Sophia News

A Sunday fire at a Sophia business doesn't appear to be suspicious, a local official said Sunday.

Sophia Police Officers need your help tracking down a man they say has a history of criminal activity.

Fire officials say a Crab Orchard house fire appears suspicious - noting a gas can was found near the fire's origin.

Raleigh County emergency dispatchers say there was a structure fire in Sullivan Wednesday morning.

The town of Sophia and local businesses are happily preparing for the annual Autumn Fest celebration scheduled Oct.

Two Raleigh County schools have been singled out for policies that promote good eating and lots of exercise among students.

A 37-year-old woman and a 16-year-old boy are charged with numerous crimes after Sophia police say they burglarized three apartments using a stolen master key for the entire complex.

Sophia Police say they are now sorting through several conflicting statements in a wreck investigation reportedly involving a pickup truck equipped with emergency red lights and a siren.

A pickup truck equipped with emergency red lights and a siren ran another pickup off the road and into another vehicle Wednesday in Sophia and fled the scene, police said.

Sophia Grant has used methadone for more than 10 years to treat an addiction to painkillers.

A 16-year-old Crab Orchard farmer in the making feathers his nest by raising chickens.

In the midst of a severe financial crisis, Coal City Fire Chief Ryan Bragg stepped down Wednesday and State Fire Marshal Sterling Lewis received a letter announcing the department would voluntarily cease and desist operations immediately.

Burning Rock, the popular and growing all-terrain vehicle park in Raleigh County, now is under the watchful domain of the West Virginia Civilian Conservation Corps, and the transfer is no mystery.

Thumbs up ... to the Food Lion Charitable Foundation, which presented Lester Elementary School with $700. The school will use the gift to further enhance technology in creating portable work stations for its students.

Local artists gathered at Sophia Town Hall Tuesday evening for a reception honoring their artwork.

An ATV rider who rode into the woods after reportedly threatening to commit suicide was found eating at a Sophia restaurant after emergency service workers say they combed southern Raleigh County for about 18 hours.

The VFW Post 4326 of Sophia will be setting up a booth at the West Virginia State Fair.

Krista Hughes stole the show at Lake Stephens' Colgate Country Music Showdown. Singing her very own "Why It's Her You Chose," the 16-year-old awed judges and competitors, and took first place.

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.

Sophia Police is raising funds for a back-to-school shop-with-a-cop, for children in the Sophia area.