Keyser News

Saturday's fire that destroyed the North Main Street building housing Comcast communications equipment has been ruled as arson.

The state Fire Marshal's office is offering a reward of up to $1,500 for information about a fire that disrupted cable television and Internet service in the Keyser area.

Keyser fire officials say a blaze that did roughly $400,000 worth of damage and knocked out cable TV service in the area looks suspicious.

A fire with a suspicious origin raged through the Comcast building at 55 North Main St.

Mineral County's 2010 tax year business and individual personal property assessment forms will be mailed today.

At least three people were injured in a head-on crash on state Route 28 at Short Gap, W.Va., at 2:23 p.m. Wednesday.

Lynndie England, a former Army reservist and the face of the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal, holds her attorney's son in Keyser, W.Va. KEYSER, W.Va. -- More than two years since leaving her prison cell, the woman who became the grinning face of the Abu Ghraib prisoner-abuse scandal spends most of her days confined to the four walls of her home.

Though it seemed a minor issue to some, the Mineral County Board of Education unanimously upheld the suspension of a school bus driver who let her vehicle run out of diesel fuel in May.

KEYSER, W.Va. - More than two years since leaving her prison cell, the woman who became the grinning face of the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal spends most of her days at home.

It's an ongoing problem, but officials in Mineral County are seeing increased compliance by newcomers to West Virginia who are registering their motor vehicles with the state, instead of continuing to maintain licensure through the state of their former residence.

A 66-year-old Keyser, W.Va., man was arrested Monday on sex offense charges following investigation by the C3IUnit.

Numerous Mineral County streams and creeks rose quickly a little after midnight Thursday, resulting in 58 calls for assistance in a little more than six hours, according to a dispatcher with the county's Office of Emergency Services and Homeland Security.

A Keyser woman and a Bayard man appeared in U.S. District Court recently in separate drug cases.

In this deeply disturbing interview, the trailer trash torturer who appalled the world by appearing in shocking 'souvenir' photographs remains utterly unrepentant and says she has 800 MORE torture photos that could rock the White House Normally, not much happens in Keyser, West Virginia, but today the folks in this quaint little railroad town, ...

Governor Joe Manchin is back from a meeting with southern governors in Mississippi and he'll travel to West Virginia's eastern panhandle Thursday.

With spring soon ending and the start of summer, area residents will be heading to Keyser on Saturday for Strawberry Fest 2009.

The state of West Virginia tried to kick her out, but a judge has ruled that 77-year-old Helen Shank gets to stay at Golden Living Center in Morgantown.

A proposed 23-turbine wind farm on Green Mountain has won the support of Keyser officials.

I was recently informed that as of July, the Potomac Highlands Guild will end its program offering transportation services to people who rely on the guild for mental health care.

Mineral school board to meet KEYSER, W.Va. - The Mineral County Board of Education will consider a recent request for use of the South End Sports Complex at Tuesday's meeting.