Mabscott News

Thumbs up ... to First Community Bank of Mullens for donating $500 to the Mabscott Improvement Committee.

It's the whitewater that brings many people to West Virginia. In some cases, once they're here, they stay.

Fire destroys a home in Raleigh County on Tuesday. The home in Eccles was engulfed in flames and burnt to the ground in just a few hours.

At around 8 a.m. Wednesday, Beaver Volunteer fire fighters were called out on reports that three of a trailers were on fire in the Mountain State Travel and Trailer Park in Glen Morgan.

"C ome here, Cutie Pie," Sam Croy says, nudging a frisky red angus heifer toward the huge bottle of formula he wants to feed her.

Community members joined together to pray for the nation. BECKLEY- -- Members of the Mabscott Holiness Church gathered in Shoemaker Square in Beckley to celebrate the National Day of prayer.

June is the traditional month for tying the knot, but in Sophia and Mabscott, it promises to be a time of municipal elections.

Theatre West Virginia held local auditions for its 49th season Saturday. Performers of all ages auditioned in Mabscott for the 2009 summer productions of "Seussical," "High School Musical," "Hatfields & McCoys" and "Honey in the Rock." In the morning, more than 40 local boys and girls, ages 12 to 22, took part in dance auditions for "High School ...

Emergency officials say 11 vehicles were involved in a wreck Monday morning near the Mabscott interchange of Interstate 77.

Icy road conditions have been blamed for a nine-vehicle pile-up Monday morning near the Mabscott Interchange of Interstate 77, according to a spokesman with the West Virginia State Police.

Other Stories by Rontina McCann RALEIGH COUNTY -- A half-a-dozen cars piled-up on the interstate this morning and stopped traffic on the West Virginia Turnpike.

The Beckley Military Entrance Processing Station at the Glen Jean armory today will honor a local soldier who gave his all nearly four years ago for the twin causes of freedom in Iraq and security in the United ...

Four defendants entered pleas Tuesday before Raleigh County Circuit Judge John Hutchison.

Jeremy Brown lived a life of danger and cherished every minute of it. For the courageous soldier, that life came to an abrupt end July 3, 2005, when Brown suffered mortal wounds when a Humvee he was driving ...

Once again, the Raleigh County Singing Convention has pushed Mac's Toy Fund past its annual campaign goal of $25,000. The group of traveling singers performs each month at a different church in Raleigh County.

A Raleigh County store suffered major damage when a teenage driver crashed his vehicle into it, according to the Raleigh County Sheriff's Office.