Mason County News

Veterans are the reason why Americans are able to appreciate the freedoms that they have today.

Nearly two-thirds of the coal-ash dams across West Virginia might need repairs, and a quarter of them are ranked as being in poor or unsatisfactory condition, according to a report released Thursday by the state Department of Environmental Protection.

Submitted photo - Mayor Brian Billings and City Clerk Amber Tatterson recently acknowledged the service learning project that Sam Nibert's eighth graders participated in.

By Huntingtonnews.net Staff Cheat Lake, WV -- Approximately 200 conservative women activists gathered at the Greer Mansion on Oct.

Route 35 in Mason County was completely shut down this afternoon after an I-beam fell from a tractor-trailer about 5 miles south of Point Pleasant, according to 911 dispatchers.

Mason County Sheriff's Deputies are investigating a murder in Apple Grove. Police say a body was found Tuesday morning wrapped in a sheet on Barton Chapel Road.

Mason County authorities are investigating the death of a woman found along a local road on Tuesday.

Temp: 52.0 F Wind Chill: 49 F Font Size: Mason County Sheriff David Anthony says foul play is suspected in the case of a body found Tuesday morning along a roadway in the southern part of the county.

Mason County, W.Va. authorities say a Huntington woman has been identified as the victim of a homicide.

A dead body's identity remains a mystery. At 8 a.m. on Tuesday morning deputies with the Mason County Sheriff's Department discovered a dead body on Barton Chapel Road, which is located in the southern end of the county near Ashton.

The Mason County Sheriff's Department tells 13News a body has been found alongside a road in Apple Grove.

Hope Roush/photo - Sheila Carlisle, coordinator of the Mason County Shelter, described her job's main focus as to help those in need succeed.

POINT PLEASANT a ' After a much anticipated wait, the Mason County Health Department is now receiving the H1N1 vaccine.

A four-year-old Mason County boy is recovering after police said he was accidentally shot in the chest by his older brother at a home along Leon Baden Road in Leon Wednesday night.

State Police are still looking into the Wednesday shooting in Mason County that left a four year old boy in critical condition Thursday at Charleston Area Medical Center.

Good teachers not only educate, but build nurturing and beneficial relationships with their students.

You could call it a sign the economy may be slowly moving toward a recovery. According to the labor market information report from WorkForce West Virginia for September, nine of the 10 counties in the Mid-Ohio Valley saw the unemployment rate decrease from August to September.

A Mason County man is facing more than 700 charges of sexual abuse. Sheriff's deputies arrested Steven Ray Crilow, 37, Friday.

Project Lifesaver is a program dedicated to protecting the safety of adults and children who suffer from Alzheimer's Disease, Autism, Down Syndrome, dementia and other related disorders.

Though swine flu now has hit about two-thirds of Kanawha County schools, head school nurse Brenda Isaac said the number of sick students is about the same as usual.