Pax News

Ash Camp. Tomsburg. Glen Huddy. Milburn. Westerly. Mucklow. Those long-ago communities have either been banished into the dustbin of history or are the basis for still-active communities of another name.

Remember when Kevin Spacey was awesome? Distant seem the days when Spacey could steal a movie from Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman with just a few minutes of screen time , or could hoodwink the audience for the duration of a movie with a canny performance , or could turn a boss-from-hell into a repellent yet magnetic monster .

Debbie Elmore said "mortar and brick" issues have dominated the Fayette County school bond debate.

First-degree murder and arson charges against two Fayette County residents and a Beckley man were dismissed Friday in Raleigh County Circuit Court.

Firefighters from several departments battled a structure fire Tuesday morning. Fayette County emergency dispatchers say it was at a residence on Coal Street in Pax.

Beckley police say they are searching for an auto dealership employee who drove a company truck recklessly, fled an accident scene and told his boss he was running away to Ohio because his license was suspended.

The details of the 2009 Blas na hEireann food awards have just been announced and the organisers are looking for entries from Irish food producers.

Police need your help finding an attempted robber. The Fayette County Sheriff's Department reports that a white male, about 5'7" to 5'10", with a medium build, and thin beard attempted to break in to The Corner gas station and restaurant in Pax just after 3:00 Saturday morning.

A passenger vehicle caught fire in the Turnpike early Tuesday morning. Raleigh County Emergency dispatchers say was reported just before 3 o'clock Tuesday morning.

A s a guy with an eternal, unhealthy infatuation with Nashville Skyline and the unabridged Basement Tapes , I'm a big fan of anyone channeling Bob Dylan 's ancient country muse.

I pound these keys several hours after completing my first trip on the West Virginia Turnpike since the new toll increase took effect -- a voyage that left me with a little less change than usual to contribute to the office vending machines for cellophane-wrapped column fuel.

A s a guy with an eternal, unhealthy infatuation with Nashville Skyline and the unabridged Basement Tapes , I'm a big fan of anyone channeling Bob Dylan 's ancient country muse.

Over the years, West Virginia Turnpike travelers have mastered the art of quarter-digging and wallet-fumbling when approaching a toll plaza.

A tractor-trailer is engulfed in flames on the West Virginia Turnpike near Mossy in Fayette County Thursday.

Northbound traffic on the West Virginia Turnpike near Mossy in Fayette County was moving slowly late Thursday evening as crews worked to clean remnants of a tractor-trailer that lost its load and caught fire just before 6 p.m. According to State Police Capt.

As part of planned Aug. 1 increase, WV Parkways Authority raises North Beckley Plaza rate.

Domestic violence is a serious and frightening problem many women face on a daily basis.

Fayette County Assessor Eddie Young has released a schedule of community visits by representatives of his office.

A cleanup crew removes charred cargo from a burned trailer on the access road between Tamarack and the Beckley Travel Plaza.

Foundation Coal is laying off 60 miners in southern West Virginia. The company will also trim production at a mine located in the towns of Pax in Fayette County and Paynter Branch in Wyoming County.