Second round of school flu vaccine clinics starts Thursday

Charleston Gazette - Fri Nov 27

Elk Elementary Center will be the first Kanawha County school to get the second round of swine flu vaccinations, according to the Kanawha-Charleston Health Department.

Charleston church starts duffle bag drive for foster kids

Charleston Gazette - Fri Nov 27

This Christmas, River Ridge Church in Charleston and Teays Valley is trying a new service project.

Charleston Employees Will Not Get Christmas Eve As Holiday

WOWK-TV - Fri Nov 27

Christmas Eve, will be a regular business day for Charleston's city employees. The workers will not be given a paid holiday for Dec.

Former hospital CEO sues agency

Register-herald.com - Thu Nov 26

The former chief of a state psychiatric hospital is suing West Virginia's health agency over allegations of gender discrimination and retaliation.

Mary Beth Carlisle is protesting her removal as head at Bateman Hospital.

KISS 107 FM WBKS - Thu Nov 26

The former chief of a state psychiatric hospital is suing West Virginia's health agency over allegations of gender discrimination and retaliation.

Commissioners lobby for extra days off

Charleston Daily Mail - Wed Nov 25

Kanawha County public workers should get all Christmas Eve day off, County Commission President Kent Carper said.

Putnam has few resources for poor

Charleston Daily Mail - Wed Nov 25

Volunteers say there is no permanent shelter or reliable transportation and few options for food and clothing by Elaine McMillion HURRICANE - As Tiffany Laurens loads her trunk with plastic bags full of bread, beans, Tuna Helper, peanut butter, canned veggies and cheese, she confesses the hard truth of her family's eating patterns.

West Virginians look out for other people

Charleston Daily Mail - Wed Nov 25

OVINTON J'Anthony "O.J." Mayo of Huntington is at 22 a rising star in the NBA. Because of his schedule with the Memphis Grizzlies, Mayo could not be there to pass out the 500 hams and 500 turkeys he donated to needy families in his hometown on Saturday.

Fayette Infant Among Those Killed in Recalled Crib

The State Journal - Tue Nov 24

The recall of 2.1 million Stork Craft cribs Nov. 23 came three-years too late for one West Virginia infant.

Belle man arrested on meth lab charges

Charleston Gazette - Tue Nov 24

A Kanawha County man was arrested for allegedly operating a methamphetamine lab out of a motor home on Sky Drive near Witcher Creek on Sunday.