Wayne County News

A cardiovascular specialist at Marshall University's medical school is poised to plead guilty to federal charges stemming from his involvement in a Mingo County pain clinic.

SCHOOL CLOSING>>> Tolsia High School in Wayne County will be closed Tuesday, November 17, due to no water.

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Patrick Donovan started talking about Prichard, W.Va., a long time ago, he said.

Just two weeks before Thanksgiving, a Wayne County family is without a home. The two-story house fire broke out just before noon Wednesday on 14th Avenue and Oak Street in Kenova.

All but one of the forest's 15 visitor cabins were constructed in the 1930s by CCC laborers.

BOIL WATER ADVISORIES>>> West Virginia American Water has issued a precautionary boil water advisory for a portion of Boone County and Kanawha County.

A South Carolina man waived his right to a preliminary hearing this morning in Wayne County Magistrate Court.

For the second time this year, a state Supreme Court justice has blasted the Department of Health and Human Resources by suggesting the agency has systemwide problems that need rapid correction.

A building housing a Wayne County manufacturer has been destroyed by a fire. The fire occurred Friday morning at Industrial Components near Kenova.

Oct. 19 Cluther Ray vs. Harbor Steel and Supply Corporation and Mark Berry PA- Mark A. Atkinson; J- James H. Young Jr.

Crews are on the scene of a fire in Wayne County. Dispatchers tell 13News the fire is on Lazy L Road in Kenova.

Oct. 29, 2009 Census Estimates: Cabell County Population Increases By Huntingtonnews.net Staff Huntington, WV -- The U.S. Department of the Census has released estimated population totals for the Ashland/Huntington metropolitan area, which show Cabell County with an estimated population of 94,631. Boyd County, Kentucky has 48,560 people, Greenup ...

Oct. 28, 2009 Marshall University College Fair for High School Juniors and Seniors from Cabell and Wayne Counties is Thursday Special to Huntingtonnews.net Huntington, WV - Sixty colleges and universities from eight states, along with every college within Marshall University, will be represented in the Marshall University College Fair for Cabell ...

Wayne County's Board of Education is looking at putting students of Fort Gay Elementary and Fort Gay Middle School into a new combined facility.

The investigation continues into last week's arson fire which destroyed the football building at Tolsia High School.

A Huntington man has been sentenced to two years and three months in federal prison for helping steal $13,000 from a mail delivery truck.

Oct. 19, 2009 Fire Truck Purchase Anxieties Have Roots in a Past Administration Former Mayor Used Westmoreland Truck as Collateral on Election Equipment By Tony Rutherford Huntingtonnews.net Reporter Huntington, WV - Why do Westmoreland residents appear leery of receiving a new fire truck for their station? The actions of a previous administration ...

My first reaction to Lee Maynard's newest book was bafflement. Maynard pens the life of an Appalachian boy from Southern West Virginia and his adventures around the continent.

West Virginia students have a new incentive to do well in school: If they don't, they might not be able to drive.

Wayne County firefighters responded to the scene of an early morning fire on the Tolsia High School campus in Fort Gay.