Wednesday, June 19 2013 4:30 AM EDT2013-06-19 08:30:58 GMT
Fayette County Sheriff deputies are looking into a home invasion that happened Wednesday morning. According to 911 dispatchers, it happened at a home on Gatewood Road in Oak Hill at approximately 1 a.m.
Fayette County Sheriff deputies are looking into a home invasion that happened Wednesday morning. According to 911 dispatchers, it happened at a home on Gatewood Road in Oak Hill at approximately 1 a.m.
Tuesday, June 18 2013 11:17 PM EDT2013-06-19 03:17:54 GMT
It could be a tough summer for people looking to fire up the grill as beef prices have hit an all time high. Local consumers and businesses are having to make sacrifices and cut back on the amount of beef
It could be a tough summer for people looking to fire up the grill as beef prices have hit an all time high. Local consumers and businesses are having to make sacrifices and cut back on the amount of beef
A mentally disabled woman and her young child were enslaved for more than a year, denied food and threatened with a pet python and pit bills, and the woman was beaten and forced to get pain medication for her...
A mentally disabled woman charged with shoplifting a candy bar asked to be jailed because three people "had been mean to her" - then went on to tell authorities about her time spent in unfathomably cruel servitude, along...
Tuesday, June 18 2013 7:26 PM EDT2013-06-18 23:26:08 GMT
The Greenbrier classic is less than two weeks away and names of pros attending are still coming in. One big name was just added to the cast of golfers competing in the tournament. Bubba Watson, the
Another big name commits to Greenbrier Classic, Minor League Baseball starts up, NBA Finals and more.
The case against a man charged with shooting two women at a community college inside a Christiansburg mall is headed to a grand jury.
The case against a man charged with shooting two women at a community college inside a Christiansburg mall is headed to a grand jury.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -
A week after the U.S. House of Representatives defied veto threats and voted to support a bill that would double student loan interest rates, Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., said he'll support legislation to keep those rates from increasing.
Student loan interest rates are scheduled to rise from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent July 1 unless Congress takes action to stop it. Republicans and Democrats in Congress are split on their decisions. While most support keeping interest rates low, there is disagreement as to how to fund programs and keep interest rates down. The bill that passed last week would pull money from a fund set aside under the Affordable Care Act for preventive women's care. Some Democrats back a bill that would reallocate funding from Social Security. But no matter how the student loan programs are funded, Rockefeller said recent graduates shouldn't have to struggle.
"College students everywhere are struggling to pay their student loan bills," Rockefeller said. "The last thing we want to do to them is double the interest rate and force students into a bigger struggle to pay off loans."
According to Rockefeller's office, nearly 72,000 West Virginians received $306 million in Stafford subsidized loans last year. In all, Americans have more than $870 billion in student loan debt, and students who graduated in 2010 have an average of $25,250 in debt.
"Thousands of West Virginia students and families are trying to pay off college debt," Rockefeller said. "The Senate bill that I am supporting would prevent a surge in rates. We need to give our students the opportunity to grow and thrive."
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