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Nov 14, 2024 | 
ourcommunitynow.com | Curtis Johnson
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CHARLESTON, W.Va . (WSAZ) – The State Supreme Court has a petition on file that could be key to starting the high school football playoffs in West Virginia. A procedural error has delayed movement in the case most of the day Nov. 14. The West Virginia Secondary Schools Activities Commission is asking the Supreme Court to overturn a Wood County decision. That original ruling that was entered on Saturday had changed playoff matchups and how many playoff points teams received.
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Sep 26, 2024 | 
ourcommunitynow.com | Curtis Johnson
ShareCHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) - A deeper look by WSAZ at two major water disruptions yielded new information Thursday. Both incidents, one occurring on Patrick Street in Charleston and the other near Red House in Putnam County, involved West Virginia American Water. WSAZ reached out asking how the incidents occurred and about any history of leaks or maintenance. A spokeswoman said the company does not have an exact cause, but she provided more answers to WSAZ about the water lines in question.
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Sep 26, 2024 | 
ourcommunitynow.com | Curtis Johnson
ShareCHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) - Two major disruptions in water service happened Wednesday in Charleston and Putnam County, both involving the same utility -- West Virginia American Water. The issue caused us WSAZ to ask, what caused the disruptions? Has there been a history of leaks on those lines? When was any work last performed on those lines?
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Sep 20, 2024 | 
msn.com | Curtis Johnson
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Aug 19, 2024 | 
wsaz.com | Curtis Johnson
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) - Kyneddi Miller -- the 14-year-old, homeschool student who starved to death in Boone County -- had no traditional teacher to catch a potential problem, which led WSAZ to ask if more should be done to check on homeschool students. WSAZ Investigates | Deadly Details DeniedWest Virginia State Schools Superintendent Michele Blatt said in June that her department was eager to work with lawmakers to strengthen the guardrails around homeschooling.
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Aug 13, 2024 | 
wdtv.com | Ryan Epling |Curtis Johnson
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (WSAZ) - Several local high school football programs are being reclassified just weeks before the 2024-2025 season opens. The West Virginia Secondary Schools Activities Commission confirmed on Tuesday that Spring Valley and St. Albans are among schools that will go from Class AAAA to Class AAA. Wayne and Sissonville are among the schools that will bump down from Class AAA to Class AA.
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Jul 30, 2024 | 
wsaz.com | Curtis Johnson
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) - While Joseph Leffingwell loves his backyard gazebo in Huntington’s Altizer neighborhood, Tuesday afternoon he described it as a place of peace that’s now overtaken by worry about what his neighbor is putting into the air. His concern stems from news that U.S. Environmental Protection Agency screening tool showed emissions from the Huntington Alloys plant could lead to long-term health effects, such as asthma, decreased lung function and bronchitis.
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Jul 19, 2024 | 
wsaz.com | Curtis Johnson |Kristen Bentley
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) - West Virginia’s Department of Human Services this week launched a new project centered on how decisions are made by those who answer calls into the state’s child abuse and neglect hotline. Cabinet Secretary Cynthia Persily went so far to call it “a pivotal first step toward establishing” an alternative path to provide assistance to children whose situations may not meet the legal definition of abuse or neglect.
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Jul 16, 2024 | 
fox19.com | Alyssa Hannahs |Curtis Johnson |Andrew Mcmunn
BRAXTON COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ/Gray News) - A search is being conducted at a lake in West Virginia after a 25-year-old father went missing after saving his child from drowning. A call was placed Monday just before noon regarding a possible drowning at Sutton Lake in the Bee Run area, dispatchers said. Crews searched for the Charleston man Tuesday. “This is a terrible tragedy,” said Capt. Douglas Benson with the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources Police. “There is no other way to look at it.
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Jul 16, 2024 | 
kwtx.com | Alyssa Hannahs |Curtis Johnson |Andrew Mcmunn
BRAXTON COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ/Gray News) - A search is being conducted at a lake in West Virginia after a 25-year-old father went missing after saving his child from drowning. A call was placed Monday just before noon regarding a possible drowning at Sutton Lake in the Bee Run area, dispatchers said. Crews searched for the Charleston man Tuesday. “This is a terrible tragedy,” said Capt. Douglas Benson with the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources Police. “There is no other way to look at it.
