The state Supreme Court has pumped the brakes on a Raleigh County circuit judge’s recent ruling in a case with statewide implications about religious exemptions to West Virginia’s school vaccination requirements.
“Upon consideration and review, the Court is of the opinion to, and does, grant the petitioners’ motion to stay,” the court wrote in an order today.
“Enforcement of the circuit court’s November 26, 2025, ‘Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law, and Order Granting Permanent Injunction and
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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Greg Carey and Joe Brocato offer an initial preview of the WVSSAC Class AAA State Championship game between No. 2 Princeton (13-0) and No. 5 Nitro (12-1).
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by WV MetroNewsCHARLESTON, W.Va. – A Kanawha County woman convicted of first-degree murder could spend the rest of her life behind bars following her sentencing.
Virginia Smith received a life sentence with mercy from Kanawha County Circuit Judge Kenneth Ballard on Tuesday. She pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the 2021 death of Cheyenne Johnson, in addition to two other charges.
Smith, who admitted to shooting Johnson in the head and then dumping her body in a well with co-defendant Michael Smith, will
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Marshall opened its 2025 season at Georgia in what marked Tony Gibson’s first game as Thundering Herd head coach.
The first game in 2027 will likely pose an equally daunting challenge.
The Herd will start that year with a matchup at Alabama as announced Tuesday by Marshall Vice President and Director of Athletics Gerald Harrison.
“We are excited for the opportunity to play the University of Alabama at Bryant Denny Stadium on Nick Saban Field,” Harrison said in a school release. “Both Alabama and
by WV MetroNewsHENDERSON, W.Va. — Traffic is blocked on U.S. Route 35 in Mason County after a tractor trailer skidded off a bridge and over an embankment.
The wreck happened at about 5 a.m. Tuesday near the intersection with Sixteen Mile Road. It was snowing in the area.
Emergency crews from Mason, Putnam and Kanawha counties are on the scene.
The driver was trapped in the wreckage.
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