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CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A new trial date is scheduled for a man charged with first-degree murder in connection with a fatal shooting outside a Kanawha County convenience store.
Jacob Fields, 18, appeared before Kanawha County Circuit Judge Maryclaire Akers on Monday and, as a result of several factors, had his trial continued to January 26. Fields is accused of fatally shooting 42-year-old Tiffany Adkins as she walked into the Sheetz store in Kanawha City on May 28.
Madison Tuck, the Kanawha County

LIZEMORES, W.Va. — An elderly man is dead after a two-vehicle crash in Clay County.
State police said the crash happened Saturday afternoon on state Route 16 near Lizemores when two SUVs collided.
Troopers said a 91-year old man who was a passenger in one of the vehicles died in the crash. The driver of that vehicle along with the driver and a passenger in the other SUV were taken to CAMC, one of them by ambulance and two via HealthNet.
All three are in stable condition in the ICU at CAMC.
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FAIRMONT, W.Va. — Residents in Marion and Ohio counties who are still working toward recovering from damages caused by the Father’s Day floods still have a chance to be recipients of low-interest disaster loans from the federal government.
Representatives with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the United States Small Business Administration (SBA) announced that a 60-day grace period for applicants wishing for a physical damage loan is underway for anyone that missed the initial

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — One in every four West Virginia adults is serving as a primary caregiver to an aging loved one.
Tom Hunter
The figures from West Virginia AARP show the numbers are cultural in West Virginia where the long held tradition is to care for family members as they age and offer them the dignity and grace to stay in their own homes until they die.
Tom Hunter with AARP West Virginia said those individuals may also continue to hold down full time jobs while providing the care either

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Superintendents from 31 county school districts will make their best pitches for funding when they appear before the state School Building Authority Monday and Tuesday in Charleston.
Andy Neptune (WVSBA)
The SBA is in its annual process of granting funding for “NEEDs grants.”
SBA Executive Director Andy Neptune said the total requests from the 31 counties are for more than $170 million. He said the SBA has $43.5 million to hand out.
“There are a lot of good projects and how