A federal judge ordered the Chemours Chemical Company on Thursday to immediately stop discharging unlawful levels of cancer-causing chemicals into the Ohio River from the company's Washington Works plant in West Virginia. "Those pollutants endanger the environment, aquatic life, and human ...
FORT STEWART, Ga. (AP) — Sgt. Aaron Turner was helping lock down a supply warehouse on Fort Stewart after gunshots were reported in a neighboring office building. Then he saw a fellow soldier walking past, wearing a hooded sweatshirt over his uniform and holding a handgun. Instead of ducking ...
MIAMI (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday ordered a temporary halt to construction at an immigration detention center — built in the middle of the Florida Everglades and dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" — as attorneys argue whether it violates environmental laws. The facility can continue to ...
CHARLESTON — A Fayette County circuit court judge will be the next justice of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, with a special election set for 2026. In a ceremony Wednesday afternoon at the State Capitol Building, Gov. Patrick Morrisey appointed 15th Judicial Circuit Court Judge ...
PARKERSBURG — Del. Bob Fehrenbacher has spent three years in the West Virginia House of Delegates, but he is ready to take on a new challenge with a run for the state Senate in 2026. Fehrenbacher, R-Wood, announced his candidacy Wednesday morning for state Senate District 3 in a gathering at ...
PARKERSBURG — A new addition to the Point Park mural was finished Wednesday afternoon, completing the mural for the foreseeable future. Several artists have been chipping away at the mural for the past five years, hoping to showcase the history and importance of the region in a vivid way. ...