November 1, 2016 $151M settlement tentatively approved after WV spill contaminated drinking water A federal judge on Monday tentatively approved a $151 million settlement involving two companies sued over a 2014 chemical spill that contaminated drinking water in southern West Virginia.
November 1, 2016 No dropping: Law mandating horse poop bags rankles Amish Amish residents of a western Kentucky town are fighting back against an ordinance requiring large animals to wear collection bags to catch their droppings, arguing that the law unfairly singles out their community.
October 31, 2016 Fire at WV house kills mom, 2 children, dog Authorities say a mother and two children have died following an early morning fire at their West Virginia home.
October 31, 2016 Lawsuit: Defunct West Virginia funeral home mixed up bodies A now-shuttered West Virginia funeral home is being sued after a family says it mixed up their relative's body with another woman's.
October 23, 2016 Democratic candidate for governor in West Virginia owes millions in taxes Jim Justice, a coal billionaire running for West Virginia governor, owes millions in back taxes to some of Appalachia's most impoverished counties, including one in Kentucky that is struggling to pay the debt on a new rec center and has turned the lights off in its parks and reduced hot meals for senior citizens, according to tax records and government officials.
October 20, 2016 West Virginia University student dies after fall from frat house roof West Virginia University officials say a student who fell off a fraternity house roof last weekend has died from his injuries.
October 18, 2016 Fire at Marshall University's football stadium ruled arson Officials say a fire that damaged electrical wiring at Marshall University's football stadium in West Virginia has been ruled arson.
October 9, 2016 Records: Company shipped millions of pills to West Virginia Federal records show a drug company shipped 241 million hydrocodone and oxycodone pills to West Virginia over a five-year period.
October 7, 2016 Man charged with murder in infant's sexual assault death A West Virginia man accused of sexually assaulting a 9-month-old baby is now charged with murder in the child's death.
October 7, 2016 Man charged with murder in infant's sexual assault death A West Virginia man accused of sexually assaulting a 9-month-old baby is now charged with murder in the child's death.