shows going down in the clubs and beyond. A[Read More…]
Billboard to display solicitors of prostitution
By BISHOP NASH The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – In the battle against prostitution, usually fought in darkness by undercover officers, Huntington Police have added a very public weapon that Chief Joe Ciccarelli hopes catches a few eyes. An electronic billboard, located at the corner of 3rd Avenue and 20th Street,[Read More…]
‘BBQ & Bingo’ features food, activities, raises funds for state championship
BUCKHANNON, W.Va. — If you’re craving BBQ or bingo, mark Sunday, Nov. 15, on your calendar. Robin Murphy, pitmaster of Nuthin’ Fancy BBQ and a pro competitor in the 2015 BBQ Bash, will be smoking baby back ribs, brisket, pork and all the trimmings at the “BBQ & Bingo” at the Buckhannon Moose Lodge on Nov.[Read More…]
The Associated Press shares 10 things to know Friday, Oct. 30
Dorothy Abernathy, regional media director of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Friday, Oct. 30, 2015. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers: 1. WHAT CONGRESS IS SENDING TO OBAMA A budget and debt deal that averts[Read More…]
WVU to work on Upper Kanawha Valley economy
BECKLEY, W.Va. — West Virginia University will develop a Memorandum of Understanding with county commissions and municipalities that will be affected by WVU Tech’s move to Beckley and commit to helping the local economy improve. After months of silence and little information from the parent university, Fayette County Commissioner Matt[Read More…]
A few suffer effects of Wheeling ammonia leak
WHEELING, W.Va. — An ammonia leak at the Ziegenfelder Corp. in East Wheeling on Wednesday afternoon sent several employees to the hospital and shut down streets surrounding the plant. Workers inside the 87 18th St. plant reported a vapor cloud shortly before 2 p.m. Wheeling firefighters first on the scene[Read More…]
Obamacare fails to keep promises
An editorial from The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — With friends like Obamacare, who needs enemies? That would be a logical reaction to news this week about the federal health insurance program. President Barack Obama and other proponents of the insurance takeover insisted it was necessary for two purposes: First, to[Read More…]
