Wylie Stowers headed the Democratic Party for decades in Lincoln County, and for a generation, if a Democratic Party candidate wanted support in southern WV, they made sure to pay him a visit. Stowers died Wednesday at the age of 79.

The Ballad of Trenchmouth Taggart is a fictional WV oldtimer's account of state history. Barnes and Noble, the country's largest bookstore chain, has selected author Glenn Taylor for its Discover Great New Writers program.

Two Army deserters accused of first degree murder in the death of Huntington Pastor Mark McCalla waived their right to an extradition hearing in Columbus Wednesday.

Since 1984, top high school students from throughout WV have had the opportunity to take part in the Governor’s Honors Academy. Students are challenged both academically and socially for three weeks.

Each year around the fourth of July, a version of the newest U.S. citizenship test is posted on the Internet. It provides an opportunity for those of us who are U.S. citizens to measure just how much we know about our country. Around Shepherd University’s campus employees, students and parents had mixed results.

Black and white photographs of trailers and trash heaps in Appalachia are nothing new. Bridgeport native Mike Andrick set out to do something different as he captured McDowell County on film, and found out those nagging questions about truth and shame were still there.

For eight years, the 167th Airlift Wing near Martinsburg has been preparing to house nine gigantic C-5 cargo planes. The conversion means more jobs at the base, but there have been problems filling some positions.

A man accused of kidnapping and raping an 11-year-old Wheeling girl more than a year ago will not have his trial moved out of Northern District Court. A federal magistrate released his ruling on Tuesday in the case of Joshua Ridings of Owensboro, KY.

After meeting with Sen. Barack Obama in Chicago last week, Gov. Joe Manchin says he’s confident Obama can pull out a victory here. But Manchin says the Democratic presidential nominee knows he’s got an uphill battle to win support of WV voters.

Ray Lane, former president of software company Oracle will fill the last vacancy on WVU's Board of Governors. Gov. Manchin's other two new appointments to the BOG are alumni: former MIT Pres. Charles Vest and former NFL quarterback and current Houston Dynamo soccer team Pres. Oliver Luck.