INSTITUTE, W.Va. (AP) Ericke Cage, who has been serving as interim president of West Virginia State University since September, has been chosen to become the school's 13th president. The Board of Governors unanimously chose Cage on Thursday.
DOVER, Del. (AP) Two women wanted in West Virginia in the fatal shooting of a 13-year-old girl were arrested Wednesday night at a Delaware hotel, police said. Dover Police and the U.S. Marshals Service First State Fugitive Task Force arrested Isis Wallace, 22, and Nichole Brooks, 42, both of Bluefield, West Virginia, at the Mainstay Suites around 9 p.m., police said in a news release.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) Conference USA has agreed to allow Marshall, Old Dominion and Southern Miss to expedite their move to the Sun Belt. The resolution announced in a brief, joint statement Tuesday allows the three schools to withdraw from Conference USA by the end of the current academic year.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) West Virginia will receive $26 million in a settlement with the opioid maker Endo Health Solutions for the company’s role in perpetuating the state’s drug epidemic, the attorney general’s office said Wednesday.
FAYETTEVILLE, W.Va. (AP) Three former schools in a southern West Virginia tourist town are being transformed into a boutique hotel, apartments and town houses. Gov. Jim Justice announced the $15 million project Monday being undertaken by Mountain Shore Properties LLC in Fayetteville.