Pence-Springs News

A new report says the sting of losing a job is worse for nearly 17,000 West Virginians who also lost their health insurance.

Police say 33-year-old William Riley King of Bradley is dead after being stabbed twice at Bay Manor Apartments in Bradley Thursday.

Raleigh County sheriff's detectives say deputies recovered a vehicle believed to be involved in an early Monday morning liquor store break-in - at the crime scene.

A man accused in a string of Oak Hill burglaries was placed behind bars last week.

Workers perform road maintenance on Robert C. Byrd Drive near the Neville Street intersection Thursday.

Cast members of "High School Musical" joined in with children from the audience on stage and danced to some of the tunes from the play.

Jaeden Blake, 5, son of Norman and Melissa Blake of Beckley, scrunches close to look at a wasp nest built on a window frame at Pinecrest Hospital in Beckley.

More than 30 tourists from Maryland enjoyed a tour of Winding Gulf Wednesday. The tour bus, booked by a Pennsylvania-based company through West Virginia Enterprises and local historian/actress Karen Vuranch, took the seniors through Sophia and surrounding historic coal camps, making stops in Helen and Stotesbury.

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Summers County deputies say four people were fighting in the middle of the road when an oncoming car struck them all, killing two.

At least one person died in a motor vehicle accident in Summers County Saturday morning, authorities said.

Deputies in Summers County are investigating an early morning fatal wreck. It happened around 3 a.m. Saturday on Route 3 in Pence Springs.

A photo cutline on Page 2A in Thursday's editon, listed an incorrect day for the show.

Thirteen Raleigh County students were honored at the Superintendent's Senior Scholars luncheon at the Beckley-Raleigh County Convention Center Wednesday afternoon.