Chris Lawrence

WHARTON, W.Va. — Sheryl Beard fought back tears as she stood in the driveway of her parents' home in Wharton while the sun blazed down on a hot July day.

KERENS — For the last 25 years, travelers headed east on Corridor-H out of Randolph County ran into a road closed sign near the Kerens community. The four-lane highway ended there and the journey to Parsons continued on a winding two-lane road. That came to an end last week when the ribbon was cut to extend the completed highway to Parsons, W.Va.

Rushing water wiped out large sections of a narrow hollow roadway in Boone County

VAN, W.Va. — A group of 15 volunteers from an organization which specializes in disaster recovery will wrap up a week of work in Boone County this week.

JUNIOR, W.Va. — The remnants of fireworks are believed to be the cause of a mobile home fire Wednesday night in Barbour County which left four people dead.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — State Tourism Secretary Chelsea Ruby hopes this weekend will be one that will create fond memories for everybody who attends the Capitol City Celebration of the America 250.

PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — A massive fire at a Parkersburg warehouse from the weekend has been contained, but it will take days to get it extinguished.

PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — Fire crews report progress on battling the blaze at the People's Cartage Warehouse in Wood County.

Sunday, July 8, 2001 was a dark day for many in the southern West Virginia coalfields. Rainfall poured that night and dumped 5 to 8 inches of rain in parts of Raleigh, Wyoming, and McDowell Counties.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Less than 24 hours after a fire at the Peoples Cartage warehouse in Wood County was declared out, the first lawsuit has been filed.