The West Virginia University women’s basketball team will host local middle and elementary schools in celebration of Education Day on Friday, Dec. 6. Tipoff is set for 10:15 a.m. ET, inside the WVU Coliseum, when the Mountaineers take on East Tennessee State. WVU says on its website that students will have free admission. Each school … Read more
This is the weekend for the annual Backyard Brawl. The West Virginia Mountaineers will clash with Pitt at 3:30 p.m. tomorrow (Saturday) in Pittsburgh at Acrisure Stadium. The Pittsburgh Steelers play at the same stadium. The Backyard Brawl will be nationally televised on ESPN.
A 12-year-old girl was arrested this week for making a threat toward a school in Ohio. The Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office said the girl was a student at Dawson Bryant Junior High School and admitted to making threats toward the school. Charges against her include delinquency by terroristic threat and delinquency by inducing panic, according … Read more
The St. Albans Library closed after discovering asbestos underneath floor tiles by the main desks and stairway. Asbestos removal will take some time, so they’ll reopen in phases. The first floor will open again on Sept. 23, and then the library will fully reopen in early October. Return deadlines will be extended while the library … Read more
TC Energy will host a groundbreaking ceremony next week for a new building on Kanawha Boulevard. TC Energy’s offices had been in a building on MacCorkle Avenue in the Kanawha City area and then last fall, the company announced plans to replace the old CASCI building in downtown Charleston, which has been torn down. The … Read more
A miniseries will start filming in Mingo County this fall. “P27: The Series” takes place at a psychiatric hospital in the fictional town of Lundin County, West Virginia. The story is inspired by the abuse at a psychiatric hospital in the 2000s, according to a news release from the production company. The three-part suspense and … Read more
State officials announced this week that a Putnam County educator has been named West Virginia’s Teacher of the Year for 2025 and a Marshall County librarian has been awarded the title of Service Personnel of the Year. Seth Skiles, a six-year veteran and music teacher at Rock Branch Elementary, was recognized by state officials Tuesday, … Read more
A man accused in a deadly 2022 shooting in Charleston was sentenced to five years in prison in the case after taking a substantially reduced plea deal earlier this year. 37-year old Shavan Collins of Charleston was sentenced in the case after taking a plea deal in August that saw the first-degree murder charge against … Read more
A man is accused of firing shots near a Kanawha County home Monday following an altercation that involved a damaged vehicle. Paul Chapman of Charleston, has been charged with discharging a firearm within 500 feet of a dwelling, according to a criminal complaint filed in Kanawha County Magistrate Court. The complaint said Chapman is accused … Read more
Crews battled a fire at a former coal processing plant in Boone County earlier this week. The fire was reported at the top of the former Admiral Processing Plant Monday evening, and it took until Tuesday morning to completely extinguish the flames, according to Boone County dispatchers. No injuries were reported during the fire.The plant … Read more