Grave Marker Dedication Honors Black Activist Bessie Woodson Yancey
A grave marker dedication was held this month for an Appalachian activist who died decades ago.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsWednesday marks 23 years since the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on America known as 9/11. To this day, the memory of the attacks and the nearly 3,000 lives they claimed looms large nationwide — including in West Virginia. ...
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsOn this West Virginia Morning, this year marks the 22nd anniversary of the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001. Most of us have an “I remember where I was” story from that day as many of us watched the planes crash into buildings, and the horror we felt. The world changed that day.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsThe woman who sparked the 1974 Kanawha County Textbook Controversy has died. 82-year-old Alice Whitehurst Moore passed away at her home in Tennessee over the weekend.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsEvents are set to take place across West Virginia this weekend in remembrance of the victims of 9/11. 2022 marks 21 years since the attack, which claimed the lives of at least five people with ties to the state.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsNicholas County Deputy Sheriff Tom Baker was laid to rest Wednesday.Mourners came from near and far to pay their respects to a law enforcement officer killed in the line of duty
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