The highly anticipated debut of West Virginia’s new alternate black uniforms has a date. West Virginia will wear the new uniforms during an 8 p.m. showdown with Iowa State on Saturday, Oct. 12, according to a news release from the university’s athletics department. The game will be televised on FOX. The matchup in Morgantown has … Read more
Federal grant funds are coming to Legal Aid of West Virginia. The group will get more than $2335,000 as part of an effort to expand legal services for low-income Americans. Twenty-one organizations are sharing $5.4 million in Pro Bono Innovation grants. In West Virginia, the grant will help grandparents and other caregivers through the Solid … Read more
The Republican and Democratic gubernatorial candidates in West Virginia have agreed to a debate. Republican candidate Patrick Morrisey and Democratic candidate Steve Williams will square off in a debate on Tuesday, Oct. 29, from 7-9 p.m. The debate will be hosted by MetroNews and moderated by Hoppy Kercheval.
Utility crews from across the country have come east to help restore power after strong winds and rain knocked out power on Friday. In West Virginia, more than 25,000 Appalachian Power customers were still without service as Monday morning. Locally, more than 2,100 customers in Wayne County were without service, 1,000 in Raleigh, 700 in … Read more
Homecoming events are underway at Marshall University this week, leading up to the Thundering Herd’s football game this weekend. Dorothy “Dot” Hicks will serve as grand marshal of the homecoming parade on Friday. Hicks is a former administrator, coach and professor at Marshall, and was dubbed the “pioneer of the women’s sports program at Marshall,” … Read more
Now is the time to apply to become a deputy with the Kanwaha County Sheriff’s Department. Those interested should apply online or at the Kanawha County Clerk’s Office at 409 Virginia Street East, in Charleston. The sheriff’s office says on it’s website, when a test is scheduled by the Kanawha County Civil Service Commission everyone … Read more
A popular fall festival starts this week in Milton. Since 1986 West Virginia Pumpkin Park has been home to the West Virginia Pumpkin Festival, which organizers say has turned into one of the state’s largest fall events. The festival’s website says it was designed to help farmers with the raising and selling of pumpkins along … Read more
A Charleston man accused of dropping his juvenile son off to walk alone on a busy Kanawha County road has been charged. 63-year old Andrew J. Katz of Charleston is charged with one count of child neglect after an incident Sunday in the Cross Lanes area where his 12-year-old son was found apparently hitchhiking, according … Read more
Firefighters battled a blaze that broke out at a home in Charleston Sunday evening. Reports of the fire came in at 7:30 p.m. at the 1100 block of Early Street. According to a fire chief on scene, initial 911 calls reported several people fleeing the house as the fire started. Upon arrival, firefighters saw flames … Read more
A Clay County community is without a church after a fire early Sunday morning. A fire was reported just after 6 a.m. at the House of Prayer along Hansford Fork Road. Eyewitness News reported that the building was destroyed in the blaze, and the cause of the fire is under investigation. State fire marshals met … Read more