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W.Va. rally held against Patriot bankruptcy plan
Church groups gathered with miners and other supporters at a rally in Charleston against Patriot Coal's bankruptcy plan. About 150 people showed up at Thursday's rally at the West Virginia Coal Miner Statue at the state Capitol. The Charleston Gazette (http://bit.ly/189pYGT) reports prayers were offered in support of miners, and ...
Charleston police seek help in Elk River body case
Charleston police are still looking for clues a year after a man's body was found in the Elk River. Police Lt. Steve Cooper says 55-year-old Robert Snow of Charleston never showed up for a scheduled job interview on May 23, 2012. His body, partially bound with duct tape, was found ...
2 W.Va. men get prison on heroin-related charges
Two men who tried to flee police during a traffic stop in Charleston have been sentenced to federal prison on heroin-related charges. U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin says 36-year-old Stephen Michael Hopkins of Huntington was sentenced Thursday in federal court in Charleston to 12 years and seven months in prison. A ...
Jayhawks pull away late, beat Mountaineers 7-2
Tucker Tharp and Michael Suiter each had two hits and two RBIs, leading Kansas to a 7-2 victory over third-seeded West Virginia at the Big 12 tournament Thursday night. The sixth-seeded Jayhawks (32-24) broke open a close game with five runs over the final three innings. Kevin Kuntz drove in ...
W.Va. man charged with threatening high school
Boone County police have arrested a Raleigh County man who allegedly invoked the mass shooting in Connecticut in a threatening message against a high school. Chief Deputy Chad Barker says 26-year-old David Linville of Shady Spring was charged Wednesday with making terrorist threats. Barker says Linville allegedly threatened on a ...
NY gov: Fracking decision to come before election
Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he'll make a decision on whether to allow shale gas fracking in New York before the 2014 election. Cuomo says he's waiting for his state health commissioner, Dr. Nirav Shah, to report on his own health review. The Democratic governor told the editorial board at the ...
Nearly all US states see hefty drop in teen births
The nation's record-low teen birth rate stems from robust declines in nearly every state, but most dramatically in several Mountain States and among Hispanics, according to a new government report. All states but West Virginia and North Dakota showed significant drops over five years. But the Mountain States of Arizona, ...
Vandals caused water damage to W.Va. hospital
Officials for Thomas Hospital's parent company say vandals caused a water leak at the South Charleston hospital earlier this month. Thomas Health System senior vice president of business development Bob Gray says someone stole caps off a valve on a water pipe in a second-floor stairwell May 8. The Charleston ...
Woman from Ky. hit by train in W.Va. identified
The National Park Service has identified a homeless woman from Kentucky who was killed by a train in the New River Gorge National River. The park service said Thursday that 49-year-old Chandra Turner from Louisville, Ky., was walking along the CSX mainline tracks in a heavy rainstorm when a freight ...
Panel looks at tax, fee hikes to fund W.Va. roads
A commission studying West Virginia's highway system is proposing tax and fee increases to raise millions of dollars for maintenance and repairs. The proposals include increasing the sales tax from 6 percent to 7 percent, increasing vehicle registration and title fees, raising the cigarette tax by 50 cents a pack, ...
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