Marmet News

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- We asked readers to tell us how they got their first pearls.

News from the B.A.R.N. I hope many of you are making plans to attend the 27th annual Nellis-Armco reunion Saturday, June 27, beginning at noon in the Nellis Elementary School gym.

The Kanawha County Emergency Ambulance Authority: will meet at 11 a.m. Friday in the employee lounge of its central office, 601 Brooks St.

Police are looking for Marmet man accused of dragging his girlfriend alongside his car during an argument.

Kanawha County Library Leaders want to build a new branch in Marmet. The current building is 400 square feet.

Now that the Legislature has passed a law allowing counties to set up satellite voting stations for early voters during elections, Kanawha County officials have to decide if they want to take advantage of the opportunity.

Four Morgantown friends have started a T-shirt company that explains the story behind the story on the shirta s back.

That is very embarrassing to the city and the state of West Virginia. Whoever scheduled the event should be fired.

Election results are in for the Kanawha County towns of Marmet, Pratt and Clendenin, as well as Winfield in Putnam County.

Voters in more than 130 towns in West Virginia turned out Tuesday to vote for mayors, council members, and other leaders.

Police are looking for a Marmet man accused of striking a woman in the head with a hammer after they had argued and she had left for a walk with her children.

RIVERS EDGE: 7 p.m. Adults $5, children 4-12 $3, under 3 free. Jerry Run Summer Theater, near Holly River State Park, on route 20.

President Obama proposed, and Congress passed, a $787 billion plan to stimulate the American economy.

Elementary and special education students in Kanawha County could benefit from an extra $15.3 million in federal stimulus money, although at least one school board member has doubts.

WILLIE D NITE LIFE BAND: 7 p.m. Adults $7, children $3. Kanawha Valley Jamboree, 8902 MacCorkle Ave., Marmet.

CHRISTIAN DANCE and MUSIC: 2 p.m., St. Albans High School. Tickets $7 for ages 12 and above, free for 11 and under.

West Virginia Turnpike officials on Tuesday kicked off a series of public hearings on a proposed 60 percent toll hike, but not many people showed up.

Twenty-two years ago today the United States Supreme Court voted 7-0 to uphold a California court ruling against the exclusion of women in Rotary clubs.

An alert Charleston City Police Department officer first spotted three North Carolina escapees getting gas at an East End convenience store Friday morning.

Three federal prisoners who escaped from the Edgecombe County Detention Center, including one man who had escaped from at least two previous prisons, have been caught near the West Virginia Capitol after a police chase.