Wayne County News

All but one of the forest's 15 visitor cabins were constructed in the 1930s by CCC laborers.

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

A South Carolina man waived his right to a preliminary hearing this morning in Wayne County Magistrate Court.

For the second time this year, a state Supreme Court justice has blasted the Department of Health and Human Resources by suggesting the agency has systemwide problems that need rapid correction.

A building housing a Wayne County manufacturer has been destroyed by a fire. The fire occurred Friday morning at Industrial Components near Kenova.

Oct. 19 Cluther Ray vs. Harbor Steel and Supply Corporation and Mark Berry PA- Mark A. Atkinson; J- James H. Young Jr.

Crews are on the scene of a fire in Wayne County. Dispatchers tell 13News the fire is on Lazy L Road in Kenova.

Oct. 29, 2009 Census Estimates: Cabell County Population Increases By Huntingtonnews.net Staff Huntington, WV -- The U.S. Department of the Census has released estimated population totals for the Ashland/Huntington metropolitan area, which show Cabell County with an estimated population of 94,631. Boyd County, Kentucky has 48,560 people, Greenup ...

Oct. 28, 2009 Marshall University College Fair for High School Juniors and Seniors from Cabell and Wayne Counties is Thursday Special to Huntingtonnews.net Huntington, WV - Sixty colleges and universities from eight states, along with every college within Marshall University, will be represented in the Marshall University College Fair for Cabell ...

Wayne County's Board of Education is looking at putting students of Fort Gay Elementary and Fort Gay Middle School into a new combined facility.

The investigation continues into last week's arson fire which destroyed the football building at Tolsia High School.

A Huntington man has been sentenced to two years and three months in federal prison for helping steal $13,000 from a mail delivery truck.

Oct. 19, 2009 Fire Truck Purchase Anxieties Have Roots in a Past Administration Former Mayor Used Westmoreland Truck as Collateral on Election Equipment By Tony Rutherford Huntingtonnews.net Reporter Huntington, WV - Why do Westmoreland residents appear leery of receiving a new fire truck for their station? The actions of a previous administration ...

My first reaction to Lee Maynard's newest book was bafflement. Maynard pens the life of an Appalachian boy from Southern West Virginia and his adventures around the continent.

West Virginia students have a new incentive to do well in school: If they don't, they might not be able to drive.

Wayne County firefighters responded to the scene of an early morning fire on the Tolsia High School campus in Fort Gay.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- You might start with a quote by author Meredith Sue Willis for a sense of how Lee Maynard's writing can get to people: "Each time I read Lee Maynard's 'Crum' I ask myself: Why is this foul-mouthed, sexist, scatological, hillbilly-stereotyping novel one of my all-time favorites?" Published in 1988 by a Simon & Shuster imprint ...

Americans have read a lot of negative news in the past few years about the economy of the nation they love.

CEREDO, W.Va. -- Dog owners, animal shelter workers and others are asking the Ceredo City Council to consider repealing a town-wide ban on owning pit bull terriers.

A man charged with killing four people while drunk driving is headed to prison. Bobby Frazier of Louisa, Kentucky pleaded guilty on Friday in Wayne County Court.