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Design for Hancock County mural unveiled 

NEW CUMBERLAND – As the calendar moves toward the celebration of the nation's 250th birthday, one local county has submitted its design for a state-supported mural program. The Top of West Virginia Convention and Visitors Bureau has been working with members of the community in recent ...

Unclaimed Property Funds Given To Ohio Co. Sheriff

WHEELING – West Virginia State Treasurer Larry Pack presented unclaimed property check for $8,852.69 to Sheriff Nelson Croft and the Ohio County Sheriff’s Office Friday night at WesBanco Arena, delivering the funds on the ice during pregame ceremonies ahead of the Wheeling Nailers matchup ...

Voting rights groups sue to stop Ohio’s new voter registration laws

Several voting rights groups sued Friday to stop Ohio’s new voting laws from taking effect. After sending a letter to Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose last month, asking him to take corrective action on Senate Bill 293, the League of Women Voters of Ohio and CAIR-Northern Ohio filed a federal lawsuit Friday. The groups, represented by the American Civil Liberties Union Voting Rights Project, the Campaign Legal Center and the ACLU of Ohio, say the new laws violate the National Voter Registration Act and the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Among other things, SB293 ended ...

This Week in West Virginia History

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. Feb. 15, 1898: Musician John Homer “Uncle Homer” Walker was born in Mercer County. Among the last in a tradition of Black Appalachian ...

Marshall County Schools Joins National Class Action Social Media Lawsuit

MOUNDSVILLE – By joining a national class action lawsuit against social media companies, the Marshall County Board of Education hopes to garner possible related funds in the future. The board recently approved joining the lawsuit being pursued by Grossman and Kelly and the Bullock Legal ...

Jackson Wins Belmont Bee

ST. CLAIRSVILLE – St. Mary’s Central School’s Adeline Jackson, an eighth-grader, took home first place at the Times Leader Belmont County Regional Spelling Bee at the ECO Center on Thursday night. The words that separated first and second place were “parcheesi” and ...