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Preston
petition: Remove BOE
Some
Preston County residents are circulating a petition
calling for the County Commission to “take
the appropriate steps to remove the entire Board
of Education from office.”
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‘I have nothing to hide’
“Before
the court and before Almighty God” Lincoln
Taylor swore he did not murder Derrick Osborne on
Memorial Day 2007.
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Morgantown
Mall
event brings together
children, soldiers
Children
and soldiers came together for the Giving Thanks to Morgantown
Soldiers event this week at Morgantown Mall.
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Aide:
Obama on track to nominate Clinton
WASHINGTON — President-elect Barack Obama is on track
to nominate Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state
after Thanksgiving, an aide to his transition said Thursday.
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’06 matchup put the BIG in Big East
It’s
certainly no secret the WVU football team’s
last trip to Louisville was a monumental moment for
the Big East Conference.
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Bearcats soaking
up home game
As excitement builds for tonight’s playoff
match between the Grafton and Ravenswood High football
teams, concern about the playability of the Bearcats’ home,
McKinney Field, is finally melting away.
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Huggins
goes deep
to defeat Longwood
Whenever
WVU men’s basketball coach Bob Huggins looks
down his bench this season, he sees something he
didn’t have during his first season here — options.
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Keener
family still seeks
closure in daughter’s death
Three years after WVU nursing student Erin Keener
was struck and killed by a car outside a club in
Fairmont, no one has been arrested for her death.
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Sen.
Byrd turns 91
CHARLESTON — U.S. Sen. Robert C. Byrd has marked
another milestone.The West Virginia political icon
and nation’s
longest-serving senator turned 91 years old Thursday.
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WVU
hires new spokesman
University of Michigan graduate Danial Kim has been hired as
the new director of WVU News and Information Services, officials
said Thursday.
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WVU
begins
Thanksgiving exodus
Thanksgiving
break begins today at WVU, sending about 5,600 undergraduate
students who reside in university housing home — or
elsewhere — for a week of rest, relaxation and a home-cooked
turkey dinner.
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Mine
still closed after accident
A portion of the Whitetail Kittaning Mine near Newburg remains idle, following
a Nov. 3 accident that sent two miners to a Pittsburgh burn center.
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W.Va.
Supreme Court denies another Bayer appeal
CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Supreme Court denied
a set of appeals by Bayer Corp. on Wednesday in which the
chemical giant alleged that the state tax commissioner had
over-assessed its property in 2006 and 2007.
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Mine
settlement fair ‘by W.Va. standards,’ Blankenship
says
CHARLESTON — A ‘‘very
liberal’’ state court system forced Massey Energy
to pay two widows of the Aracoma Alma No. 1 Mine fire an
amount that is fair ‘‘by West Virginia standards,’’ company
CEO Don Blankenship said Wednesday.
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Activists
say tobacco
settlement is being wasted
In
2006, Alaska desperately needed cash to complete a museum
featuring a mummified bison and other natural wonders of
the frozen north. So the state dipped into its share of the
landmark 1998 tobacco settlement.
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Waxman
topples Dingell;
House Dems go greener
WASHINGTON — Democrats steered the House toward more aggressively
tackling global warming and other environmental problems Thursday,
toppling veteran Michigan Rep. John Dingell, a staunch supporter
of Detroit automakers, from an important energy panel in favor
of California liberal Henry Waxman.
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Judge
orders release of 5
terror suspects at Gitmo
WASHINGTON — A
federal judge on Thursday ordered the release of five Algerians
held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and the continued detention of
a sixth in a major blow to the Bush administration’s strategy
to keep terror suspects locked up without charges.
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Children
dying of
starvation in Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The 5-year-old teetered on broomstick
legs — he weighed less than 20 pounds, even after days
of drinking enriched milk. Nearby, a 4-year-old girl hung from
a strap attached to a scale, her wide eyes lifeless, her emaciated
arms dangling weakly.
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Shouting
and pounding,
Iraqis fight over U.S. pact
BAGHDAD — Iraq’s parliament persevered Thursday in
its debate on a proposed security agreement with the United States
despite raucous attempts by opposition lawmakers to disrupt proceedings
ahead of next week’s vote on the deal.
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Eddy,
Daisie J. “Jackie”
Fullmer, James A.
Mayne, Leanna Renee
Selders, Sherri L.
VonSchmidt, Chester F. “Chet”
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WVU
ranked,opens
season this weekend
WVU
wrestling coach Craig Turnbull is aware of the national polls. He knows
his Mountaineers are ranked 20th by Wrestling Insider News magazine and
23rd by Intermat.
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WVU’s
Cleary regional
XC coach of year
WVU
cross country coach Sean Cleary has been named the 2008 Mid-Atlantic
Region coach of the year for the third time in his career by the U.S.
Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.
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Column:
Huggins hunts right chemistry from everyone
There’s
been one central theme during these early season WVU men’s basketball
games — experimentation.
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Yankees
control shifts to Steinbrenner’s son Hal
George Steinbrenner’s 35-year reign as boss of the New York Yankees
ended Thursday, when he passed control of baseball’s most famous
team to his youngest son, Hal.
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Pit
crews’ workday begins
hours before race starts
The herd begins to gather a few minutes past noon. Hundreds stand
underneath the Darrell Waltrip grandstand at Bristol Motor Speedway,
waiting for the person who will throw open the gates at exactly 1
p.m.
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Johnson’s
third straight
title ties Yarborough
HOMESTEAD,
Fla. — The hauler that carried Jimmie Johnson’s race cars
to Homestead-Miami Speedway was parked in a tight spot between NASCAR’s
mobile office and Carl Edwards’ trailer.
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Don’t
set policy in concrete
Doing
the right thing is never a waste of time or money.
However, a recent example of government waste by the
state Division
of Highways gives one a reason to pause
and think about that.
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Maybe
Palin’s next career move should not be so serious
Sarah Palin
should have run up the white flag of surrender and kept the clothes.
They were gorgeous, and there really was no reason to give up the $150,000 wardrobe
unless she planned to run again under the Walmart Mom persona. Surely she knows
that’s over.
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Letters
to the editor
Preston
County about
to be a ward of state
Towing of visitor’s car
was a grave injustice
Time for all citizens
to help nation recover
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"Twilight"
1 1/2 stars. Teenage
girls will surely squeal with delight throughout this feverishly
awaited adaptation of the hugely selling vampire novel. And
the arrival of our tormented monster-hero Edward Cullen is
certain to send another wave of shivers, and that’s before
he ever sinks his teeth into anything — or anyone.
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"Bolt"
2
1/2 stars. ‘‘Bolt’’ is sweet and eager
to please but, sadly, nothing terribly special: Girl finds
dog, girl loses dog, girl gets dog back. But if you happen
to be a girl who loves dogs, you may find yourself wiping away
a tear or two.
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"Changeling"
2
1/2 stars. If films were people, Clint Eastwood’s Kafka-esque
potboiler based on an incredible-but-true incident would have
multiple-personality disorder.
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