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Foes lining up against sale of W.Va. power plant
Opposition is mounting to Mon Power's proposed purchase of a coal-fired power plant in north-central West Virginia, a deal critics say is overvalued and would unfairly raise rates for consumers. The Sierra Club of West Virginia announced Friday that it will protest the transaction Tuesday morning in Morgantown, where the ...
W.Va. stressing highway safety work zones
With the unofficial start of summer nearing, West Virginia's Division of Highways is talking safety in work zones. The division has scheduled a news conference for Friday to provide driving tips and work zone website information. Transportation Secretary Paul Mattox will be joined by representatives from the state police and ...
W.Va. man gets prison for possessing child porn
A 21-year-old Raleigh County man who had hundreds of images of child pornography on his computer has been sentenced to five years in prison. When Steven Russell Helton of Beaver completes his prison term, he will face a lifetime of supervised release. Helton was sentenced Thursday in federal court in ...
100 weapons, $580,000 cash seized from W.Va. home
Police in Wyoming County say they've confiscated 100 firearms, $580,000 in cash and hundreds of pills from the home of an accused drug dealer. Sheriff Randall Aliff tells media outlets that officers on Thursday found 30 firearms and $570,000 inside a safe that was seized last week from the home ...
Man arrested in W.Va. in Kentucky death case
An Ashland man has been charged in connection with a murder case involving a man whose remains were found after he had been missing last month. Kentucky State Police said Thursday that 54-year-old James E. Mcwain was arrested Monday in Charleston, W.Va., and is awaiting extradition. He is charged in ...
CONSOL will restart Blacksville mine on Monday
CONSOL Energy says it's got federal approval to restart its sprawling Blacksville No. 2 coal mine with the morning shift on Monday. The operation straddling the West Virginia-Pennsylvania border was evacuated March 12 after smoke began pouring from a shaft in Wayne Township, Pa. The fire was extinguished March 21, ...
Ex-W.Va. cheering coach pleads guilty to sex abuse
A fired cheerleading coach charged with sexually abusing male students has pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual abuse by guardian. Mannington resident and former North Marion High School coach Amanda Jo Barker also pleaded guilty in Marion County Circuit Court this week to one count of soliciting a minor ...
W.Va. man gets prison for failing to protect child
A Clarksburg man who failed to stop his girlfriend from burning her 2-year-old daughter with cigarettes and feeding her hot red pepper seeds is headed to prison for one to three years. Harrison Circuit Judge Thomas Bedell sentenced 53-year-old Frank Cherubino this week for child neglect resulting in injury. Media ...
W.Va. child abuse cases rising after brief decline
West Virginia child-welfare officials say the number of active abuse and neglect cases has been climbing in the past two years, but they're still handling fewer than they were five years ago. The state Department of Health and Human Resources says its workers took action in 1,569 cases in March ...
Transcript: W.Va. teenagers planned friend's death
Transcripts of a secret plea hearing show a teenager involved in the 2012 stabbing death of a Star City girl planned the slaying with an accomplice. But their motive remains unclear. Sixteen-year-old Rachel Shoaf pleaded guilty to second-degree murder May 1 in Monongalia County Circuit Court. Authorities have a second ...
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