Petersburg News

Five public schools in Petersburg have again been denied accreditation because of low test scores, state education officials said Thursday.

Flu season is just around the corner and if you remember, last year's season definitely dragged on, so maybe getting the shot is on your list this year.

Gereald Bland had no inkling that his decision to restore a World War II-era Jeep 25 years ago would lead to his buying and restoring enough military hardware to fill a museum.

The Cherokee leader Ostanaco will be portrayed by Doug Wood on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m., at the Moomau Library in Petersburg.

Ashley Beth Brosh, 21, of Petersburg has been selected to serve as princess in the majestic court of the 72nd Mountain State Forest Festival.

Petersburg youth ages 12-19 are invited to show off their skills at the Petersburg HOOPS Basketball Tournament from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. this coming Saturday at Petersburg High School.

CONTRIBUTED PHOTO. Six Petersburg High School students were recently honored for having achieved perfect SOL scores in the spring State Standards of Learning tests.

A stabbing early Sunday in the Petersburg Sheetz parking lot sent two people to Ruby Memorial Hospital and resulted in the arrest of at least one person on felony charges.

When April Tucker was about to graduate from Petersburg High School, she had an unplanned extra-curricular activity: Raising her newborn son.

Engine failure caused an Aeroflot Boeing 737-500 plane crash in Russia on Sunday which killed all 88 people on board, officials said, dismissing fears terrorists had attacked the airliner.

It took Union soldiers five months to build Fort Mulligan, but troops under Confederate Gen.

A power outage at two Petersburg schools caused by a traffic accident forced school officials to move more than 500 students to Petersburg High School yesterday.

CBS 6 Senior Reporter Wayne Covil says students at Petersburg's Peabody Middle School have been moved to Petersburg High School due to a power outage in the city.

In this week's What's Going Around, I'm going to use a word I haven't used in months, but the season is just around the corner, Influenza.

Schools in West Virginia now know if they passed the Average Yearly Progress, and some near the Valley didn't. In Pendleton County, three of four schools passed.

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Decision time is looming for the Capitol Music Hall. Within a few weeks, a consultant will present a report outlining just what it might cost to operate the theater, assuming that someone buys and repairs it.

A Georgia woman has filed a suit against an embattled West Virginia attorney now serving time in federal prison because her case was dismissed when he was unable to represent her.

Petersburg Assistant Superintendent for Instruction Dr. Alvera Parrish said that the schools would not release Adequate Yearly Progress results for the previous school year until later this month and official ...

Darkness fell over the last outpost of the Great Wall of China on Friday, where a rare total solar eclipse ended its journey across the earth, delighting skywatchers one week before the Olympics open in ...