Category: Local News
New Addition Opens Up At Beckley Arts Center
Tyler BarkerApr 17, 2019
BECKLEY, WV (WOAY) – On Wednesday, The Beckley Art Center opened a new attraction to their art galleria, a gift shop! Visitors can purchase items that are on...
Little Caesars Works to Donate to K-9 Units
Kassie SimmonsApr 17, 2019
WEST VIRGINIA (WOAY) – All 26 Little Caesars locations in West Virginia are raising money to help out K-9 units across the state. Units work on cases involving...
Students Sign Pledge Against Distracted Driving
Kassie SimmonsApr 17, 2019
BECKLEY, W.Va. (WOAY) – Students at Woodrow Wilson High School got a special driving lesson from AAA, warning them against ‘intextication.’ In 2017,...
First Lady Cathy Justice Gives Music Grant To Western Greenbrier Middle School
Tyler BarkerApr 17, 2019
GREENBRIER COUNTY, WV (WOAY) – A middle school in Greenbrier County is just one of several schools that will benefit from a grant of VH1 Save The Music Foundation....
Cyber Bullying Evidence Found In Death Of Tazewell County Teenager
Tyler BarkerApr 17, 2019
TAZEWELL COUNTY, VA (WOAY) – The Tazewell County Sheriff’s Department says that evidence of cyber bullying has been found in the recent death of a student at...
Oral Surgeons Give Students Free Wisdom Teeth Extractions to Help Support Steep College Costs
Tyler BarkerApr 17, 2019
WEST VIRGINIA (WOAY) – West Virginia has the highest rate of student loan defaults, according to data released by the Department of Education. Economists in West...
Gov. Justice announces $500,000 in federal grant funding for broadband upgrades in Nicholas County
Tyler BarkerApr 17, 2019
SUMMERSVILLE, WV – Gov. Jim Justice announced today that West Virginia has secured $500,000 in federal grant funding that will be used to improve broadband and...
1.7 Million Dollars Coming To Rural Schools In West Virginia
Tyler BarkerApr 17, 2019
WEST VIRGINIA – U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee (ENR), announced that West Virginia counties will...
Fayette County Schools Placed On Lockdown After Two Escape Custody
Tyler BarkerApr 17, 2019
FAYETTE COUNTY, WV (WOAY) – Several schools in Fayette County were placed on a soft lockdown after two people escaped work custody. Officials tell WOAY that two...
UPDATE: Name Released In Fatal Mercer County Crash
Tyler BarkerApr 17, 2019
UPDATE: BRUSHFORK, WV (WOAY) – The identity of a man who was killed in a car crash has been released. Michael Ombler, 30, of Bluefield, died Tuesday morning, after...