Spencer News

Dec. 25, 2009 BOOK REVIEW: 'Children of the Great Depression' Gives Voice to Two Members of the 'Greatest Generation' Who Survived the Great Depression, World War II Reviewed By David M. Kinchen Huntingtonnews.net Book Critic Under ordinary circumstances, a boy from Looneyville, Roane County, West Virginia and a girl from the northern London ...

Although the Parkersburg area may have dodged a weather bullet, outlying areas in the Mid-Ohio Valley experienced a major snow event Saturday.

A Roane County Schools technician has been charged with possession of child porn after State Police found images on his computer of children engaging in sexually explicit activity.

Marjorie Lattimer, 92, kisses her daughter, Shirley,72, on the forehead. Shirley was born with PKU, a genetic birth disorder, which can cause problems with the central nervous system.

Call 304-354-6101 for information. This is the only clinic that will also offer seasonal flu shots, the health department said.

For 165 years, Vail Furniture of Ripley has changed with the times and kept its place as a community staple.

A Roane County man is in the Central Regional Jail accused of shooting his brother twice in the head with a pistol late last week.

A Roane County man was recovering Wednesday after being shot in the head by his brother.

A late frost this Spring has lead to fewer walnuts this year, but that will not stop the Annual Black Walnut Festival, which is now in its 55th year.

The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection and Gov. Joe Manchin's REAP program are hosting a tire collection in Spencer to rid Roane County of old tires.

By Chris Spencer Huntingtonnews.net Photographer Huntington, WV -- The Marshall University Homecoming Parade featured former NFL standout Troy Brown as the grand parade marshal that started at the Big Sandy Superstore Arena and ended at Joan C. Edwards Stadium on Thursday evening, Oct.

SPENCER, W.Va. -- Paul Carbo pulled out his measuring tape and stretched it from Gen.

The Salvation Army of Charleston will accept Christmas applications for residents of Kanawha and Putnam Counties Oct.

A Spencer, WV man was killed after an overnight vehicle crash on I-79 in Pennsylvania.

A sport utility vehicle traveling in the wrong direction of southbound Interstate 79 collided with oncoming traffic overnight, killing the other driver.

Those in the market for used farm equipment are in luck. This Saturday, a farm equipment auction will be held starting at 10 a.m. in an open field near 2860 Charleston Road, along U.S. 119, about five or six miles from Spencer.

A Clendenin man is arrested for 48 counts of sexual abuse by a custodian. Corporal F. L. Hammack, Jr., of the Spencer Detachment arrested Jeff Bogss, 35, Tuesday.

State Police say a Roane County man accused of sexually abusing two children is behind bars, along with three family members who allegedly knew about the abuse but did nothing to stop it.

The West Virginia State Farm Museum is gearing up for campers, singers and food.

The chairman of the state Fraternal Order of Police Pensions Committee said Charleston Treasurer Victor Grigoraci is incorrect to believe police and firefighters aren't in favor of pension and benefit reforms and that they determine their own benefits.