Boone County News

Editor's Note: This is a personal account from U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller from a telephone interview with The State Journal staff reporter Michael Hupp about his time with VISTA, Volunteers in Service to America, an anti-poverty program, in Emmons, Kanawha County.

Veterans of the Daniel Boone Post 5578, Loftus stand together to honor the men and women of the armed forces.

John Lucas is diligently at work on one of the waterlines being installed in the Prenter community.

The price for a gallon of gasoline has fallen in most areas outside of Logan County, but still remains high here.

Bob Aaron Videographer: Bob Aaron Web Producer: Bob Aaron Reported: Nov. 12, 2009 8:38 AM EST An escaped state prisoner turned himself in to the Wyoming County Sheriff's Department overnight.

Cecil Roberts, president of the United Mine Workers of America, criticized the West Virginia Supreme Court's 4-1 decision, released on Thursday, that threw out a $50 million Boone County verdict against Massey Energy.

Veterans and Lifetime Members of the Madison VFW Post 5578 continue to present colors during ceremonies and events in the Boone County area.

The state corrections commissioner says two escaped prison inmates remain at-large, and authorities working to find them are still concentrating their efforts in Wyoming County.

Brush fires are keeping firefighters busy in Boone County. Three areas were affected.

A total of $7.6 million in state coal severance tax money collected in the three-month period ended Sept.

One of two inmates who escaped from a work camp last month is back in custody. State corrections officials said Kenneth Ray Hager, 30, turned himself in to Boone County authorities Friday.

West Virginia American Water has lifted two precautionary boil-water advisories issued this week.

West Virginia American Water has lifted precautionary boil water advisories for customers in Boone County and those along a stretch of U.S. Route 21 in Sissonville.

BOIL WATER ADVISORIES>>> West Virginia American Water has issued a precautionary boil water advisory for a portion of Boone County and Kanawha County.

Owners of retailer Rite Aid claim West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw altered a suit over generic drug prices in a bid to escape federal jurisdiction.

A rock fell on a miner at the Alleniance Mine in the Seth area of Boone County, according to Boone County 911 dispatchers.

The focus of the search for two escaped Mount Olive Correctional Facility inmates is on their home counties rather than the Fayette County area, Jim Rubenstein, commissioner for the Division of Corrections, said Wednesday.

The Boone County Health Department this week has released the locations for the first in a series of vaccinations for community members.

Four members or associates of the Pagans Motorcycle Club pleaded guilty to various charges in federal court Tuesday, becoming the first of the 55 defendants named in a sweeping, 44-count indictment to admit criminal wrongdoing.

Police are looking for two men who escaped from the Slayton work camp. MOUNT OLIVE- -- Two prisoners escaped from Mount Olive Correctional Complex in Mount Olive in Fayette County, and are believed to be heading to their hometowns.