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Kennie Bass Videographer: Matt Durrett Web Producer: Kennie Bass Reported: May. 20, 2013 4:42 PM EDT Updated: May.

Charleston , Kanawha County , West Virginia The U.S. Department of Education has approved West Virginia's waiver request from the federal education accountability law.

Jeff Morris Web Producer: Jeff Morris Reported: May. 20, 2013 1:38 PM EDT Updated: May.

Erique Harris, 21, pleaded guilty to first-degree sexual assault and second-degree sexual assault in Kanawha Circuit Court, according to assistant prosecutor Michele Drummond.

A Charleston neurologist who prescribed hydrocodone more than any other doctor in the state in 2010 had been disciplined twice before by the West Virginia Board of Medicine.

A legislative audit of Potomac State College found a lack of internal controls on inventory and payment card security, legislators were told Monday.

A Charleston man who was shot on the West Side early Sunday morning remains in the hospital in stable condition suffering broken leg.

The gilded dome of the state capitol is Charleston's best-known feature, but government is only part of the story here.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The West Virginia Supreme Court reversed a lower court's decision that would have let a convicted drunk driver get off without having his driver's license suspended.

You're out of luck if you try to head up South Ruffner Road these days, at least during normal working hours.

A pregnancy center that counsels women not to have abortions has moved next door to a women's health facility in Charleston that provides abortions.

Ready to dig in for gardening season, Thomas Toliver visits the first of three community gardens he established on the West Side.

Colorful spring tulips brighten the Living AIDS Memorial Garden in the East End garden.

While I do pretty well keeping things in basic order, I've had this one room -- a spare bedroom -- that has been haunting me for quite awhile.

This artist's rendering provided by the West Virginia Governor's Office shows the front and back of one of the 1,863 commemorative silver coins minted as part of the celebrations surrounding the upcoming 150th anniversary of West Virginia's statehood.

Several West Virginia authors will make presentations at the "Jump Into Summer Reading -- Meet the Author!" event from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 25 at Taylor Books.

I have often suggested to friends that my obsession with wine and food can be attributed to at least one-half of my genetic composition -- the Italian half.

Charleston police officers Cpl. Jeff Setser and Sgt. Nick Null were both called to active duty in Iraq while working for the city.

The morning I wrote this, my littlest daughter was luxuriating in bed, unwilling to face the reality of the impending school day.

Associated Press Web Producer: Jeff Morris Reported: May. 17, 2013 4:40 PM EDT Updated: May.