Ripley News

The Wood County Society has served children and adults with disabilities in the community for more than 50 years.

In its Thursday meeting, the Jackson County Commission appointed the wife of Commissioner Jim Waybright to fill the last few weeks of his term.

Four people were sentenced and six others entered guilty pleas recently in Jackson County Circuit Court.

Ripley, W.Va ., native Audrey Alma Koontz Fisher, 90, died Oct. 7, 2008. She lived most of her life in Sanford, Fla., and was described as a loving wife and mother.

WEST Virginia slowly is climbing out of its hole, as Gov. Joe Manchin and the Legislature have tackled longstanding issues that made the state poison to employers.

The deadline for purchasing tickets for the Taste of Home cooking school is approaching.

The Ripley Vikings celebrated their 2008 Homecoming this past weekend. Themed "As American as Apple Pie," the festivities culminated Friday night when Colby McCutcheon and JoJo Crum were crowned the 2008 Ripley ...

The Jackson County Commission set the date and time for 'Trick or Treat' for unincorporated areas last week.

A Ripley man died early Saturday on I-77 near Fairplain when his motorcycle was struck by a pickup truck and he was thrown onto the shoulder of the expressway.

The planet's brawniest men were showing off their muscles Monday while the crowd at the MetRx World's Strongest Man competition, being held in Charleston, were showing off their appreciation for the athletes.

Eric Elliott, 337-233-1307 Vice President of Investor Relations eric.elliott@lhcgroup.com LHC Group, Inc.

The owners of a Jackson County wholesale food distribution center say there's nothing the state can do to help save 90 jobs in Ripley.

Workforce West Virginia says the closure of a Jackson County food distributor is going to eliminate 90 jobs.

A Jackson County jury found a Ripley man guilty of four counts of sexual abuse Wednesday afternoon in Circuit Court.

Michael Conaway, new administrator of Eldercare in Ripley, has a unique connection to the facility he now oversees.

A wholesale food distribution center in Jackson County that employs more than 100 people will be closing, several employees said they were told Friday morning.

Two Jackson county teens are dead after an early morning accident Thursday. The crash happened just before 3 AM on Parchment Valley Rd.

Jackson County deputies, along with a dive team, are on the scene of fatal accident just south of Ripley this morning.

Murder trial is continued to October 14 RIPLEY - A judge ruled last week that the man accused of first-degree murder in the beating death of his wife may receive public funding for an expert witness to evaluate ...

After three years of often difficult research, local history-buff Michael A. Poe has just had his book about Jackson County published with Arcadia Publishing as part of the Images of America series.