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The West Virginia Senate unanimously approved a bill permitting faith-based drug prevention in schools. The bill permits faith-based electives, and is not exclusive to a particular religion.

Cook Out will open at the former Bojangles location in Kanawha City. The burger joint opened in Huntington in 2014. No opening date has been set for the Charleston location.

Police are looking for two suspects after one of them fired shots from an AK-47 style rifle and hit a home on the West Side. The whole thing was caught on RING video. No one inside the house was hurt.

Mingo County deputies are investigating a fatal shooting in the Delbarton area. A man was found shot to death outside a home on Hell Creek Road. A suspect was taken into custody, but no charges have been filed.

Frontier Communications says its business and operations are solid, despite bankruptcy rumors. Kanawha County commissioners sent a letter to Frontier asking the company to confirm its future in West Virginia. Commissioners are concerned about the one-thousand-plus employees in the state. Frontier says it’s evaluating its capital structure with an to reducing debt.

For 5th grade students at Mary C. Snow Elementary, science class has become hands-on and 3D. Z-Space is an augmented reality program that only a handful of students here in West Virginia have experienced. Kids at Mary C. Snow are getting the chance to learn through a brand new innovation center created by Bible Center … Read more

Kanawha County commissioners sent a letter to Frontier Communications Corp. calling on the company to confirm its future in West Virginia after media reports say Frontier is considering filing for bankruptcy early this year. Kanawha County Commission President Kent Carper said in a news release that the biggest concern is the 1,000-plus employees in West … Read more

The Putnam County Sheriff’s Office was closed Tuesday after it received water damage from heavy rains over the weekend. Sheriff Steve Deweese said the upstairs received a lot of water damage and a crew was there Tuesday removing the water and monitoring the air levels. The sheriff’s office is posting updates on its Facebook page … Read more

The City of South Charleston will hold an excess levy election Saturday, Feb. 1. The taxes from the levy fund basic city services including garbage collection, fire service, police protection, the library and parks and recreation. Early voting for the levy started Jan. 17 at City Hall. The excess levy is voted on every five … Read more

Ibex Global is hiring more than one-hundred new customer service agents in Charleston. The company provides contact center services and business process outsourcing solutions to clients, The starting pay for the positions is $12.50 per hour, plus incentives.