Pineville News

Mr. Jack W. Puckett, age 79, of Pineville, W.Va. passed away Saturday December 19, 2009 in a Welch, W.Va. hospital following an extended illness.

Heartland Publications, LLC, which operates 50 paid-circulation newspapers in nine states including the Independent Herald today announced it will complete its financial restructuring under protection of Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.

Christmas parades are scheduled in both Mullens and Pineville. Mullens' annual Christmas Parade of Lights is scheduled Friday, beginning at 6 p.m. The parade route will begin at the Mullens pool, then down Moran Avenue to downtown Mullens.

Mullens and Pineville will make the season bright with Christmas celebrations this weekend.

An apparent domestic situation ends with gunfire in Wyoming County Wednesday night.

The 11th annual Pearl Bowles Memorial Golf Tournament, the single biggest fundraiser for the Wyoming County Toy Fund, is scheduled Saturday at Clearfork Valley Golf Course with an 11 a.m. shotgun start.

Many residents in Mingo, Wyoming, and McDowell Counties currently depend on wells or cisterns for their water supply.

An inmate who escaped from a minimum security work camp is back in custody. Police said Thursday that 25-year-old William Cline turned himself in to the Wyoming County Sheriff's Department in Pineville overnight.

Bob Aaron Videographer: Bob Aaron Web Producer: Bob Aaron Reported: Nov. 12, 2009 8:38 AM EST An escaped state prisoner turned himself in to the Wyoming County Sheriff's Department overnight.

On Nov. 7, Kenneth Ray Hager surrendered to authorities after escaping from the state's only maximum security prison.

A Wyoming County woman is facing charges of DUI Causing death after an accident that killed a local coach.

Retirement seems to agree with Warren Reed. The 78-year-old Pineville man has spent the last two decades collecting Griswold cast iron pieces, though that is only a portion of what keeps him busy.

A former Wyoming County school bus driver has been convicted of sexually abusing a 16-year-old female student.

BY JOHN CONLEY Associate Editor After seeing Pineville Elementary flooded twice in eight years, the Wyoming County Board of Education has decided it's time to build a new school.

The Register-Herald's Newspapers in Education program's first book sale has been a resounding success.

This year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has nearly $6 billion to award in loans and grants for water and wastewater projects across the nation.

Police are looking for two men who escaped from the Slayton work camp. MOUNT OLIVE- -- Two prisoners escaped from Mount Olive Correctional Complex in Mount Olive in Fayette County, and are believed to be heading to their hometowns.

The campus of the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine was until 1972 the site of a different type of educational institution.

Two cars hit head-on Tuesday morning on state Route 10 just outside of Pineville.

The Federal Bureau of Prisons operates five facilities in the state. West Virginiaa s general population has leveled in recent years, but at least one segment is showing continued growth.