Posted: 11:52 AM COLUMBUS – In an ongoing effort to bring the highest level of customer service to the public, the Ohio State Highway Patrol has created a new salvage inspection scheduling service.

Posted: 3:20 PM Heating elements potentially energize even when turned off; potential fire hazard when near flammable items.

Updated: 12:30 PM Rainelle, West Virginia – On Monday, December 19, 2011, Troopers assigned to the Rainelle Detachment of the West Virginia State Police arrested Mr. David Clayton White (47 years of age, from Meadow Bridge, West Virginia), Mr. Joshua Emmanuel Redden (26 years of age, from Meadow Bridge, West Virginia), and Mr. Nicholas Michael White (22 years of age, from Danese, West Virginia) for their involvement in burning five vehicles at the Rainelle Detachment on December 15, 2011. Three of the vehicles were part of an ongoing investigation and two of the vehicles were property of the West Virginia State Police.

Posted: 11:27 AM WASHINGTON, D.C.—Senator Jay Rockefeller, former Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence issued the following statement today in regards to the Iraq War.

Posted: 11:21 AM On Thursday December 15, 2011 at approximately 11:00 AM the Morgan County Sheriff’s Office received a call that a theft was occurring on Wagoner Road in Marion Township and that a weapon had been discharged. While officers were responding, information was received that one person had been shot.

Posted: 3:36 PM WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Jay Rockefeller released the following statement today after voting no on two separate Senate proposals that would amend the U.S. Constitution and create a balanced budget amendment:

Updated: 3:37 PM Washington, D.C.— U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), the cosponsor of a commonsense Balanced Budget Amendment, voted today to force the federal government to live within its means, just like families, businesses and states in every corner of this country.

Posted: 12:09 PM SOUTH CHARLESTON – On December 13, 2011, at approximately 7:15pm, Senior Trooper J. M. Comer and Corporal R. H. Green, of the Quincy Detachment of the West Virginia State Police, responded to a Metro 911 call of an officer down at 209 ½ Glass Fire Lane, in Glasgow, West Virginia. The Troopers learned that Officer Steven W. Smith of the Glasgow Police Department was shot while responding to a burglary complaint at the same address.

Updated: 12:06 PM CHARLESTON, W.Va. –This holiday season, countless West Virginia citizens will make the New Year’s resolution to quit smoking in 2012.

Posted: 12:03 PM Two statistical briefs on cancer prevalence and survivorship have been released by the Department of Health and Human Resources Bureau for Public Health.

Updated: 9:38 PM CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The U.S. Postal Service will hold a public meeting to discuss its proposal to move mail processing operations from the Parkersburg, WV Customer Service Mail Processing Center into the Clarksburg, WV Processing and Distribution Facility.

Updated: 5:17 PM CINCINNATI (AP) - A Cincinnati landlord found to have discriminated against a black teenage girl by posting a "White Only" sign at a swimming pool is asking the Ohio Civil Rights Commission to reconsider its decision.

Updated: 5:16 PM CHARLESTON, W.V. (AP) - The health care provider for West Virginia public employees is cutting some major costs.

Posted: 5:14 PM COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Ohio high school students would face more stringent requirements to read the state and federal constitutions, the Declaration of Independence and other historical documents under a bill that's been approved by the Ohio House.

Posted: 5:13 PM LOGAN, Ohio (AP) - A man who fell to his death in an Ohio park has been identified as a student from Illinois who had met up with a high school girlfriend and her family.

Posted: 5:11 PM COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A lawmaker who wants to expand private school vouchers in Ohio is putting new restrictions on his plan in response to public schools' concerns over losing their tax money.

Posted: 5:07 PM CHARLESTON, W.V. (AP) - West Virginia University has ventured into the Internet world of adult-themed domains to protect its trademarks.

Updated: 5:05 PM COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Ohio Gov. John Kasich says he's not sure about the idea of requiring welfare recipients to pass a drug test.

Posted: 4:04 PM Wheeling, WV, Dec. 13, 2011 --- After an 18-year hiatus, Rugby Football is making its comeback to Wheeling Jesuit University. Rugby was first established at Wheeling Jesuit University in 1967 when its first match was played against powerhouse Notre Dame. From 1967 to 1994, Wheeling Jesuit teams regularly played schools such as Penn State, University of Pittsburgh and Ohio State. In one of its most successful seasons, WJU ruggers beat both Ohio State and Penn State.

Posted: 1:59 PM U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today kicks off the 2011 winter holiday impaired driving crackdown involving thousands of law enforcement agencies across America. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is also releasing new data highlighting encouraging new statistics showing drunk driving deaths are down in many parts of the country.

Updated: 1:54 PM COLUMBUS – The Ohio State Highway Patrol is warning drivers about the dangers of driving in winter weather and is offering some tips on what drivers should do in the event of a vehicle break down or a crash.

Updated: 7:24 AM Check out our photo gallery of the 2011 Vienna Christmas parade!

Updated: 7:24 AM Check out our photo gallery of the 2011 Parkersburg Christmas parade, you might even see a picture of yourself or someone you know!

Posted: 5:18 PM CHARLESTON, W.V. (AP) - West Virginia University is crediting media coverage and television exposure for a jump in student applications.

Posted: 5:16 PM PHILIPPI, W.V. (AP) - A West Virginia school bus driver has been cleared of charges he made terroristic threats.