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John Raby

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Past articles by John:

Bob Huggins, West Virginia’s basketball coach, resigns hours after drunken driving arrest

West Virginia basketball coach Bob Huggins has been arrested on suspicion of drunken driving, a month after the university suspended him for three games for using an anti-gay slur while also denigrating Catholics during a radio interview. → Read More

West Virginia coach Bob Huggins gets $1 million pay cut, suspension after using homophobic slur

Huggins used the slur to refer to Xavier fans on Monday while also denigrating Catholics during an appearance on Cincinnati radio station WLW. → Read More

Bill would ban marriages under age 16 in West Virginia

A child marriage bill was passed by the West Virginia Senate on Friday night after it was changed to prohibit anyone younger than 16 from getting married and to ban age gaps of more than four years for 16- and 17-year-olds. → Read More

Child marriage ban bill resurrected in West Virginia Senate

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A bill to prohibit minors from getting married in West Virginia was resurrected in the state Senate on Thursday, a day after its defeat in a committee. The about-face didn’t necessarily give the bill a clear path to passage. Several senators gave impassioned speeches after the bill was brought back, some […] → Read More

Gov. Justice signs bill splitting up West Virginia health agency

West Virginia’s governor has signed a bill splitting the ailing Department of Health and Human Resources into three new departments. → Read More

West Virginia campus carry gun bill signed by Gov. Justice

The governor signed a bill allowing people with concealed carry permits to take firearms onto public college and university campuses in West Virginia. → Read More

Bill to ban child marriage passes West Virginia House

The West Virginia House of Delegates passed a bill Wednesday that would prohibit minors from getting married.The Republican-dominated House passed the bill 84-1 → Read More

West Virginia committee advances religious freedom bill

Del. Chris Pritt of Kanawha County said the bill would make West Virginia attractive to economic development. → Read More

West Virginia transgender sports ban halted during appeal

Transgender athletes in West Virginia can compete in female school sports while an appeal is heard on a state law banning their participation, a divided federal appeals panel ruled Wednesday. → Read More

West Virginia transgender sports ban halted during appeal

Transgender athletes in West Virginia can compete in female school sports while an appeal is heard on a state law banning their participation, a divided federal appeals panel ruled Wednesday. → Read More

11-week-old lost in West Virgina flood waters found dead in submerged car

Authorities in West Virginia say the body of an infant has been found in a submerged car after floodwaters swept through the state. → Read More

Infant body found in submerged car in flooded West Virginia

The body of an infant was found in a submerged car Friday in southern West Virginia after floodwaters swept through the state, authorities said. → Read More

Floodwaters force WV students to spend night at high school

Floodwaters in West Virginia forced some high school students to hunker down for the night in an impromptu slumber party complete with pizza, board games and football tosses in the gymnasium. All schools in Lincoln County, in the southern part of the state, were dismissed two hours early on Thursday because of high water, which […] → Read More

West Virginia drinking water still clear of derailment toxin

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia officials have reiterated that the state’s drinking water remains safe following an Ohio train derailment that led to a toxic plume of chemicals being r… → Read More

Erik Stevenson's 31 leads West Virginia over No. 15 Auburn

Erik Stevenson kept putting pressure on himself to shoot better as West Virginia struggled against one ranked team after another.His time finally came Saturday → Read More

W. Va governor's family coal firm agrees to reclaim mines

A coal company owned by the family of West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice has agreed to reclaim three large surface mines in southwestern Virginia to settle a lawsuit with environmental groups. → Read More

Ex-lawmaker who served time for Jan. 6 riot seeks House seat

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Two years to the day after storming the U.S. Capitol, a former West Virginia state lawmaker who served prison time for his role in the riot said Friday that he hopes to return to the scene of his crime as an elected official. → Read More

WV Supreme Court issues opinion in Hope Scholarship ruling

West Virginia’s Supreme Court released a full opinion Thursday in an order it issued last month that allowed a non-public school scholarship program to continue. → Read More

Greene shines in relief, Legg's FG lifts WVU over Oklahoma

Backup quarterback Garrett Greene ran for two touchdowns and threw for a third score, and Casey Legg's 25-yard field goal as time ran out lifted West Virginia t → Read More

‘Great danger’: Couple sentenced in submarine secrets case

Citing the “great danger” that a Navy engineer and his wife posed to U.S. security, a federal judge gave both of them lengthy prison terms Wednesday for a plot → Read More