A crackling campfire lifts ash high into a dark treeline as smiling faces glow orange by the fire's light.

Danny Joe Blake, age 60, of Princeton, W.Va., died Tuesday February 2, 2010 at his home in Princeton, W.Va. following a short illness.

Nathan Kessler checks the length of a board he cut during the building construction portion of Thursday evening's Skills USA and HOSA Competitions and Open House at Fayette Institute of Technology in Oak Hill.

Optometrists and ophthalmologists squared off Wednesday for a revival of last year's battle over a proposed expansion of the former's field of practice.

State Police are investigating a Fayette County sheriff's deputy in connection with money missing from the Oak Hill Volunteer Fire Department, according to Fayette Sheriff Steve W. Kessler.

What a difference a year makes. Banking on that premise, Delegate Dave Perry, D-Fayette, offered a bill that would disallow any students from dropping out of a public school in West Virginia until reaching age 17.

When Terri Lynne Treadway Massey lost a courageous, four-year battle with breast cancer, her friends and family helped her find peace by making a promise.

State Police investigators are examining the Oak Hill Volunteer Fire Department's finances after an internal audit indicated funds may have been embezzled.

A former Fayette County bank employee suspected of embezzling the bank's funds is in jail, authorities said.

A former employee of the Fayette County National Bank has been charged with 12 felony counts after he allegedly embezzled money while working at the bank.

A bank employee in Oak Hill is arrested Tuesday afternoon for allegedly stealing money on the job.

Tears were shed by both the Tincher and Adkins families Wednesday as Fayette County Circuit Judge John Hatcher read the maximum sentence allowed to Kyle Marshall Adkins for the second-degree murder of Ronnie Tincher.

Authorities say a house fire that occurred in the Page-Kincaid area of Fayette County early Thursday may not have been accidental.

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Voters in Fayette County will have until Feb. 6 to decide if they will keep three different levies in place.

The mountains of snow just won't melt away quickly enough for some business owners and residents of Oak Hill.

Individuals throughout Fayette, Raleigh and Nicholas counties have shown a great interest in assisting the American Red Cross in its relief efforts following the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that struck Haiti Tuesday.

Three people are behind bars in connection with an attempted robbery in Fayette County.

Three young men have been arrested in the attempted robbery of the Save-A-Lot in Oak Hill on Tuesday night.

A man on the run from Tennessee authorities for about eight years was arrested in Fayette County after being caught driving on the wrong side of the road, State Police said.