CHARLESTON, W.Va. — When Thomas O’Brien Flynn put pen to paper, people paid attention. The Wheeling native spent more than 60 years writing and editing for The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register. Flynn, who died in 1983 at the age of 91, left a legacy as an editorial page editor. Even[Read More…]
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Marshall dedicates $56M engineering complex
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — A rainy day on Oct. 29, 2012, forced the groundbreaking ceremony for the Arthur Weisberg Family Applied Engineering Complex from its home in the 1600 block of 3rd Avenue indoors to the Cam Henderson Center up the street. On Thursday, the sun beamed brightly over 3rd Avenue[Read More…]
WVU opens new residential complex
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — WVU President E. Gordon Gee pondered an address change Thursday, Aug. 13, as he looked around the new University Park complex, in Evansdale. “I came over for a tour last week and was so envious I wanted to move in,” he said. Thursday was the day WVU dedicated[Read More…]
Boone ambulance director got $103K loan to enhance retirement
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Boone County Ambulance Authority Director Randy Lengyel secured an illegal $103,000 personal loan from the agency and used the money to enhance his retirement benefits, according to a letter that summarizes a state investigation. Boone Prosecuting Attorney D. Keith Randolph has directed Lengyel to pay back the[Read More…]
54 years later, WV Marine to help reopen Cuban embassy
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The trio of U.S. Marines brought down the flag and took care to fold it, despite the crowd that had converged on the embassy. There had been a brief discussion at the flagpole, where they were surrounded by 1,000 or more Cubans. Do we have time to[Read More…]
Bluefield editor Tom Colley inducted into Hall of Fame
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Tom Colley, an editor whose “virtue, integrity, ethics and service are certainly legendary,” was formally inducted Thursday into the West Virginia Press Association’s Hall of Fame by Bluefield Daily Telegraph Editor Samantha Perry. Colley served as the executive editor of the Bluefield Daily Telegraph from 1985 until[Read More…]
The Associated Press shares 10 things to know Friday, Aug. 14
Dorothy Abernathy, The Associated Press bureau chief for West Virginia and Virginia, shares the 10 things you need to know Friday, Aug. 14, 2015. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers: 1. WHAT ONE CLINTON EMAIL CONTAINED Officials tell AP that[Read More…]
WVPA Convention 2015 Program
WVPA Convention 2015: Final program and list of attendees
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Press Association’s Convention 2015 kicks off tonight at 6:30 p.m. with the President’s Reception at the The Culture Center on the State Capitol Complex. For the next three days journalists from across the state will gather for educational seminars professional recognition, product displays and socializing.[Read More…]
Beckley mayor’s leg broken when car struck him
BECKLEY, W.Va. — Mayor Bill O’Brien’s warm spirits were a sharp contrast to the cold machinery of his hospital room Wednesday afternoon. The mayor is in the hospital because someone accidentally hit him with their vehicle at Linda Kay Epling Stadium Tuesday night. His shin was fractured and required surgery,[Read More…]
