CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Southern Gospel Music icon, West Virginia native, Squire Parsons died of a heart attack Monday. He was 77. Parsons grew up in the Roane County community of Newton.

West Virginia’s top education official issued — then quickly rescinded on Friday — guidance reaffirming the state’s strict school vaccination requirements, after Gov. Patrick Morrisey ...

ASHEVILLE, NC (WOWK) — Well-known southern Gospel singer and West Virginia native Squire Parsons, famous for writing the classic Gospel song “Sweet Beulah Land,” has died. He was 77 years old ...

WV – An employee of the West Virginia Turnpike was struck and killed shortly at about a.m. Monday, April 14, 2025, while doing asphalt work on the Turnpike. The worker was struck by a tractor-trailer ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WBOY) — A worker doing asphalt repairs on the West Virginia Turnpike was struck and killed Monday morning in Kanawha County. According to a release from the West Virginia Department ...

Sissonville, WV (April 13, 2025 ... and we wish them a full recovery. Interstate 77 is a key route through the Sissonville area and across West Virginia, connecting local and long-distance traffic.

While regulatory agents and the West Virginia Legislature have worked to create solutions for the water quality crisis facing the Mountain State, those working at public service districts are ...

UPDATE (3:44 p.m. on April 29, 2025) — All lanes of I-77 have reopened. CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) — A lane has been closed after a vehicle crashed on I-77 outside Charleston Tuesday afternoon. According ...