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Report ranks West Virginia 12th in crash mortality
WOAY NEWS STAFFFeb 13, 2018
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – Transportation researchers report that West Virginia’s fatality rate from road crashes exceeded the national average in 2015 though...
Senate committee approves bill banning smoking in car with kids
WOAY NEWS STAFFFeb 13, 2018
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – A West Virginia Senate committee has advanced a bill that would prohibit smoking in motor vehicles when children age 16 or younger are in...
Ick! Woman has first case of human ‘Eye Worm’
WOAY NEWS STAFFFeb 13, 2018
NEW YORK (AP) — An Oregon woman who had worms coming out of her eye is being called the first known human case of a parasitic infection spread by flies. Fourteen tiny...
Remington, America’s oldest gun maker, files for bankruptcy
WOAY NEWS STAFFFeb 13, 2018
MADISON, NC (AP) — Remington, the gun maker beset by falling sales and lawsuits tied to the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, has reached a financing deal that...
Ulta hit with 2nd lawsuit claiming company resells returned products as new
WOAY NEWS STAFFFeb 13, 2018
(ABC NEWS) – A second lawsuit has been filed claiming popular beauty store chain Ulta resells returned products and bills them as new. A complaint filed last...
House approves teacher raise of 2% in year one
WOAY NEWS STAFFFeb 13, 2018
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WCHS/WVAH) — With many members saying they didn’t believe it was enough, the West Virginia House of Delegates approved a pay raise bill Tuesday...
Manchin has most money for Senate race; Followed by Jenkins
WOAY NEWS STAFFFeb 13, 2018
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) – Campaign finance records show Democratic U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin with $4.7 million in his campaign fund at the start of this election year,...
No more BFFs? Some schools consider banning term ‘Best Friends’
WOAY NEWS STAFFFeb 13, 2018
(BY: STEPHANIE HANEY, DAILYMAIL.com) – Schools around the world are banning the term ‘best friends,’ stopping children from naming their favorite buddy...
Bluefield man arrested for incest with 3-year-old
WOAY NEWS STAFFFeb 13, 2018
BLUEFIELD, WV – Bluefield police arrested Henry Vincent Bennett Monday night for sexually assaulting a 3-year-old family member. Investigators say they were tipped...
Facebook Fatigue: users confess they’re spending less time
WOAY NEWS STAFFFeb 13, 2018
SAN FRANCISCO (BY: JESSICA GUYNN, USA TODAY) – Mikita Burton has had a Facebook account for nine years, nearly as long as her youngest child has been alive. And,...