Suzette Lowe

3 days ago | wvnews.com | Suzette Lowe

RIPLEY, W.Va. (WV News) -- There is something special when two particular words are put together: young and entrepreneur. Those two words best describe Evan Bain, a 22-year-old who recently received the highest honor at the Innovation Invitational at WVU Parkersburg. Sponsored by the Erickson Foundation, the top prize was $10,000. Bain will use the money to establish his business, Evan Bain Productions, as a limited liability company (LLC) and expand in other ways.

3 days ago | wvnews.com | Suzette Lowe

RIPLEY, W.Va. (WV News) - Many requests are made to the Jackson County Commission at its weekly meeting. The June 4 meeting was no different. John Curry, president of the Jackson County Junior Fair Board, asked for assistance with replacing the roofs on the steer barn and the heifer barn at the county fairgrounds. “We have a bid from FoamCoat Roofing and Coatings, Inc. for $34,916,” he said. “We’d like the commission to pay half ($17,458) and the fair board would pay the other half.

3 days ago | wvnews.com | Suzette Lowe

RAVENSWOOD, W.Va. (WV News) -- When someone purchases a longstanding business, it is often assumed that the new owners have no real connection to the establishment. It’s simply a sound financial decision with no emotional attachment. That is far from the case with Todd and Lisa Fox’s investment in the Greenhills Golf Course near Ravenswood. Lisa has golfed at the course for over 20 years, while Todd remembers his first time as a member. “I was 18 years old,” he said.

3 days ago | wvnews.com | Suzette Lowe

RIPLEY, W.Va. (WV News) -- A Jackson County man arrested on January 11, 2025, for sexual abuse and sexual assault pled guilty to one felony at a hearing on Tuesday. Landon Paul Casto, 18, was initially charged with three felonies: one count of sexual abuse in the first degree and two counts of sexual assault in the second degree. In the plea deal submitted and accepted by Fifth Circuit Court Judge Lora Dyer, the two sexual assault counts were dismissed.

6 days ago | wvnews.com | Suzette Lowe

RIPLEY, W.Va. (WV News) -- For a voracious reader, seeing her own words in print is a dream come true. It is even more than that for local author T. L. Johnson. “I’ve found my voice as an adult,” she said. “I didn’t have much control in my life growing up, and this has given me such joy.”Johnson has just published the first book in her Storm and Shadow Duology. The Storm and the Rose follows the story of Arden, a girl from West Virginia who moved to New York City, and the man she meets there, Gideon.