Davis News

JPMorgan Chase is not waiting for economists to decide if the recession has ended.

The Randolph County Community Arts Center invites the community to its annual Holiday Artists' Market Friday from 10 a.m. until 9 p.m. in the Great Hall of the Arts Center.

Officials with the Hancock County Public Service District woke early Monday morning to hold an official celebration for the completion of the state Route 8 sewer project.

West Virginia has one of the highest rates of obesity in the nation. To help educate children about the growing concern, Philippi Main Street Committee received a grant through the Department of Health and Human Resources' Office of Healthy Lifestyles to host cooking classes and other activities for elementary school-aged youth.

The cheerleaders at Davis and Elkins College need your help to pay for uniforms and travel expenses.

Mt. Zion Baptist Church, 442 McDonald St., South Charleston, will host a Christmas bazaar from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today, Dec.

Charleston Refuse Department reports that residents who usually have garbage collected today will have it collected Friday and the normal Friday rounds will be done Saturday.

Lydia Bridenbaugh and Dana Hill each scored 26 points to lead Wesleyan past West Virginia State 83-78 Tuesday night in?West Virginia Conference action.

Roanoke, Va.-based Grand Home Furnishings is preparing for a New Year's Day grand opening in the old Goody's building at Cranberry Creek in Beckley.

St. Joseph's Hospital in Buckhannon will support the Great American Smokeout Thursday, an event nationally recognized as a platform to educate the public on the dangers associated with tobacco use.

Want to find out more about Girl Scouts? Visit the information table at the arts and crafts fair at the Thomas Community Center Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. In Parsons, call Liz Lancaster at 304 478-4186. In Davis, call Melissa Brown at 304 259-5777. Girl Scouts is "going green" through its leadership development books in the new "Journeys" ...

A local high school student has decided to breathe life into a pageant that she placed first in eight years ago.

In September, I challenged the residents of the Kenneth Honey Rubenstein Juvenile Center in Davis, W.Va., to a basketball game and they accepted.

The West Virginia Supreme Court Thursday overturned a multi-million-dollar verdict against coal giant Massey Energy.

Outside Bunker Hill Elementary School, Mandy Davis' second-grade students marveled Tuesday at the up-armored Army Humveee parked just outside their classroom, giggling as they took turns sitting in the driver's seat and trying to lift a heavy camouflaged kevlar vest.

Gov. Joe Manchin says he will make good on a promise to challenge residents at a Tucker County juvenile detention center to a game of basketball.

Gov. Joe Manchin says he will make good on a promise to challenge residents at a Tucker County juvenile detention center to a game of basketball.

The third annual Charleston Choir Festival will include eight church choirs from throughout the valley presenting music that represents their respective denominations.

Mike Davis has seen straight-A students suffer brain injuries. When they return to school, they look like they're back to normal -- but they struggle to earn C's. "Many times, children and parents think recovery's complete when, in fact, they're still having residual problems from the brain being damaged," said Davis, president of the Brain Injury ...

On a 96-0 vote, the U.S. Senate confirmed Kanawha Circuit Judge Irene C. Berger as a federal judge on Tuesday.