NEED TO KNOW Mary Lou Retton was arrested in May on a DUI charge in West Virginia The Olympian’s arrest was captured on body cam footage She made history in 1984 as the first American female gymnast to win an individual all-around gold medal Bodycam footage of Mary Lou Retton’s May arrest shows her in…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday threw out appellate rulings in favor of transgender people in four states following the justices’ recent decision upholding a Tennessee ban on certain medical treatment for transgender youths. But the justices took no action in cases from Arizona, Idaho and West Virginia involving the participation of transgender…
Thousands of motorists were stranded for more than eight hours along a section of rural interstate highway in southern West Virginia early Friday after a mudslide caused by heavy rains blocked a storm drain the previous night, flooding and completely shutting down the northbound lanes. Traffic backed up for 12 miles along the West Virginia…
A northern West Virginia region still cleaning up from flash flooding less than two weeks ago was hit with torrential rains that sent creeks over their banks again Thursday night. A flash flood warning was issued for the Wheeling area, about an hour’s drive southwest of Pittsburgh. The National Weather Service said up to 2…
West Virginia’s “coal country” still recovering from February floods – CBS News Watch CBS News West Virginia has been hard hit by storms this year, with flash floods sweeping through the city of Wheeling this month, killing at least eight people. In “Eye on America,” Scott MacFarlane shows how the state’s coal country is still…
Welch, West Virginia — The flood waters tore through McDowell County in West Virginia so fast in February that Rev. Brad Davis barely had time to grab his two cats before his house was swamped. “The truest meaning of the word ‘apocalypse’ in that it pulled back the veil and just underscored all of the…
Who gets the $7.4 billion Purdue Pharma settlement money? – CBS News Watch CBS News A federal bankruptcy judge will soon decide whether to approve a nearly $7.4 billion settlement involving Purdue Pharma, which made the pain medication OxyContin. Scott MacFarlane looks at the potential impact of what would be a landmark deal. Be the…
Flash flooding caused by torrential rains in northern West Virginia has killed at least eight people, including a 3-year-old child, officials said. The search and rescue continues, and one person is still presumed missing, Gov. Patrick Morrisey said during a press conference on Wednesday. “This is a very challenging time for the residents of Ohio County,” he…
West Virginia has outlawed foods that contain some artificial dyes or other additives, in one of the most comprehensive statewide bans of its kind. The move cites potentially harmful health effects and comes amid a broader push from scientists and government leaders to clamp down on synthetics in the nation’s food supply. On Monday, West Virginia Gov….
A sleepy Selection Sunday this was not. North Carolina barely slid into this year’s version of March Madness, a development that led its athletic director to remind everyone that he had nothing to do with that choice even though he’s the head of the group that sets the bracket. Texas also made it in —…