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Share + Dec 1, 2009 10:07 am US/Central BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. Civil Air Patrol teams were searching a mountainous and densely wooded area in southeastern West Virginia on Tuesday for a small plane reported missing during a flight from Texas to Virginia.

Civil Air Patrol teams on Tuesday found a small plane that vanished more than a week ago during a flight from Texas to Virginia, and the pilot's body was amid the wreckage about five miles north of a navigational transmitter in Rainelle.

Dec. 2, 2009 West Virginia CAP Aircrew Locates Wreckage of Missing Plane Near Rainelle Special to Huntingtonnews.net Maxwell Air Force Base, AL - An aircrew from the Clarksburg Composite Squadron has located the wreckage of a twin-engine Piper PA-30 that had been reported missing after it left a Texas airport Nov.

Breaking News>>> Teams with the West Virginia Civil Air Patrol have found the wreckage of a plane that disappeared on November 23.

Five of the six victims of a house explosion in Greenbrier County are in critical condition and on life support.

"Something ain't right here." So says Greenbrier County Sheriff Jim Childers after a house explosion near Rainelle early on Monday morning.

Five of the six victims of a house explosion in Greenbrier County were in critical condition and on life support Tuesday, and authorities say they are still working to determine the cause of the blast.

Investigators are looking for the cause of a house explosion that injured six people in western Greenbrier County.

Authorities say six people have been injured in an explosion that destroyed a rural Greenbrier County home.

Six people were hurt Monday morning in a house explosion near McRoss in Greenbrier County.

The longest-serving lawmaker on Capitol Hill turns 92 today. Born Nov. 20, 1917, Robert C. Byrd has represented West Virginia in the Senate since 1959 and is in his ninth six-year term.

Four people were injured in a three-vehicle wreck on U.S. 60 in Charmco in Greenbrier County at 5:23 p.m. Saturday, according to the Greenbrier County Sheriff's Department.

The Neals will have their third annual homecoming at 6 p.m. today at Sewell Valley Baptist Church, Rainelle.

Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church is celebrating its 123rd anniversary Sunday. The Rev.

Fayette County police are investigating the shooting death of a hunter on land he owned in the Springdale section of the county.

Police say the man was shot several times. SPRINGDALE- -- Fayette County Sheriff's Deputies said Clarence Edward Stroud, 50, of Rainelle was found dead Monday evening in the Springdale area.

Rep. Nick Rahall, D-W.Va., announced Friday that the National Park Service has agreed to assist both Fayette and Greenbrier county commissions in converting a 17-mile stretch of abandoned railroad line into a recreational trail.

His roots are inauspicious, yet his early accomplishments in the art world showed an artist who would succeed far beyond his small West Virginia hometown.

Southern West Virginia residents could be the beneficiaries of another rail-to-trail project in the coming months.

Crews with three departments battle a fire in Greenbrier County. At around 9 a.m. Thursday, firefighters with Rainelle, Rupert and Quinwood Fire Departments were dispatched to a blaze in Rainelle.