Marshall’s Sam O’Dell Inducted into West Virginia Golf Hall of Fame

Sam O'Dell, a distinguished former golfer for Marshall University, has been inducted into the West Virginia Golf Hall of Fame as part of its 13th Class. O'Dell, who played from 1996 to 2000 under renowned coach Joe Feaganes, was also inducted into …

A tale of two tornadoes in Pendleton County, West Virginia

FRANKLIN, WVa. (WHSV) - West Virginia is not exactly known for tornadoes but they do happen. There are only a few known tornadoes between Grant and Pendleton County, West Virginia. Hardy County does not have an official tornado in the National Weather …

Mudslide along West Virginia highway strands thousands for more than 8 hours

Thousands of motorists were stranded for more than eight hours along a section of rural interstate highway in southern West Virginia early Friday after a mudslide caused by heavy rains blocked a storm drain the previous night, flooding the northbound lanes …

West Virginia makes short list of schools with a player drafted in NFL, NBA and WNBA Draft

West Virginia health officials warn of possible measles exposure at Dulles Airport

CHARLESTON, WV (LOOTPRESS) – The West Virginia Department of Health’s Bureau for Public Health has issued a health alert following a confirmed case of measles that may have exposed travelers at Washington Dulles International Airport on Thursday, June 19, …

More than a thousand West Virginia mining jobs at risk as overseas coal demand drops

FAYETTE COUNTY, W.Va. (WCHS) — Coal industry officials said more than a thousand miners’ jobs are at risk this summer as demand for West Virginia’s steel-making coal tanks overseas. Civil LLC has sent WARN notices required by law to multiple coalfield …

West Virginia Supreme Court upholds murder conviction of Lincoln County man

KANAWHA COUNTY, W.Va. (WCHS) — The West Virginia Supreme Court has upheld the conviction of a Lincoln County man found guilty of murdering his wife. Edward Earl Jeffers, 37, of Hamlin had appealed a murder conviction in the 2017 death of his wife, but the …

Research on Larry Gibson dedicated to the West Virginia & Regional History Center

Larry Gibson at a prayer breakfast in the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., featuring honored guest Wendell Berry, in April 2012. Photo by Mark Schmerling. By Joe Severino As a child in the 1950s, Larry Gibson fell in love with his grandparents’ home …

‘In God We Trust’ school signs funded and supplied for West Virginia

WASHINGTON, W.Va . (WTAP) - “In God We Trust” school signs have been funded by a phone company and supplied to all schools in West Virginia. According to W.Va. Senator Mike Azinger, Patriot Mobile is an American phone company that has funded bills like …

Nationwide injunctions 'endanger' public perception of the court, West Virginia AG says