Belle News

About 25 pounds of ammonia gas was released at Dupont's Belle plant late Thursday.

Kanawha County commissioners say time is running out for them to authorize more early voting locations around the county, and they're pushing local political party leaders to quickly take a position on the issue.

A convenience store chain is donating money to 22 schools in West Virginia. One Stop, headquartered in Belle, announced that they have secured $750 grants for 22 West Virginia schools through the ExxonMobil Educational Alliance Program.

A cornucopia of West Virginia's rich heritage, going back to its painful birth in the strife of the Civil War, is the theme of a new rifle designed by a state native who has lived in Colorado almost four decades.

Retirement seems to agree with Warren Reed. The 78-year-old Pineville man has spent the last two decades collecting Griswold cast iron pieces, though that is only a portion of what keeps him busy.

Kanawha Trail Club: will sponsor a hike at noon Sunday at New River National River -- endless wall trail.

Over two decades, Sharon Richardson has probably mentored 20 to 25 school nurses who got their start in eastern Kanawha County schools, said lead school nurse Brenda Isaac.

Monday night, the Health Department held the first of three town hall meetings, giving concerned parents a chance to ask questions about H1N1.

If you have caught any late-night programming on the Cartoon Network during the "Adult Swim" series, you may have noticed a rather ghoulish troop of animated behemoths of decidedly stony demeanor, who appear to be a combination of superhero troop and death-metal band.

Ghost and Goblins its time to costume up! Reported by: Teresa Higginbotham Web Producer: Teresa Higginbotham Reported: Oct.

Is trick-or-treat Oct. 29 or Oct. 31 in your town? Check our list. Children ages 12 and younger.

Got a spook-tacular snapshot of you, your friends, son or daughter, or pet in their Halloween best? Send them to the Daily Mail to be part of our online Halloween photo gallery.

CEDAR GROVE, W.Va.- The Senior Citizens March to End Mountaintop Removal will culminate in a protest and press conference at Massey subsidiary Mammoth Coal Company on US-60, east of Cedar Grove, at 4:00 p.m. on Monday.

Two protesters are facing trespassing charges after unveiling a banner that reads "Yes, Coal is Killing West Virginia's Communities" off a machinery company's building in West Virginia.

Police will be conducting a high-visibility safety checkpoint in eastern Kanawha County this evening.

A man was arrested Thursday after attempting to rob the Family Dollar store in Belle and threatening the employees with a gun.

A Kanawha County man is in jail tonight -- accused of armed robbery. Ferlin Maynard, 29, is accused of robbing a dollar general store in Belle.

"We have held on and held on with the economy and the slowdown in the country," said Walker Machinery Vice-President Tim McClain.

The St. Mark's Books Reading Series presents a reading from "Lost and Found: Stories From New York," featuring Sam Lipsyte, Bryan Charles, Betsy Berne, Debbie Nathan, Courtney Coveney, and Thomas Beller.

The following people applied for marriage licenses in Kanawha County between Aug.