Posted: 12:29 PM Heavy debate is expected as Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin's bill to reform West Virginia's overcrowded prisons approaches a vote in the House.

Posted: 3:34 PM MTV says it's canceling the West Virginia-based reality TV show "BUCKWILD" after the accidental death of 21-year-old star Shain Gandee.

Posted: 3:08 PM A West Virginia State Police official says a trooper shot and killed a pit bull because he thought the dog was attacking him.

Posted: 1:46 PM Williamson Police Chief Dave Rockel says the crackdown on Mingo County's drug trade will continue, and the slaying of Sheriff Eugene Crum has only "awakened the sleeping giant."

Posted: 1:30 PM A harsh winter has eaten most of the West Virginia Department of Transportation's snow and ice removal budget.

Posted: 4:02 PM A musket-toting West Virginia high school mascot may soon be able to attend away games worry-free.

Posted: 1:17 PM West Virginia now has an official state firearm.

Posted: 6:08 PM USDA representatives met with Valley farmers market leaders to discuss how to serve people in rural Virginia.

Posted: 2:34 PM A state official says Mingo County Sheriff Eugene Crum has been fatally shot and a suspect is custody.

Updated: 1:58 PM The Blanchette Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute says its research into Alzheimer's and other neurological diseases will move into human clinical trials in the next few years.

Posted: 11:59 AM The West Virginia Senate has authorized the construction of the state's sixth casino.

Posted: 1:42 PM Any West Virginia insurance policy that covers maternity services would have to provide those benefits to everyone covered by the policy, not just the policy holder.

Posted: 11:24 AM The West Virginia Capitol has added a new chapter to its illustrated history.

Updated: 4:33 PM West Virginia authorities say a cast member of the MTV reality show "BUCKWILD" has been found dead, along with his uncle and a third, unidentified person.

Updated: 2:15 PM A "BUCKWILD" cast member and his uncle are missing.

Updated: 12:40 PM The West Virginia Senate has voted 33-1 to eliminate the $7,500 tax credit that encouraged the sale of solar, electric, plug-in hybrid and other environmentally friendly alternative fuel vehicles.

Posted: 10:48 AM The introduction of table games in Maryland is positioning the state to win back gamblers after they spent millions of dollars in West Virginia and Delaware.

Updated: 3:08 PM West Virginia State Police say a Bluefield woman has been charged in the fatal shooting of another woman after their children had argued on a school bus.

Posted: 12:46 PM The West Virginia Senate Judiciary Committee has passed a bill that would give employers more time to pay fired or laid off workers.

Posted: 12:52 PM The West Virginia Senate Judiciary Committee passed a bill that would create a new casino in Franklin along the border with Virginia.

Posted: 4:00 AM Several ski resorts in West Virginia are extending their ski seasons due to five feet of snow falling in March.

Posted: 4:30 PM A handful of West Virginia magistrates would get pay raises under a measure advancing in the state Senate.

Posted: 2:46 PM Federal regulators issued 196 citations during February impact inspections at 14 U.S. mines, including a southern West Virginia coal mine that was targeted for its ventilation plans.

Posted: 11:05 AM The state is holding an auction to sell a water buffalo and a calf found abandoned in Jackson County.

Posted: 3:13 PM A 46-year-old Huntington man who admitted accepting heroin and prescription painkillers in exchange for rent has pleaded guilty to distributing oxycodone.