Pineville News

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.

The Wyoming County Sheriff's Department has identified the victim of a Tuesday morning crash as Jeffrey Webb, 34, formerly of Turkey Creek, most recently of Beckley.

A head-on collision in Wyoming County kills one person and sends another to the hospital.

Wyoming County Sheriff's Deputies need your help tracking down a woman wanted by multiple law enforcement agencies.

Cliffs Natural Resources Inc., announced Friday morning that as a result of "modest improvements" in current markets and market expectations, the company is in the process of calling 150 coal miners back to work at the company's Pinnacle and Green Ridge No.

Hard times behind him, 85-year-old James Holland grins as he recalls 25 laborious years in the coal mines when he played catcher on the all-black coal company baseball teams.

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.