CHARLESTON — Sen. Joe Manchin is the man in the middle, and he knows that means he wields considerable power in a U.S. Senate soon to become evenly divided.

WAYNE — The Wayne County school district reopened its doors to students Tuesday, and Superintendent Todd Alexander said he hopes the rest of the year can be more consistent than the first half.

HUNTINGTON — Nearly all Ohio school districts have told the state they plan to return to in-person learning in some form as of March 1, meaning efforts to vaccinate thousands of school employees will begin Feb. 1, Gov. Mike DeWine said Tuesday.

HUNTINGTON — A new refrigerated truck will soon be on its way to Cabell County and used to further expand the ability of the school system’s food service program.

HUNTINGTON — Students across Cabell County are scheduled to return to their classrooms Wednesday morning after the Board of Education last week approved a three-day blended model for in-person instruction.

CHARLESTON — Gov. Jim Justice on Tuesday officially lowered the eligibility age for West Virginians to receive COVID-19 vaccinations to 65, while also acknowledging the state has not received additional vaccine doses from federal reserves.

CHARLESTON — A Hurricane, West Virginia, woman accused of breaching the Capitol on Jan. 6 and roaming its halls for about 30 minutes was arrested and arraigned Tuesday in a Charleston courtroom on charges stemming from her actions.

WAYNE — The Wayne County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a fatal shooting that took place in Fort Gay on Tuesday.

For West Virginians with homebound relatives, the COVID-19 vaccination process might seem like a nightmare.

HUNTINGTON — Two Huntington men were sentenced to federal prison time for their roles in separate gun crimes in Huntington.

On Monday morning, Marshall University's new head football coach Charles Huff had his contract approved by the university’s Board of Governors, finalizing the 37-year-old as the first Black head coach in the program’s history.

HUNTINGTON — The following information was provided by reports from the Huntington Police Department:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A criminal complaint has been filed against a Hurricane, West Virginia, woman accused by the FBI, which said she participated in the Jan. 6 Capitol breach.

Official state recognition of bowhunter Jody Dalton’s record-breaking buck took a far different form than those of the past.

WAYNE — With the hope of teaching children life skills, one Wayne County Schools staff member has begun making educational videos about agriculture and hopes to be able to speak to students about what they can learn from agriculture.

After a much needed break, some Marshall University students are returning to campus while most turn back to their computers.

HUNTINGTON — West Virginia added almost 700 COVID-19 cases to its tally Sunday, according to the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources for a total of 108,821.

ATLANTA — A day before the nation’s annual holiday celebrating life of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., Sen.-elect Raphael Warnock of Georgia returned to the pulpit at the church that was King’s spiritual home, calling for the nation to adhere to “God’s vision of equity.”

KENOVA — Griffith & Feil Drug has been in business since 1892, a family-owned, small-town pharmacy. This isn’t their first pandemic.

FLEMINGSBURG, Ky. — Motorists should expect traffic to be affected approaching downtown Russell over the next month as contractors begin steel work on the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet’s Ky. 244 viaduct replacement project in Greenup County.

HUNTINGTON — Marshall University and the Huntington-Cabell branch of the NAACP will present a program in observance and celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday.

HUNTINGTON — Huntington City Council’s Public Safety Committee pushed forward an ordinance to enter into an agreement with Barboursville deciding how items seized during joint police task force investigations will be split.