MacArthur News

Thumbs up ... to Alisa Boyce-James, a fourth-grader at Crescent Elementary School in Beckley, one of four national winners of the School Nutrition Association's All-Star School Lunch contest.

Southern West Virginia was sitting in the direct path of a strong storm traveling up the East Coast this weekend.

Ben Bolen is celebrating his birthday by giving away his presents to the less fortunate.

While the majority of fifth-graders are busily compiling a wish list of the season's best-selling toys, Ben Bolen says he has only one wish this year.

IN THE MOST FAMOUS speech delivered at West Point, an old commander said, "The shadows are lengthening for me.

Back in the 1950s, black gold flowed out of the mines and along the railroad tracks, and the town of Sophia was a typical, coal-based West Virginia town.

Three people were injured Thursday afternoon in a five-vehicle wreck in Raleigh County, authorities said.

Multiple injuries were reported Wednesday after a three-vehicle wreck in Raleigh County, authorities said.

Deputies are on the lookout for an armed robber in Raleigh County. According to the Sheriffa s Department a man stopped into the Little General in MacArthur and demanded money.

Police responded to a reported armed robbery late Tuesday at a Raleigh County convenience store.

Raleigh County Sheriff's Deputies are investigating a late night armed robbery. Emergency dispatchers say the Little General in MacArthur was robbed just before 11 o'clock Tuesday night.

Firefighters from three departments responded to a blaze early Monday morning, October 12.

Fitzpatrick State Park is located in MacArthur, West Virginia and offers a variety of different outdoor activities.

The four-day Wyoming County Labor Day Celebration is under way with carnival rides, concerts and a Monday fireworks show to cap off the holiday.

Businesses with big hearts are making progress on the From Our House To Your House home, which will ultimately be raffled to benefit Hospice of Southern West Virginia's Bowers Hospice House.

Annexation law must be addressed by Legislature It's been nearly two years since we urged the Legislature to revise a 2001 annexation law that was blatantly unfair to residents who depend on county government for representation.

A local police department is reaching out to it's community. Today, officers with the Sophia Police Department escorted several young students from throughout the county on a shopping spree down the isles of Walmart in MacArthur.

A local police department is reaching out to it's community. Today, officers with the Sophia Police Department escorted several young students from throughout the county on a shopping spree down the isles of Walmart in MacArthur.

A local police department is reaching out to it's community. Today, officers with the Sophia Police Department escorted several young students from throughout the county on a shopping spree down the isles of Walmart in MacArthur.

WVU football fans will have the opportunity to bid on special items that bear the autograph of former Mountaineer record-setting quarterback Pat White at the 14th annual Newspapers in Education Flea Market and Auction, sponsored by Beckley Newspapers, on Saturday, June 6. Those looking for a quality pre-owned vehicle may fall in love with a 1996 ...