CHARLESTON – The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia at www.wvencyclopedia.org.
Dec. 28, 1879: Brigadier General Billy Mitchell was born in France. As chief of the Army Air Service, Mitchell ordered aircraft of the 88th Squadron to perform reconnaissance during the 1921 Miners’ March on Logan.
Dec. 28, 1978: The last trains ran on the Greenbrier Division, a branch line of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway.
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Cabinet on Friday approved a record defense budget plan exceeding 9 trillion yen ($58 billion) for the coming year, aiming to fortify its strike-back capability and coastal defense with cruise missiles and unmanned arsenals as tensions rise in the region.
The draft budget for fiscal 2026, beginning April, is up 9.4% from 2025 and marks the fourth year of Japan’s ongoing five-year program to double annual arms spending to 2% of gross domestic product.
“It is the minimum
The Inter-Mountain photo by Taylor McKinnie
The Buckhannon Fire Department, the Buckhannon City Police, West Virginia State Police and Upshur County EMS responded to a two-vehicle accident involving an SUV and semi-truck on Route 33 and WBUC Road just after 10 a.m. Friday.
(AP) —A man accused of shooting two National Guard troops near the White House has been charged in a complaint with federal firearms charges in connection with the ambush on Nov. 26 that fatally wounded one of the West Virginia National Guard members and seriously injured the second.
Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, has been charged with transporting a firearm in interstate commerce with the intent to commit an offense punishable for more than one year. He has also been charged federally with
Dear Annie: My sister-in-law has disliked me for as long as I can remember. I’ve never fully understood why, but over the years she’s made her feelings clear in a hundred small ways — cold shoulders at family gatherings, pointed comments and a general effort to keep me at arm’s length. I’ve always tried to rise above it for the sake of the family, especially because I was close to her children while they were growing up.
Her oldest son recently got married, and somehow she has managed to turn
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100 CHRISTMAS TREES CELEBRATION: will be Sunday and Sunday, Dec. 28, from 1-3 p.m. at the historic Kump House, 401 Randolph Ave. (across from Kroger). To celebrate the Kump House Centennial, 100 decorated trees will be on display along with a magical toy train, and light
Dorothy Louise Knicley Judy, 79, a resident of Parsons, West Virginia, departed this life Sunday evening, Dec. 21, 2025, at her home, surrounded by her loving family and under the care of West Virginia Caring Hospice.
The family will receive friends at the Lohr & Barb Funeral Home of Parsons, West Virginia, on Sunday, Dec. 28, 2025, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
On Monday, Dec. 29, 2025, Mrs. Judy will be moved to the First Baptist Church of Parsons, West Virginia, where friends may be received from
MORGANTOWN — Two West Virginia University physicians are encouraging people to recognize the early symptoms of pertussis, or whooping cough, so they can take precautions and seek treatment, when necessary, to avoid further spread of the infection.
Since early November, the number of identified cases of whooping cough in the Mountain State has increased to a magnitude not seen since 2010, as reported by the West Virginia Bureau for Public Health.
Dr. Matt Lokant, assistant professor of infectious
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV during his first Christmas Day message on Thursday urged the faithful to shed indifference in the face of those who have lost everything, such as in Gaza, those who are impoverished, such as in Yemen, and the many migrants who cross the Mediterranean Sea and the American continent for a better future.
The first U.S. pontiff addressed some 26,000 people from the loggia overlooking St. Peter’s Square for the traditional papal “Urbi et Orbi’’ address, Latin for “To
(AP) — Elusive street artist Banksy appeared to confirm Monday that a new mural in London, depicting two children lying down and pointing up at the sky, is his latest work.
The artist posted two photos of the artwork on his official Instagram account Monday, hours after its appearance on a wall on the side of a building in Bayswater, west London sparked speculation over whether Banksy was behind it.
The black and white mural, painted above a garage, depicts two figures dressed in winter hats and
