CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Senate Education Committee has advanced legislation to create four separate pathways for high school students to work toward graduation.
Senate Bill 1044 would direct the West Virginia Department of Education to create the four different pathways with customized curriculum for students to earn a high school diploma. They would all be equal in stature, but would be geared toward the student’s future interests.
“We’ve constantly talked about how our graduation requirements

INSTITUTE, W.Va. – West Virginia State University continues to pay tribute to basketball pioneer and State alumnus Earl Lloyd, holding a special ceremony in honor of the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame member on the anniversary of his death.
Bryan Poore
WVSU President Ericke Cage, men’s basketball coach Bryan Poore, and athletic director David Hicks gathered with members of the State community to recognize Lloyd’s life and accomplishments as the first Black NBA player on Thursday.
“Earl played

MAYSEL, W.Va. – A Clay County man is in custody on first-degree murder charges following a reported shooting.
West Virginia State Police and Clay County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a residence in the community of Maysel on Thursday and found 31-year-old Savannah Keaton dead from a gunshot wound.
Richard Grad, 24, from Maysel, allegedly fled the scene after the shooting and later surrendered to investigators at another location.
Grad was charged with first-degree murder and transported to the

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The House of Delegates is taking steps toward helping the West Virginia Culture Center make necessary renovations, with the House Finance Committee passing a bill that would fund those projects.
West Virginia Department of Tourism Secretary Chelsea Ruby told lawmakers earlier this month that the culture center badly needed repairs that could cost millions of dollars. Delegates who toured the building agreed with her findings.
Clay Riley
“My original impression walking in,

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Suzette Breeden has been named the interim president of BridgeValley Community and Technical College, appointed to the position by the West Virginia Council for Community and Technical College Education.
The council held a special meeting on Thursday to name an interim president at BridgeValley following the resignation of President Dr. Casey Sacks, who announced earlier this month she would be leaving BridgeValley to assume a position with the United States Department of

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FAIRMONT, W.Va. — A suspected drug kingpin from Baltimore has been arrested following an investigation in Marion County.
Marcus Garland (WVRJA)
Members of the Three Rivers Drug Task Force, assisted by police officers from Fairmont and White Hall, conducted a search of a room at the Country Club Motor Lodge in Fairmont on Wednesday in an effort to gather evidence for other investigations.
In the room, police encountered Marcus Garland, 54, and then found paraphernalia, a duffel bag containing a