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Kathy Mattea headlines a special West Virginia-themed FestivALL Live on the Levee concert Friday.

Kera Mashek Web Producer: Heath Harrison Reported: Jun. 19, 2013 9:35 PM EDT Updated: Jun. 19, 2013 10:38 PM EDT A lot of West Virginia's history is well documented in newspapers, video clips, and record books, all tucked away in the state's archives at the Culture Center in Charleston.

But for the personal injury lawyers and Big Labor thugs in the Legislature, we have great elected officials in WV.

This week, the state of West Virginia will celebrate the sesquicentennial of its birth - a brave and daring declaration of statehood that is unprecedented in American history.

June 20 marks the sesquicentennial of West Virginia statehood. The origins of the 35th American state grew out of the revolutionary events of the Civil War and the struggle to eradicate slavery within the United States .

More than 100 photos of West Virginia counties are on display at the Parkersburg Municipal City Building as part of the state's sesquicentennial celebration.

The Marshall County Historical Society will celebrate West Virginia's Sesquicentennial and the state's history with fun events Saturday in several locations in Glen Dale and Moundsville.

Public transit systems around the state will offer riders some financial relief in honor of the state's 150th birthday celebration by reducing their rates for a day.

"The courthouse is usually the most elaborate and beautiful building in the county," Michael Workman, a West Virginia State University professor, wrote in a chapter about the history of courthouses.

Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin kicks off West Virginia's 150th anniversary in Wheeling Wednesday during events at West Virginia Independence Hall.

The vast majority of the 1,430 education programs that prepare the nation's K-12 teachers are mediocre, according to a first-ever ranking that immediately touched off a firestorm.

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West Virginia's House of Delegates elected Tim Miley as its new speaker Tuesday - but only after one of his fellow Democrats crossed party lines to vote for the GOP nominee.

Next month thousands of Boy Scouts visiting southern West Virginia will take the opportunity to do good deeds for many communities.

West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey asked the state's two legal abortion clinics on Monday to answer a series of questions about their practices and their policies for ensuring patient safety as he investigates whether any regulatory changes are needed.

History holds as much mystery as it does answers. What happened in the places visited every day, and how can we find and remember those stories? One hundred and fifty years ago, the state of West Virginia was born and a new chapter in history began.

A member of the Kennedy family will come to Wheeling this week on West Virginia's 150th birthday to honor the state's place in Kennedy family history and discuss the need to eliminate child poverty in West Virginia, state Senate President Jeff Kessler announced.

It seems like every day the news headlines read an I-81 accident claims another life.

Leaders from the state's plastics industry are promoting West Virginia as an ideal location for plastic and polymer companies at this week's PLASTEC East Trade Show in Philadelphia.

President Abraham Lincoln broke new ground in 1863 when he admitted West Virginia as the 35th state in the Union, so it seems fitting that those who have called the state's mountains and valleys home never have shied away from being first at anything.