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Kanawha Student Expelled for Threatening School

A Kanawha County student has been expelled for threatening to bring a gun to school.Riverside High School Principal Valery Harper says the student has…

  A Kanawha County student has been expelled for threatening to bring a gun to school.

Riverside High School Principal Valery Harper says the student has been turned over to the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Department.

Harper says the threat was directed at the entire student body and not any individual student. She says the student made the threat in a conversation with other students, who notified school officials.

Cpl. Brian Humphreys with the sheriff’s department says the incident is under investigation.

Kanawha Co. School Employees Charged with Stealing

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – Four workers have been charged with stealing food and supplies from a Kanawha County high school. Troopers arrested 59-year-old…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – Four workers have been charged with stealing food and supplies from a Kanawha County high school.

   Troopers arrested 59-year-old Debra Kay Stump of Charleston, 53-year-old Christine Buckley of Glasgow, 59-year-old Thomas Alfred Osborne of Cedar Grove and Linda Oda on Tuesday. Each is charged with fraudulent schemes, embezzlement and conspiracy.
 
     All four work at Riverside High School. State police say Stump is the cafeteria manager, Buckley is head cook, Oda is chief custodian and Osborne is a custodian.
 
     State police say the workers stole thousands of dollars’ worth of food and supplies, including turkeys, hams and cleaning items. The thefts occurred over several years.

Two W.Va. Schools Cancel Class After Chemical Odor

Two West Virginia schools closed early because of an odor resembling the chemical that spilled into a regional water system last month. Riverside High and…

Two West Virginia schools closed early because of an odor resembling the chemical that spilled into a regional water system last month.
 
     Riverside High and Midland Trail Elementary in Kanawha County closed Wednesday morning because of the licorice smell.
 
     The chemical wasn’t detected in previous testing.
 
     State schools Superintendent James Phares said schools were flushing their pipes Wednesday because of a water main break earlier in the week and didn’t finish before students arrived. Phares said some students complained of lightheadedness, itchy eyes and noses. A teacher who fainted and a student were taken to a hospital.
 
     The schools are reflushing and testing for the chemical. No decision will be made about Thursday’s classes until results return. The schools also have hand sanitizer and bottled water

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