Katelyn Aluise

6 days ago | portsmouth-dailytimes.com | Katelyn Aluise

IRONTON — A man who was convicted of 11 felonies after stabbing the principal of South Point Elementary School was sentenced in Lawrence County Court of Common Pleas on Thursday. Joshua Lee Collins, 44, was found guilty of felonious assault, attempted murder, seven counts of kidnapping, inducing panic, and illegal conveyance or possession of a deadly weapon in a school safety zone following a bench trial last month.

6 days ago | coalvalleynews.com | Katelyn Aluise

HUNTINGTON — A preliminary injunction to protect a Marshall University student from seeing his non-immigrant status terminated again while his case is dealt with was granted in the U.S. District Court of Southern West Virginia on Thursday. The ACLU-WV filed a lawsuit last month on behalf of Shival Nilesh Vyas, 28, a citizen of India who is scheduled to receive his master’s degree in computer science this month. kAm'J2D’ u\` DE2EFD 2?5 C64@C5D :? E96 $EF56?E 2?5 tI492?86 ':D:E@C x?7@C>2E:@?

6 days ago | herald-dispatch.com | Katelyn Aluise

ONA — Cabell Midland High School music teacher Ed Harkless said in his 46 years of education, he tried his best to be someone who would make as many opportunities available for his students as possible. “Some of my students are now grandparents. It’s kind of hard to believe,” he said. While he said he won’t miss the 5:30 a.m. alarms, he’ll miss the daily interactions with his students.

1 week ago | herald-dispatch.com | Katelyn Aluise

HUNTINGTON — The Cabell County Board of Education during its regular meeting Tuesday did not approve sending out a survey to determine whether school start times should be later. Board member Linda Childers gave another presentation about the subject, which she has brought up at several meetings since the beginning of the year. But this time, her message to the board was what messaging to avoid when attempting to change school start times.

1 week ago | herald-dispatch.com | Katelyn Aluise

HUNTINGTON — A grave marker was placed Tuesday after 67 years for an American poet, columnist, teacher and activist from West Virginia. Bessie Woodson Yancey was given a dedication ceremony — made possible through a partnership between the Carter G. Woodson Memorial Foundation, Black By God and Black in Appalachia — to recognize her legacy and contribution to the community decades after she was laid to rest at Huntington’s Spring Hill Cemetery. She was not only the sister of Carter G.