Wednesday, May 22 2013 7:16 PM EDT2013-05-22 23:16:09 GMT
A West Virginia senator who's long pushed parents, coaches and communities to help protect young athletes from concussions is now sponsoring federal legislation to set safety standards for helmets. U.S.
A West Virginia senator who's long pushed parents, coaches and communities to help protect young athletes from concussions is now sponsoring federal legislation to set safety standards for helmets.
Wednesday, May 22 2013 7:09 PM EDT2013-05-22 23:09:00 GMT
It was a special day Wednesday for children and faculty at the Mercer County Early Learning Centers as they got special visitor. "I've never been down to the southern part of the state that much as a
It was a special day Wednesday for children and faculty at the Mercer County Early Learning Centers as they got special visitor.
Wednesday, May 22 2013 7:04 PM EDT2013-05-22 23:04:23 GMT
Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin is offering West Virginia's emergency response resources to Oklahoma officials following this week's deadly tornado. Tomblin said Wednesday he spoke with Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin,
Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin is offering West Virginia's emergency response resources to Oklahoma officials following this week's deadly tornado.
Wednesday, May 22 2013 6:25 PM EDT2013-05-22 22:25:33 GMT
Kids at one elementary school in Greenbrier County experienced a taste of the past Wednesday. Forth and fifth graders at Smoot Elementary school dressed up like their favorite character from history and
Kids at one elementary school in Greenbrier County experienced a taste of the past Wednesday.
Wednesday, May 22 2013 6:18 PM EDT2013-05-22 22:18:42 GMT
A sharp increase in the number of meth labs over the past few months is bringing a call to action by all law enforcement agencies in parts of our area. State troopers and Sheriff's deputies are being
A sharp increase in the number of meth labs over the past few months is bringing a call to action by all law enforcement agencies in parts of our area.
CHARLESTON -
More than 200 eighth graders from across the Mountain
State's 55 counties will converge
on the state capitol Thursday, May 3, to be inducted as Knights and Ladies of
the Golden Horseshoe.
The Golden Horseshoe awards are presented each year to
students in 8th grade who perform outstandingly well on a test that
measures students' knowledge of West Virginia's
history.
The award takes is name from early in the days of Virginia's
colonial days. Then Gov. Alexander Spotswood saw the need for westward
expansion across the Allegheny Mountains.
When the explorers returned from their sojourn across most
of what is now West Virginia,
Spotswood presented them each with a golden horseshoe inscribed with a Latin
phrase that translates to "Thus he swears to cross the mountains."
The Golden Horseshoe test has been given in West
Virginia since 1931, making it the longest running
program of its kind in the country.
The Golden Horseshoe award ceremonies will kick off at 9 a.m. Thursday morning on the steps of the
state capitol building, and will include a group photo, induction ceremony and
reception at the capitol rotunda.
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