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DUNBAR, W.Va. - Dunbar city police have uncovered -- literally -- thousands of recycling bags missing since summer.
Patrolman John Fling of the Dunbar Police Department helps load a pickup truck with city recycling bags missing since summer. City police found the bags hidden in two buildings at the Dunbar City Garage and buried in a pile of gravel.
Kanawha State Forest winter walk set for Saturday
Flags to be lowered for W.Va. guardsman
W.Va. turnpike tolls may go up again
Kanawha County Commission urges tougher smoking ban
911 gets new text alert service
Snow job (feature photos)
Obama team urges delay in switch to digital TV
Sex offender gets up to 30 years in prison
County officials stand by drug testing policy
Kanawha deputies impound humane officer's truck
Putnam men settle gambling charges
Toddler might have survived, prosecutors say
Judge issues opinion in drug testing case
Huck Finn's ramp flooded (news photo)
Greenbrier resort to furlough 650 employees
Mon wilderness expansion part of Senate bill
Ross named to replace Proudfoot in House
Blagojevich impeached by Illinois House
Toxic coal ash piling up in ponds in 32 states
Historical records headed to state archives
Judge Charles King back at work and collecting pension
Woman faces malicious wounding charge
When 220 hikers showed up to take part in last year's annual Winter Walk at Kanawha State Forest, it presented a challenge for Doug Wood, the event's sole interpretive guide.
Logan mother reports deputies to FBI
Daughter alleged rape by police in September
The mother of a woman who says she was raped by three Logan County law enforcement officers says deputies have harassed her and her daughter since then.
Academy gives a 'look behind the badge'
Charleston Police Lt. Valerie Strege gets to see a side of people that not many police officers have the chance to see. "I see the better side of people," she said. "Lots of guys see the underbelly of society, where I get to work with people who are supportive and have a positive view of us."
DUI checkpoint
The West Virginia State Police will conduct a DUI checkpoint.
New role for Rockefeller as Senate convenes
State to review mileage rate for workers
Franken wins Minnesota recount; Coleman to sue
The country is facing its gravest economic crisis in generations, and West Virginia's junior senator has assumed a pivotal role in addressing it.
Ex-justices say Benjamin should have left Massey case
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- A Minnesota board on Monday certified results showing Democrat Al Franken winning the state's U.S. Senate recount over Republican Norm Coleman, whose lawyer promised a legal challenge that probably will keep the race in limbo for months.
Blagojevich defies Senate
CHICAGO - Gov. Rod Blagojevich exercised what is left of his power Tuesday with a stunning but probably futile move: appointing someone to the U.S. Senate seat federal prosecutors accuse him of trying to sell.
Economy forces coal industry cutbacks
The ailing economy has left a big question mark hanging over the U.S. coal industry: will last year's high-priced contracts and today's declining costs be enough to offset rapidly falling world demand this year?
Local Macy's not among stores closing in 9 states
Macy's says it will close 11 underperforming stores in 9 states - affecting 960 employees - after one of the weakest holiday seasons in years.
Kanawha wants $90,907 returned by Bayer
Kanawha County tax officials want the Bayer Corp. to pay back almost $91,000 in taxes the county erroneously refunded the company.
On file: Putnam County
On file: Kanawha County
Charleston crime zones: Nov. 23, 2008
The following crimes were reported to the Charleston Police Department between Nov. 13 and 19.
Kanawha On File: Nov. 23, 2008
Kanawha on File: Nov. 16, 2008
Warrants out for 36 people in Webster Co. drug sweep
Marion County man killed in train accident
Man arrested in Charleston bar shooting
WEBSTER SPRINGS, W.Va. -- Thirty-six people from Webster County are being served with felony drug warrants, according to the Webster prosecutor's office.
Two arrested in stolen vehicle on I-79
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A man and woman from South Carolina were arrested today after police pulled them over in a stolen vehicle, according Kanawha County sheriff's deputies.
1 killed, 6 injured in Fairmont apartment building fire
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A Cross Lanes man accused of shooting and wounding three people outside a Charleston bar has been arrested.
West Virginians' generosity makes for a joyful Christmas for many
These past few months have had a few extra servings of difficulties for us, so it would have been easy to wallow and whine. But right in the midst of my problems (to be specific, just after the furnace and plumbing disasters, but before the car and electric problems), it was time to start work on the Gazette's Christmas Fund.
Woman falls behind in rent, needs food
Edith, 79, has been living in the same West Side home for the past 12 years, and has always paid her rent on time. This past summer, she began having health problems that required her to be in and out of the hospital several times, and she fell behind on her rent of $475 per month.
Mother with 9 kids to take care of needs beds
Rita, age 42, has had a difficult life. There was a time when she was addicted to drugs and even served time in jail on a drug charge. Since her release, though, she's worked hard, not only to be a good mother to her 14-year-old daughter, but also to her three grandchildren and five other minor children who have been placed in her care.
Children in need of winter clothing
Life is a struggle for Christie, a 23-year-old widowed mother of three. Her husband (the father of her two youngest children) was killed in a boating accident one day after their wedding.
Christmas Fund: From the hearts of babes
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - The Christmas Fund's motto this year is, "No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted." The slogan appears in our ads, on our letterhead and Web page. We hoped people would be motivated to help without feeling their contribution might not be large enough to make any kind of real difference.
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