Welcome 2014! Renewed hope, challenges for region

Published January 7, 2014

Welcome 2014! Renewed hope, challenges for region
Law enforcement officers were aggressive in 2013 when it came to fighting the region's drug epidemic, as well as locating and removing potentially hazardous meth labs. The two-year-old Bluefield Pill Initiative campaign also continues to make a big … Read more on Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Stories of the year
26, less than two weeks after he was accused of sexually abusing dozens of Bishop McCort High School students during the 1990s, Brother Stephen Baker, 62, a Franciscan friar, died from a self-inflicted stab wound to the heart. Baker was found in his … Read more on Altoona Mirror

Top stories of 2013
March 6: Beckley Police Department discovered what they suspect was a meth lab on South Fayette Street across from the Stratton Elementary School; Mark Anthony Lyons, 44, was charged. March 7: Hinton arson suspect Billy Joe Gill is now also ….. 16 … Read more on Beckley Register-Herald