Virginia State University News

Associated Press Web Producer: Jeff Morris Reported: Jun. 18, 2013 1:23 PM EDT Updated: Jun. 18, 2013 1:29 PM EDT West Virginia State University has plenty of room to grow with the transfer of the former West Virginia Rehabilitation Center property in Institute.

Senior West Virginians can look back over the decades and see how society gradually has evolved toward fairness and human rights.

Residents of the city like Jayne Sampson may have to find another way to get to work if they rely on Petersburg Area Transit buses to go to Southpark Mall, Fort Lee or Virginia State University.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- West Virginia State University's campus got about 20 percent larger Monday, with a vote by the state Board of Public Works to transfer the former state Rehabilitation Center property to the university.

It's being called the future jewel of Chesterfield - a $60 million performance arts, sports and academic center, all under one roof at Virginia State University.

West Virginia will celebrate the 150th anniversary of its statehood on Thursday, June 20. The sesquicentennial deserves to be celebrated, for the state's history is mighty unusual.

During a stage company board meeting Tuesday, the board voted to dissolve the company.

Members of Paterson's Silk City Youth Services Program's Teen Center-Shadasia Johnson, Cocoa Pearson, T'shaka Thorpe, and Mara Kettle But it's not the furnishings that attract Paterson students to the center, formally known as the Silk City Youth Services Program.

The 43,560 Initiative, a project at Virginia State University, seeks to illustrate ways to farm a small amount of land for a big payoff.

Park View Middle School will gain its fourth principal in less than two years when James A. Spence II takes over the position beginning June 17. Spence replaces Samantha Milteer, who resigned after less than five months on the job.

Four men charged with hazing in relation to the April 20 drowning of two Virginia State University students now face involuntary manslaughter charges.

St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church, 821 B St., St. Albans, will have its 12th Pastoral Anniversary for the Rev.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Howard Wilson, a veteran and former president of West Virginia State University's National Alumni Association, has died.

New charges have been filed against all four of the men facing hazing charges in the drowning deaths of two Virginia State University students.

Four men arrested in connection with a Virginia State University hazing incident in April that claimed the lives of two students are now facing involuntary manslaughter charges.

New charges have been filed against 1 of the men facing hazing charges in the drowning deaths of 2 Virginia State University students.

Mervin Brown Sr., 76, has taught in area schools for 50 years. In what began as a temporary job until he could work for the federal government, Brown has made a mark with local students and fellow educators.

The Huntington Museum of Art will observe West Virginia's sesquicentennial with a small invitational exhibit titled Macy's Presents: A Sense of Place: The West Virginia Sesquicentennial Artist Invitational .

IN February, Timothy Whittington stepped down as chief of the Smithers Volunteer Fire Department.

When Virginia ended state-funded tutoring for students, Demetria Jennings decided to turn that setback for her company into an opportunity.