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BOONE COUNTY, W.Va. (WOWK) — A Boone County man was arrested on Wednesday after police found evidence of a bomb being made in his home. The Boone County Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook post that Ronald D. Burgess, 44, is charged with Child Neglect Creating a Substantial Risk of Injury and Illegal Possession of […]
Christopher Sean Browning and Tiffany Dawn Browning → John Sutherland. District 05; part of Lot 73, Dingess Street, with exceptions and reservations. Danny D. Adams, Mavis L. Layton, Susie C. McCann, Patricia D. Myers, Samantha S. Rakes, also known as Samantha Grigg Rakes, and Viola Adams and Dell Adams, deceased → Courtney Nicole Mata.
West Virginia's Department of Commerce certified a sprawling artificial-intelligence data center on a former surface mine north of Danville in Boone County without telling the public it had happened. The project, called Project Country Roads, is proposed by Houston-based LM Core Energy Services Inc. and could eventually draw up to 10 gigawatts, with the petition covering roughly 3,557 acres and broader planning documents referencing proposals of up to 8,000 acres, according to the seed reporting that first surfaced the certification.
NAUGATUCK, W.Va. – It was a special night on Friday, Oct. 30 at Tug Valley High School’s Bob Brewer Stadium as the Class A No. 2-ranked Panthers bombed Man 46-12 during Military Night and also the annual TVHS Hall of Fame Game. Tug Valley won its eighth straight...
WILLIAMSON, W.Va. (WCHS) — A man is in custody following an investigation into racist messages that were spray painted on the flood wall in Williamson, W.Va., officials said. Daniel Arlen Kozee, 36, has been charged with two counts of destruction of property in connection with an incident earlier this...
FOSTER, W.Va. — Boone County high school students now have a streamlined pathway into Marshall University. Marshall’s Direct Admit program is growing to accept students at Van, Scott, and Sherman high schools, as well as the Boone Career Technical Center. Designed by Marshall University President Brad Smith, the program provides a clear path for high school students who meet certain academic criteria to become automatically admitted to the school.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WVDN) – Governor Patrick Morrisey announced that the West Virginia Infrastructure and Jobs Development Council would be assisting the John D. Rockefeller Industrial Park in Wyoming County, allowing manufacturer Oceanetics to more than double its workforce with 25 new full-time jobs. “West Virginia has the skilled workforce and resources to attract manufacturers that are […] The post Governor Morrisey Announces Final Steps to Allow Wyoming County Manufacturing Expansion appeared first on West Virginia Daily News .
NEWTOWN, W.Va. – The Mingo Central High School football team had a strong start and a strong finish with a late-game rally but it wasn’t enough as the Miners lost 23-15 to Class AAA Chapmanville on Friday, Oct. 30 in the Miners’ annual Senior Night game at Mingo’s Buck Harless Stadium atop Miner Mountain.
City officials and community members are offering a combined $4,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons who spray-painted racist language on Williamson’s flood wall. The vandalism occurred on First Avenue late Nov. 4 or early Nov. 5, the city said. Williamson...
CHARLESTON A nonprofit organization serving children and families in southern West Virginia is preparing for a new identity as it moves toward joining the Boys & Girls Clubs of America. Step by Step, Incorporated has announced plans to become a chartered member of the national organization and transition to a...
CHARLESTON – With legislative interim meetings expected to take up the topic of reforming West Virginia’s complicated and dated school aid formula next week and during next year’s regular session, lawmakers have invoked an automatic stay of a recent lawsuit with state education officials also seeking a delay.
A request by the contractor to delay rehabilitation work at the Southern West Virginia Regional Airport at Varney until spring was granted by the Mingo County Airport Authority at that body’s Oct. 29 regular meeting. Brandon Curry, project engineer with the airport’s engineering firm Chapman Technical Group, on behalf...
The 2026 All-Southern Soccer Team is out and several Mingo County athletes were named to the list. The list was compiled by local soccer referee Greg Dillon and comprises the southern West Virginia counties of Mingo, Logan, Boone and Lincoln counties. Mingo Central High School goalie Jackson Jewell was named...
