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Hours later, Huggins issued an apology for his comments. “Earlier today on a Cincinnati radio program, I was asked about the rivalry between my former employer, the University of Cincinnati, and its crosstown rival, Xavier University. During the conversation, I used a completely insensitive and abhorrent phrase that there is simply no excuse for—and I […]
A West Virginia educator received quite the morning jolt on Monday when a black bear poked its head out of the school’s dumpster as he stood just inches away. Zela Elementary principal James Marsh was in the process of removing a recently-installed lock bar when he saw the bear’s head emerge from the dumpster. Marsh immediately ran […]
West Virginia Republicans have blocked a bill that would have prohibited child marriages. The state’s Senate Judiciary Committee narrowly rejected House Bill 3018 on a 9-8 vote Wednesday, exactly a week after it was passed by the West Virginia House of Delegates. Under WV’s current law, children as young as 16 can legally get married with parental consent. […]
West Virginia lawmakers have advanced a bill that would effectively ban child marriage. According to the Associated Press, the GOP-led House of Delegates approved the legislation 84-13 Wednesday with bipartisan support. Under West Virginia’s current law, children as young as 16 can legally get married as long as they obtain parental consent. Those who are younger than […]
MMA fighter Jonathan Haught made headlines this month after he volunteered his security services for a local drag show. The West Virginia resident made the offer via Facebook last week, when Primanti Bros. Restaurant and Bar announced it had canceled a drag brunch because of violent threats. “We were so incredibly excited to bring you a […]
A West Virginia woman has woken up from a two-year coma and identified her brother as the man who allegedly attacked her at her home in June 2020. Prior to this development, per a report from regional outlet MetroNews, the assumption had been that the case in question was going to be left unsolved. This […]
A judge has ruled in favor of three U.S. drug distributors in a lawsuit over the ongoing opioid addiction crisis. A federal judge made the ruling in favor of AmerisourceBergen Corporation, McKesson Corporation, and Cardinal Health Inc. on Monday. Per Reuters, U.S. District Judge David Faber argued in his ruling in the West Virginia-focused suit that […]
Are you a remote worker looking for some extra cash and a change of scenery? Then West Virginia has an offer for you. The state’s tourism office recently announced the launch of Ascend WV, a public-private program that promises $12,000 to those who are willing to relocate to the Mountain State. The initiative is specifically aimed at […]
A West Virginia woman who, last year, participated in the murder of her boyfriend alongside her biological father (who she then married), has been sentenced to 40 years in prison after pleading guilty to that crime. The sentencing came down last Thursday after a judge doled out a punishment to 31-year-old Amanda Michelle Naylor McClure for […]
Shots rang out as people were ringing in the new year, injuring seven people at a bar in West Virginia, the Associated Press reports. Interim Huntington Police Chief Ray Cornwell said, according to WOWK-TV, that the early Wednesday morning incident stems from a dispute between individuals that started inside the Kulture Hookah Bar before being taken outside. More than a dozen shell […]
