HANSFORD, W.Va. — A fatal wreck in eastern Kanawha County is a second major tragedy in the lives of two young girls in recent days.
When Sharon Williams of Hansford was killed in a car wreck on U.S. Route 60 Wednesday night, it left her two elementary age daughters with nobody. Williams’ husband, the girls’ father, died of illness just before Christmas.
Jackie Hersch is the Principal at Pratt Elementary School where the girls are in first and second grade. She said Williams was the kind of
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LONDON, W.Va. — The Kanawha County Sheriff’s Department has released more information about a fatal accident in eastern Kanawha County.
According to deputies Sharon Williams, 65, of Hansford, W.Va. died in the collision on U.S. Route 60 at Glasgow. The crash happened around 6 p.m. Wednesday evening.
Law enforcement officers said Williams had pulled off the right side of the highway while travelling west for a brief period of time. She attempted to make a U-Turn onto the roadway to go east and
by WV MetroNewsCHARLESTON, W.Va. – Fourteen prospective nurses are on their way to achieving their goals after signing to join the WVU Medicine Aspiring Nurse Program.
WVU Thomas Hospitals welcomed the students from BridgeValley Community & Technical College with a celebration on Thursday. BridgeValley President Dr. Casey Sacks believes this program is a significant aid to its students.
“We’re just so thrilled to have them, and we’re thrilled to be able to support them like this. The hospital pays them to
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The longest serving state senator in West Virginia is calling it a career.
Senator Donna Boley, R-Pleasants, announced her resignation from legislative service.
“It is with a heavy, but grateful, heart that I submit to you my resignation from the West Virginia Senate, effective immediately,” Boley wrote in a letter to Senate President Randy Smith.
“After 41 years as a member of the Senate, I have decided it is time for me to retire from public service and focus on my health and family full
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by WV MetroNewsThe successful mission to snatch Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro and his wife reminded me of the phrase coined by long-time New York Times columnist and Pulitzer Prize winner Thomas Friedman when the U.S. was considering invading Iraq. He called it the pottery store rule: “If you break it, you own it.”
Colin Powell used that phrase behind closed doors when he was trying to temper the hawks in the George W. Bush administration as they planned the invasion of Iraq. The ramifications are
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Jalen Speer sank two free throws when needed most and Marshall survived a final-second scare from James Madison to upend the Dukes, 66-64, in Sun Belt Conference action Wednesday at the Atlantic Union Bank Center in Harrisonburg, Va.
“We knew they’d make a run. We came out on the winning side,” Marshall coach Corny Jackson said on postgame radio. “The first half was maybe the best defensive performance I’ve seen out of our team (to build a 36-25 lead). High energy and together
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