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Debt ceiling agreement gets thumbs up from business groups, jeers from some on political right
WASHINGTON (AP) — The reviews are starting to come in as details emerge about the debt ceiling agreement reached by President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. Even before seeing those details, some lawmakers were criticizing the deal as not doing enough to tackle the...
West Virginia elementary class writes book about rescued stray kitten
SALEM, W.Va. (AP) — The circumstances of one’s birth are not necessarily indicative of the rest of one’s life. Nothing exemplifies that notion better than Atlas, the Kindergarten Kitten. Salem Elementary School kindergartners, with the help of their teachers, wrote and...
GOP field in Pennsylvania Senate race still wide open as hard-right state lawmaker says he won't run
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A hard-right Pennsylvania state lawmaker said Thursday night that he will not challenge Democratic Sen. Bob Casey, leaving the GOP field wide open as Republican Party officials try to recruit a strong candidate in the moderate battleground state to help capture a Senate...
West Virginia man to pay $1,000 fine for casting two mail-in ballots in 2020 election
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia man will pay $1,000 and serve a year on probation for illegal voting during the 2020 election, Secretary of State Mac Warner announced Thursday. Richard Fox was sentenced last week in Fayette County Circuit Court for casting two mail-in...
Pennsylvania doctor sentenced in West Virginia to 6 months in pain pill scheme
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A Pennsylvania doctor was sentenced to six months in federal prison Thursday for his role in a pain pill prescription scheme. Dr. Brian Gullett also was fined $5,000 and surrendered his medical license. Gullett, 46, of Clarksville,...
Holliday gets 400th career win, Oklahoma State edges West Virginia
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Roc Riggio hit a go-ahead single in the eighth inning and Oklahoma State edged West Virginia 3-2 on Thursday in the Big 12 Tournament to give coach Josh Holliday his 400th career victory. Oklahoma State (38-17) plays in another must-win game on Friday. West...
West Virginia company drops bid to build logging pesticide facility amid fierce opposition
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia logging company hoping to build a toxic-spewing facility in the picturesque Allegheny Mountains has withdrawn an application for an air permit following vehement opposition from residents, regulators said Thursday. The state Department of...
'I'll gut you right here': Man charged with threatening Little League umpire with knife
LOGAN, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia man has been charged with threatening a Little League baseball umpire with a knife and telling him, “I'll gut you right here.” Franklin Darby was charged with brandishing a deadly weapon and assault on an athletic official following Monday's...
7-year-old child charged with arson of family home
RIPLEY, W.Va. (AP) — A 7-year-old West Virginia child has been charged with first-degree arson after intentionally setting the family home on fire while the child's parents were asleep inside, officials said. The juvenile was taken into custody Wednesday evening after the blaze,...
Editorial Roundup: West Virginia
Charleston Gazette-Mail. May 20, 2023. Editorial: Go anti-woke and go broke? West Virginia politicians have been directing significant anger, and no small amount of legislation, at corporations that practice “woke” investing. In the Mountain State, that mainly...
