By BRAD JOHNSON The Inter-Mountian You could hear it in everyone’s tone of voice Wednesday evening. Local residents’ speech sounded flat and lifeless. We spoke in slow monotones. We were depressed. Why? Because we’d just watched our beloved Mountaineers lose a bowl game. WVU started strong in the 2016 Russell[Read More…]
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Betsy Jividen named acting U.S. attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia
By ALEC BERRY The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Betsy Jividen of Wheeling has been named acting U.S. attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia, and will take over for U.S. Attorney William Ihlenfeld upon his resignation Sunday. Jividen will remain in the position until the selection and confirmation[Read More…]
Sexual predators: ‘Grooming’ targets not only victim, but parents as well
(Editor’s Note: The following is the first in a series from Jackson Newspapers dealing with the tactic of “grooming” used by sexual predators.) JACKSON COUNTY, W.Va. — In rendering his sentencing decision in the conclusion of a high profile case in October, retiring Judge Thomas C. Evans, III stated that it[Read More…]
10 things to know: Friday, Dec. 30
Dorothy Abernathy, regional media director of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Friday, Dec. 30, 2016. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. OBAMA HITS RUSSIANS FOR HACKING The administration unleashes sanctions against Russia for cyber-meddling in[Read More…]
Contracts go out for 2017 Bluefield Coal Show
By GREG JORDAN The Register-Herald BLUEFIELD, W.Va. — Despite the coal industry’s recent struggles and layoffs, large numbers of exhibitors are expected in mid-September when the 2017 edition of the biannual Bluefield Coal Show gets under way at the Brushfork Armory-Civic Center. The Bluefield Coal Show, sponsored by the Greater[Read More…]
Amber Alert: 16-year-old girl abducted in Beckley
By JESSICA FARRISH The Register-Herald An Amber Alert has been issued for a 16-year-old girl believed abducted from the Beckley Walgreens Wednesday evening about 6 p.m. The alert says police believe she could be in extreme danger. Beckley Police Sgt. Seneca Webb identified the girl as Jaddah Lashay Rodgers, an[Read More…]
Deputies: Human remains found in Fayette County may be missing woman
By ERIN BECK Charleston Gazette-Mail GAULEY BRIDGE, W.Va. — Human remains found Tuesday night in the Kanawha Falls area near Gauley Bridge may be those of a woman who has been missing since 1979, investigators say. Fayette sheriff’s deputies said a person searching for arrowheads in the Kanawha Falls area[Read More…]
Parkersburg’s Southside Kmart to close in April; some other Kmart, Sears stores in WV also slated to shut doors
By MICHAEL ERB The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — The Kmart in south Parkersburg will close in April, with liquidation beginning Jan. 6, officials confirmed Wednesday. Howard Riefs, director of corporate communications for Sears Holdings, confirmed in a press release via email the store at 1050 Division St.[Read More…]
Justice taps businessman Thrasher to lead WV Commerce Department
By MAX GARLAND Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov.-elect Jim Justice announced Tuesday that businessman Woody Thrasher will serve as secretary of Commerce. Thrasher, who has been serving as an economic development chair advising Justice’s transition team, is president of The Thrasher Group, an engineering and architecture firm that is[Read More…]
Feds: Mountain State Justice office manager stole $1.5M from nonprofit
By KATE WHITE Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — An office manager for the nonprofit legal aid organization Mountain State Justice is accused of defrauding her employer out of more than $1.5 million over the past 12 years. Kim Cooper, of St. Albans, was charged by federal prosecutors on Tuesday with[Read More…]
