Dorothy Abernathy, The Associated Press bureau chief for West Virginia and Virginia, shares the 10 things you need to know Monday, April 21, 2014. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items, upcoming events and stories in West Virginia newspapers. 1. WHO HAS HARSH WORDS FOR SOUTH KOREA FERRY[Read More…]
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W.Va. attorney general intervenes in gun bill case
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia’s attorney general is getting involved in the debate over Senate Bill 317, also known as the municipal gun bill. In March, the city of Charleston filed a complaint in Kanawha Circuit Court asking a judge to determine whether the city’s municipal recreation centers qualify as[Read More…]
More rocks fall, blocking road near Hinton
HINTON, W.Va. — A rockslide in Hinton blocked both lanes near the intersection W.Va. 3 and W.Va. 20 for several hours Thursday, officials said. The slide started around 8 a.m. and had both lanes closed until around 2:30 p.m. A Division of Highways official said they will sometimes close[Read More…]
Baltimore Ravens safety training in Huntington
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — A Marshall University football alumus returned to Huntington in the offseason for three months to prepare for the upcoming NFL season. Omar Brown, a safety for the Baltimore Ravens, has been training at the Hit Center on Fifth Avenue, trying to gain 12 pounds of muscle before[Read More…]
Victims unnerved by ruling that could free ’89 killer
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Stephen Westley Hatfield admitted to killing his ex-girlfriend, shooting her newfound love and a neighbor May 8, 1988, each gunshot part of a 99-minute, Mother’s Day rampage that terrorized victims in Huntington, Chesapeake, and Proctorville, Ohio. Now those victims sit unnerved by this week’s court decision[Read More…]
Guns discovered at airport checkpoints on the rise
An editorial from The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Some readers may have been surprised to read that a loaded .32-caliber handgun was confiscated from a woman’s carry-on luggage at Tri-State Airport in Ceredo this week. Passenger screening for commercial air travel has been in place since the 1970s, and with[Read More…]
WVU gymnast competes in nationals this weekend
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — One of the bright lights in the storied history of the WVU gymnastics program has one final opportunity to shine, this time on her sport’s grandest stage. Hope Sloanhoffer intends to take advantage. The senior from Cornwall, N.Y., will compete as an individual qualifier at the NCAA[Read More…]
Bridgeport airport lands another football team
An editorial from The Exponent Telegram CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — North Central West Virginia Airport continues to receive good news. Already ahead of last year’s passenger pace, the airport has landed another Big 12 football team — Baylor, which will use the local airport as well as the Wingate by Wyndham[Read More…]
Post-water crisis, W.Va. ups tourism ad spending
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A $1.2 million cash infusion announced Thursday will more than double the Division of Tourism’s spring advertising campaign budget, in hopes of offsetting negative publicity from the Jan. 9 chemical leak in the Elk River. “We acknowledge we need to be pro-active in looking toward our image[Read More…]
The Associated Press shares 10 things to know Friday, April 18
Dorothy Abernathy, The Associated Press bureau chief for West Virginia and Virginia, shares the 10 things you need to know Friday, April 18, 2014. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items, upcoming events and stories in West Virginia newspapers. 1. UKRAINIAN MILITIA DENIES CALLS TO FREE BUILDINGS Pro-Russian[Read More…]
