West Virginia State Police and the West Virginia State Fire Marshal’s Office are investigating after a man set a home and business on fire and then fatally shot himself in Clay County. (WCHS/WVAH)
Posted: May 13, 2018 | Source: WCHSTV
DUCK, W.Va. (WCHS/WVAH) — West Virginia State Police and the West Virginia State Fire Marshal’s Office are investigating after a man set a home and business on fire and then fatally shot himself in Clay County. (more…)
Herbert Hoover’s Rebekah Woody and the Huskies take on Bridgeport for a spot in the Class AA softball state tournament. Craig Hudson | Gazette-Mail
Posted: May 12, 2018 | Source: WV Gazette-Mail
Class AAA
Region I
Monday: John Marshall (26-1) at University, 5 p.m.
Tuesday: University at John Marshall, 5 p.m.
Wednesday: Game 3 if necessary, 5 p.m.
Region II — Hedgesville vs. Washington
Region III
Monday: George Washington (18-5) at Riverside (14-9)
Tuesday: Riverside at George Washington
Wednesday: Game 3 if necessary
Region IV
Monday: Parkersburg (13-12) at Hurricane (19-2), 6 p.m.
Tuesday: Hurricane at Parkersburg, 6 p.m.
Wednesday: Game 3 if necessary
Class AA
Region I
Monday: Petersburg (23-2) at Weir
Tuesday: Weir at Petersburg
Wednesday: Game 3 if necessary
Region II
Monday: Bridgeport at Herbert Hoover (28-0), 6 p.m.
Tuesday: Herbert Hoover at Bridgeport, 6 p.m.
Wednesday: Game 3 if necessary
Region III — Wyoming East vs. Shady Spring
Region IV — Poca (22-8) vs. Chapmanville
Class A
Region I
Monday: Wheeling Central (16-5) at St. Marys (13-14), 5 p.m.
Tuesday: St. Marys at Wheeling Central, 5 p.m.
Wednesday: Game 3 if necessary, 5 p.m.
Region II
Monday: Clay-Battelle (19-3) at Moorefield (20-7), 5 p.m.
Tuesday: Moorefield at Clay-Battelle, 5 p.m.
Wednesday: Game 3 if necessary
Region III — Greenbrier West (15-3) vs. Fayetteville
Region IV
Monday: Calhoun (9-13) at Sherman (16-6), 6 p.m.
Tuesday: Sherman at Calhoun, 5 p.m.
Wednesday: Game 3 if necessary, 6 p.m.
By: Douglas Soule, Staff Writer | Posted: May 11, 2018 | Source: WV Gazette-Mail
Joshua Robertson – West Virginia State Police
West Virginia State Police have named a person of interest and the victim of a Clay County homicide.
On Wednesday night, Milton Robertson, 67, was found dead in his home with a gunshot wound and multiple stab wounds, according to State Police Capt. David Lemmon.
Milton, of Left Fork Sandy Road in Wallback, is believed to have been deceased in his home for several weeks, according to Lemmon.
Joshua Robertson, 44 and Milton’s son, is the person of interest, according to Lemmon.
That does not necessarily make him a suspect, police said.
“We wish to speak with him concerning any events that may have occurred there,” Lemmon said.
Robertson is possibly driving a brown or tan Hyundai Santa Fe with a West Virginia plate number of 9VS-728, according to Lemmon.
People with information about the investigation or the location of Robertson are encouraged to call the State Police at 304-286-3185.
Posted: May 11, 2018 | Source: Herald-Dispatch
HURRICANE, W.Va. – Herbert Hoover (28-0) stunned Hurricane 3-0 Thursday night in a high school softball regular-season game.
By: Alexander Thomas | Posted: May 10, 2018 | Source: WCHS News Network
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Kanawha County Board of Education approved at its meeting Thursday a contract for the demolition of Herbert Hoover High School, but one organization that submitted a lower bid plans to protest the decision.
The approved bid was submitted by Rodney Loftis & Son Contracting for $382,777. FEMA will provide the state School Building Authority with the funding to complete the project, and the state agency accepts applications regarding work.
Herbert Hoover High School was damaged in the June 2016 flood. Students take lessons in portable classrooms installed on the property of Elkview Middle School.
Reclaim Company LLC submitted a bid for $339,000, but their bid was rejected for what in-house counsel Beth Lebow said was described as an “incomplete form” regarding subcontractors.
“Reclaim Company indicated in their bid documents that they would be self-performing the entire project, meaning no subcontractors would be used,” she said. “(The SBA is) claiming that Reclaim did not receive the contract because that form was incomplete, but we’re not using subcontractors.”
Lebow spoke before the school board prior to the vote about this concern, noting under state code the lowest bid must be approved. Board member Ryan White recommended amending the motion requiring the state School Building Authority to approve the matter, which the board approved.
White said after the meeting the authority is responsible for the project, and the board of education is solely responsible for approving the bid.
“I also don’t want to endanger the project from being completed, so that’s why I wanted to move it along,” he said. “If we don’t do what the SBA wants us to do, then we may not be able to get the demolition of Hoover done.”
Lebow said Reclaim Company will protest the bid “as soon as they award the bid.”
“It’s going to drag it out,” she said.
By: Ted McCoart, Morehead State Athletic Media Relations | Posted: May 10, 2018 | Source: MSU Eagles
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OXFORD, Ala. – The eighth-seeded Morehead State Softball team knocked off fourth-seeded Southeast Missouri 4-1 to avoid elimination and advance in the Ohio Valley Conference Championship Tournament on Thursday evening at Choccolocco Park. (more…)
CLENDENIN, W.Va. – As I navigated my way back to Clendenin after an interview with Steven Grau (pronounced Grouw), owner of a new kayaking and shuttle business called Elk River Get-A-Way, I couldn’t seem to get an old song out of my head. Before I was even born, in the late 1950s, songwriter Pete Seeger wrote a song called “Turn, Turn, Turn” in which he derived the lyrics almost verbatim from the Book of Ecclesiastes in The Bible. The song was later recorded by the folk/rock band The Byrds and quickly soared to number one on the music charts in 1965. The opening line; “To everything (turn, turn, turn), there is a Season (turn, turn, turn), and a time to every purpose under Heaven.” (more…)
Posted: May 9, 2018 | Source: WV Gazette-Mail
St. Albans scored two runs in the bottom of the ninth inning to help the Red Dragons escape with a 7-6 home win over George Washington in a Class AAA baseball Class AAA Region 3 Section 1 elimination game Wednesday.
Chris Dorst | Gazette-Mail file photo
By: Rick Steelhammer, Staff Writer | Posted: May 9, 2018 | Source: WV Gazette-Mail
A Monday morning canvass of Tuesday’s primary election voting results in Kanawha County could change the outcome of several state, county and city races.
