Raleigh County News

Insurance companies will pay $600,000 to a former officer who sued the Sophia Police Department over claims he was harassed and fired because he is black, Mayor Danny Barr said Wednesday.

The topic of Brad Cochran's workshops is fungus, but this fungus is healthful and getting more popular all the time.

Waiters from 10 restaurants around Raleigh County will donate their tips to a good cause as part of Celebrity Night on Monday.

Sterling Lewis was a frequent speaker when called before legislative interims committees in recent years to discuss issues that affected fire safety and prevention.

Raleigh County schools will be the first in the state to pair its older students with their own iPads.

A tractor-trailer was in flames and three people were injured in a crash that closed the northbound lanes of the West Virginia Turnpike in Raleigh County.

Jeff Morris Web Producer: Jeff Morris Reported: May. 2, 2013 3:26 PM EDT Updated: May.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- West Virginia Fire Marshal Sterling Lewis Jr. has retired after serving in the position for 13 years.

BECKLEY - Countless cats and dogs in West Virginia are victims of abuse and neglect everyday, but rescue organizations are doing their part to help save these animals.

BECKLEY, W.Va. -- A planned expansion at St. Francis de Sales School in Beckley will create southern West Virginia's first Catholic high school.

Beckley, Raleigh County , West Virginia Gabriella Brown, the former Beckley Police Department evidence technician, was sentenced Monday to four years' probation for stealing oxycodone pills from the department's evidence storage room in August 2012.

West Virginians traveled around the world Sunday -- or around the room -- to taste treats from far away at the annual YMCA International Dinner.

Beckley, Raleigh County , West Virginia A consultant said the West Virginia Turnpike is in much better shape than it was four years ago when toll increases went into effect.

Bradley , West Virginia Raleigh County deputies need your help to find the people they say held up a gas station in Bradley.

This past weekend NWA Mid-Atlantic Wrestling re-launched as an operating professional wrestling organization and Covey Pro had its seventh anniversary show All o r Nothing in Berkley Springs, WV.

The Raleigh County Sheriff's Department is investigating a robbery at the Sunoco on Appalachian Heights Road in Bradley.

Associated Press Web Producer: Jeff Morris Reported: Apr. 26, 2013 9:08 AM EDT Updated: Apr.

Young kids dreaming about what they'll become one day got a behind-the scenes look at jobs in the area.

Charleston Area Medical Center's hospitals are preparing for an active shooter situation, widespread infections and trauma cases simultaneously during an emergency response exercise Thursday.

Bradley, Raleigh County , West Virginia A hazardous materials team was called in to investigate a potentially hazardous leak from a truck on U.S. 19 near Bradley in Raleigh County, but the substance turned out to be starch.