Ghent News

The 79th annual Mac's Toy Fund party is just two days away. On Saturday, hordes of children will descend on the Beckley-Raleigh County Convention Center, which will have been transformed into the largest toy store in southern West Virginia.

City National Bank is passing the buck. For 30 seconds some lucky winners got the chance to hop in the Money Machine to win big.

The winter weather has knocked out power to hundreds of customers in our region.

A little more than two weeks remain until the 79th annual Mac's Toy Fund party gets under way at the Beckley-Raleigh County Convention Center.

Traffic on the West Virginia Turnpike over the long holiday weekend increased by more than 5 percent over the same period last year.

Traffic comes to a standstill at the Ghent toll booth in the southbound lanes of I-77 Sunday as travelers pack the roads after Thanksgiving.

Eighteen "orphans" are looking for a home this Christmas season. Today at Tractor Supply at Raleigh Mall in Beckley, seven cats and 11 dogs are waiting for a new family to "adopt" them.

An early morning fire has damaged a mobile home in St. John Court was in Raleigh.

Firefighters in Raleigh County spent the evening battling a barn fire on Nov. 19. Emergency dispatchers said the fire was reported just after 6 p.m. The barn was located just passed the Glade Creek Estates on Mount View Road in Cool Ridge.

Raleigh County firefighters battled two fires, at the same house and just less than 12 hours apart, which they are calling suspicious.

A Raleigh County woman is facing charges for stealing other people's mail. Beckley Police Detectives arrested Amanda Marie McKinney, 25, of Ghent after they said she stole mail from mailboxes and post office boxes for over a month.

Ghent Elementary students learned about a variety of career opportunities during an all day career fair on Wednesday.

A Pennsylvania man died on I-77S on Saturday afternoon. William Barker, 65, was driving with his wife, Vera, when their pickup truck struck a parked semi-truck. The semi, which was illegally parked, was vacant at the time of the accident.

Thumbs up ... to Dave McCollam, winner of the 12th annual Beckley Half Marathon.

Crews spend Thursday morning cleaning up after a tractor trailer accident on the turnpike.

Progress on a new scenic roadway proposed for several southern West Virginia counties remains slow.

In the midst of a severe financial crisis, Coal City Fire Chief Ryan Bragg stepped down Wednesday and State Fire Marshal Sterling Lewis received a letter announcing the department would voluntarily cease and desist operations immediately.

Police say someone drove his truck into the building. GHENT- -- The Raleigh County Sheriff's Department investigates a breaking and entering at a local Subway restaurant.

Thumbs up ... to Lowe's for setting up the Lowe's Family Playground on the grounds of the State Fair of West Virginia.

The U.S. Chemical Safety Board received a key communication award from a major online learning and teaching organization for a CSB Safety Video on the West Virginia propane explosion that killed four people when a convenience store blew up in January 2007.