COLUMBUS, Ohio — The death penalty could be abolished in Ohio under upcoming bipartisan legislation announced Tuesday — the latest in what has been years of effort to end capital punishment in the state.
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BEIJING — Genetic material collected at a Chinese market near where the first human cases of COVID-19 were identified show raccoon dog DNA comingled with the virus, suggesting the pandemic may have originated from animals, not from a lab, international experts say.
CHARLESTON — West Virginia has surpassed 8,000 coronavirus deaths, according to state health figures released Wednesday.
On the third anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic, the virus is still spreading and the death toll is nearing 7 million worldwide. Yet most people have resumed their normal lives, thanks to a wall of immunity built from infections and vaccines.
The Prevention Empowerment Partnership (PEP), an initiative of Marshall University’s Center of Excellence for Recovery, is hosting a multi-day EGGS-traordinary Scavenger Hunt. The event began Monday and ends Friday, March 31. It is for youth ages 18 and under.
CHARLESTON — West Virginia First Lady Cathy Justice announced plans for the 2023 Bunny Brunch and Easter Celebration, which will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, April 8 at the West Virginia Culture Center at the State Capitol Complex in Charleston.
IRONTON — Students at Ironton High School are excited to present “Grease,” a show they cast in October and have been working on almost every day since Jan. 2.
MORGANTOWN — The No. 24 West Virginia baseball team will head into its first Big 12 series of the spring with a win, although it didn’t come easily against an in-state foe.
HURRICANE, W.Va. — It took a bulldog to stop a wolf.
ONA -- Parkersburg might have thought it caught a break when freshman Drea Watts instead of ace Quinn Ballengee took to the pitching circle, especially after Madison Marks led off with a double.
In Chapter 54 of a treatise titled “On the Incarnation,” a fourth-century bishop and Father of the Church, St. Athanasius, wrote a sentence that, in the words of an Orthodox priest, author and theologian, “has echoed down through the centuries, even into our own time.” That sentence is a rea…
Three Jersey Mike’s Subs in the region will donate 100% of sales (all sales, not just profits) to Camp Appalachia on Wednesday, March 29.
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