A new football league is starting in February and former Marshall quarterback Chase Litton will play. Litton was traded Thursday from the XFL’s Seattle Dragons to the Tampa Bay Vipers after being nitially assigned to the Dragons as part of the second round of quarterback assignments for the league’s teams. Litton went undrafted in the … Read more
Hurricane residents voted overwhelmingly in favor of a continuation levy Saturday. More than 200 people voted in support of funding for paving projects and police programs. The levy was first introduced more than 70 years ago and provides the city with more than $400,000 annually. Hurricane Mayor Scott Edwards said the levy does not increase … Read more
A bill introduced in the West Virginia Legislature is designed to honor Alex Miller, the Roane County high school football player who died during a football game. The law would require an automated external defibrillator device be present at all high school or middle school athletic events, and that all school sports personnel be trained … Read more
A new report from the state Department of Health and Human Resources shows that vaping rate among young people is increasing at an alarming rate. More than one in three West Virginia high school students say they use e-cigarettes. That’s up 150-percent in the last two years, and it doesn’t stop there. One-in-six middle schoolers … Read more
The Kanawha County School Board held a special session on Friday to begin the process of replacing longtime superintendent Dr. Ron Duerring, who announced his retirement earlier this month. The board hopes to name his replacement by May, so Duerring can help with the transition. Duerring’s final day is June 30th.
Marshall University President Jerome Gilbert is taking the three hate filled graffiti incidents on campus very seriously. The graffiti was found in restrooms on campus this week, and one incident happened last month. The university’s police department is investigating, and if a student or employee is responsible, they face expulsion or dismissal.
Charleston Mayor Amy Goodwin wrapped up her first U.S Conference of Mayors meetings in Washington D.C. Goodwin says the things she learned at the conference will help her solve challenges in Charleston. More than 14-hundred mayors from across the country were in attendance.
A former Mineral County chief deputy circuit court clerk is accused of embezzling money from office accounts. Gary Feaster is accused of stealing as much as 87-thousand-dollars over a three year period. Prosecutors say he used the money to fuel his alcohol and gambling problems.
The West Virginia House of Delegates approved a measure that makes it a crime to give someone a drug that results in their death. The proposal carries a felony penalty of up to three years in prison. The must be found t be acting with reckless disregard for the health of others.
An attorney representing the families of patients who died under suspicious circumstances at the Clarksburg VA Hospital says there is a seventh death with similarities to at least six other suspicious deaths at the hospital. An 89-year-old man was admitting to the ICU in January 2018. After showing signs of improvement he suffered a severe … Read more