Monday, May 20 2013 11:58 PM EDT2013-05-21 03:58:32 GMT
RALEIGH COUNTY- Friday Night a tattoo parlor owner saved a pregnant women's life after police said knife wielding suspect Michael Wafford tried to stab her to death at the Beckley Plaza Mall.When having
RALEIGH COUNTY- Friday Night a tattoo parlor owner saved a pregnant women's life after police said knife wielding suspect Michael Wafford tried to stab her to death at the Beckley Plaza Mall.When having
Tuesday, May 21 2013 2:06 PM EDT2013-05-21 18:06:04 GMT
West Virginia Regional Jail Authority; PHOTO: Jerry Rogers, Jr.
Greenbrier County Sheriff's Deputies take another step forward in their efforts to keep methamphetamine off of the streets and out of communities.Jerry Rogers, Jr. of Rupert was arrested on charges related
Greenbrier County Sheriff's Deputies take another step forward in their efforts to keep methamphetamine off of the streets and out of communities.
Tuesday, May 21 2013 12:18 PM EDT2013-05-21 16:18:01 GMT
Dozens are dead and hundreds are injured after a massive tornado moved through Moore, Oklahoma on Monday.When disaster strikes at home and across the country, West Virginians are known for their generosity.
Dozens are dead and hundreds are injured after a massive tornado moved through Moore, Oklahoma on Monday.
Tuesday, May 21 2013 10:28 AM EDT2013-05-21 14:28:26 GMT
Emergency responders were on the scene of a school bus accident in Raleigh County on Tuesday. The accident happened in Shady Spring at around 6:45 a.m. at the intersection of Route 3 and Route 19. Officials
Emergency responders were on the scene of a school bus accident in Raleigh County on Tuesday.
Tuesday, May 21 2013 9:22 AM EDT2013-05-21 13:22:51 GMT
Emergency responders were called to the scene of a train accident on Monday, May 20. A person was apparently hit by a CSX train in a remote part of Fayette County. The call came in at around 1:30 p.m.
The victim was apparently covering her head with a blanket to shelter from the heavy rain storms.
Tuesday, May 21 2013 7:29 AM EDT2013-05-21 11:29:18 GMT
Authorities at the Beckley Correctional Facility are searching for a missing inmate. Joshua Greenwood was reported missing late Monday night. Guards say he was unaccounted for in a 10:15 p.m. head count.
Authorities at the Beckley Correctional Facility are searching for a missing inmate. Joshua Greenwood was reported missing late Monday night.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -
A study shows West Virginia ranks second among the states in residents' use of antibiotics.
Figures released by the nonprofit Robert Wood Johnson Foundation on Tuesday show there were 1,178 prescriptions filled for every 1,000 West Virginia residents in 2010.
West Virginia ranked fifth in 1999, when the rate was 1,191 prescriptions.
While West Virginia's rate dropped slightly, antibiotic prescriptions nationally fell 17% between 1999 and 2010, when there were 801 prescriptions filled for every 1,000 residents.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's has declared this week as "Get Smart About Antibiotics Week."
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