WV school boards sue over alleged underfunding
By Kate White Several county school boards filed lawsuits this week over the West Virginia school aid funding formula, seeking to recover millions of dollars the school systems say they were...
View ArticlePrivate prisons not a problem in West Virginia, officials say
By Kate White West Virginia doesn't have ties to private for-profit prisons and that's not likely to change, a spokesman for the state's Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety said. "The...
View ArticleList: WV school superintendents' stances on transgender restroom issue
The Gazette-Mail sought to ask superintendents of all 55 school systems what their employees would do if a transgender student asked to use bathrooms, locker rooms or overnight accommodations that...
View ArticleFew WV school districts take stance on transgender restroom issue
By Erin Beck Ryan QuinnRyan Quinn Three West Virginia county school superintendents - in Calhoun, Clay and Doddridge counties - say their districts don't plan to follow the Obama administration's...
View ArticleOne injured in West Side shooting
One person was shot on Charleston's West Side Saturday night, according to 911 dispatchers. The incident happened around 8 p.m. on Tennessee Avenue on Charleston's West Side. Dispatchers could not...
View ArticleCrime Report: Aug. 21, 2016
The following crimes were reported to the Charleston Police Department between Aug. 11 and 17: East District:Quarrier Street 1600 block, petit larceny, Aug. 11, 2:30 p.m. Summers Street 500 block,...
View ArticleOn file: August 21, 2016
MarriagesThe following people applied for marriage licenses in Kanawha County between Aug. 11 and 18: Steven Ray Beard, 54, of Pond Gap and Mary Beth Williams, 50, of Princeton. David Wayne Reedy, 44,...
View ArticleCharleston police: recent shooting incidents throughout city were impulsive
By Laura Haight Charleston Police officials are calling a recent series of shootings throughout the city impulsive and reckless. Lt. Steve Cooper, chief of detectives for Charleston Police Department,...
View ArticleSouth Charleston elementary school on lockdown after report of shots fired
By Staff reports Richmond Elementary School has been placed on lockdown as a precaution after a caller to Kanawha County Metro 911 reported shots fired. A dispatcher said the shots fired were heard in...
View ArticleTexas federal judge temporarily blocks Obama's transgender guidance
By Erin Beck Ryan QuinnRyan Quinn A federal judge in Texas on Sunday granteed a nationwide preliminary injunction, sought by West Virginia's attorney general and officials from a dozen other states,...
View ArticleJudge denies bail for 2 suspects in separate slayings
By Kate White A Kanawha County judge dimmed the lights in the courtroom Monday and looked up at a projection screen. "Is that a picture of the defendant?" Circuit Judge Charles King asked a...
View ArticleWV DHHR slammed for changes to at-risk juvenile placement
By Kate White A commission created to oversee juvenile justice issues in West Virginia harshly criticized the state Department of Health and Human Resources in a report issued Monday and called on the...
View ArticleCar crashes into church in Kanawha County
A car crashed into a church just outside Charleston city limits this morning, according to a Kanawha County Metro 911 dispatcher. The dispatcher said the wreck was reported at the Meadowbrook Freewill...
View ArticleTri River Transit driver dies in Wayne County wreck
By Staff reports A Tri River Transit Authority driver died in a single-vehicle wreck in Wayne County on Monday evening. Herbert Hooser had already dropped off all passengers from the vehicle when he...
View ArticleKanawha deputies searching for felon who allegedly fired at apartments
By From staff reports Deputies are searching for a St. Albans man who allegedly fired at apartments and illegally possessed a firearm. Deputies with the Kanawha County Sheriff's Office have obtained...
View ArticlePolice investigating Charleston woman's disappearance
By From staff reports Police still are investigating the disappearance of a 34-year-old woman who went missing more than five months ago. Starina Woods had recently moved to Lance Drive, off of...
View ArticleMarshall launches active shooter training program
By Staff reports Marshall University unveiled on Tuesday a new online training program meant to teach students, staff and faculty what to do if there is an active shooter on the school's campus,...
View ArticleDHHR responds to commission report, calls juvenile reforms necessary
By Lydia Nuzum The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources has responded to accusations by a special commission that proposed changes to its juvenile residential treatment model were...
View ArticleFormer WV senator claims constitutional right in Supreme Court appeal
By Kate White Former state senator Erik Wells, a Democrat, has a constitutional right to appear on November's general election ballot as an independent candidate for county clerk, according to his...
View ArticlePanel hears arguments in Logan judge election case
By Kate White LOGAN - Mary Craddock's voice got louder and louder the longer she explained her reasons for coming to the Logan County Courthouse on Tuesday. Craddock was there to watch arguments in an...
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