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West Virginia is opting not to use a widely criticized voting app in the state's May 12 primary election.

West Virginia state Sen. Mike Maroney is set to go on trial in April on charges that he solicited a prostitute.

Jury selection is scheduled to begin Monday for the death penalty trial of an Ohio prison inmate accused of having strangled his cellmate.

A Huntington woman has been charged with scamming millions of dollars from senior citizens after gaining their trust through social media websites, a federal prosecutor announced on Wednesday.

People addicted to opioids will soon be able to get free public transit to West Virginia treatment centers under a new health department initiative.

A Huntington man was caught trying to bring a loaded gun in his carry-on bag at Charleston's Yeager Airport, authorities said.

West Virginia Diocese reports over a $4 million loss during a fiscal year that coincided with its bishop's resignation.

President Trump approves Governor Justice's request to increase federal share of public assistance for flood recovery.

A proposed constitutional amendment would set 16-year limits on legislators serving in the Ohio House or Senate.

Voters in West Virginia’s May 12 Primary may need some extra time to study the candidates before going to the ballot box.

In what they acknowledged is a long-shot bid, West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice and Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. urged unhappy Virginia counties Tuesday to secede and join a neighboring state where Democrats aren’t in charge.

Ohio's attorney general has approved the next step of a proposal to amend the state constitution to raise the minimum wage.

West Virginia officials are looking for volunteers to help clean up litter on state streams or public lands.

The West Virginia House of Delegates has approved a measure that would make it a crime to give someone a drug that kills them.

A bill on the way to Gov. Mike DeWine is aimed at protecting the hearing of motorcyclists.

House Republicans in Ohio are discussing doing away with the death penalty, as executions remain on hold amid the state's struggles to obtain lethal-injection drugs.

A gold bar worth almost $1,500 has been found among donations to one of the Salvation Army's red kettles in Kentucky.

An adverse reaction to a prescription drug sent five Lewis County high-school students to the hospital on Monday, authorities said.

Hunting and fishing licenses for next year have gone on sale in West Virginia

A record 8,020 people registered to vote in September, West Virginia election officials said.

Bankrupt Timberline ski report sold at auction for $2.2 million.

The parent company of Broughton Foods in Marietta announced Tuesday that it will seek bankruptcy protection as it seeks to reorganize its finances.

Country singer Kathy Mattea will be coaching music students at West Virginia University.

Ohio-based Murray Energy, a major U.S. coal-mining company, filed for bankruptcy protection on Tuesday.

West Virginia is preparing for a potential $100 million cut to the state budget, an official said on Friday.

Gov. Mike DeWine has ordered flags in parts of the Ohio lowered to half-staff to honor an Ohio soldier killed in an Army training accident in Georgia.

Pharmacies in Ohio will soon offer biodegradable bags so people who are prescribed opioids for work injuries can safely dispose of any opioids they don't use.

Former Ohio Gov. John Kasich, who ran against President Donald Trump in the 2016 Republican primary, said he supports impeaching the president.

A new raising the minimum age to buy tobacco products from 18 to 21 goes into effect on Thursday in Ohio.

Open enrollment for Medicare is underway in Ohio. Residents have until Dec. 7 to sign up or make changes to their coverage under the government health-insurance plan.