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The Week in W.Va. History West Virginia Encyclopedia CHARLESTON – The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia at  www.wvencyclopedia.org. April 4, 1980: Musician Red Sovine died in Nashville. Sovine, born Woodrow Wilson Sovine in Charleston, gained country music fame for his recitations, especially those incorporating sentimental truck driver themes. April 5, 1856: Booker T. Washington was born a slave in Virginia. In 1865, he moved with his family to Malden to join his stepfather, who had escaped from slav...

The Herald-Dispatch on a possible bill that would “revamp” needle exchange programs: The harm reduction program known as the needle exchange operated by the Cabell- Huntington Health Department does good work, yet the West Virginia State Senate wants to end it. Senate Bill 334 was approved by the Senate last week and now is in the hands of the House of Delegates. It establishes a licensing program within the Department of Health and Human Resources for harm reduction programs operating syringe exchanges. Under SB 334, all new and existing programs would need to apply to the Office for Hea...

In West Virginia, we still value a handshake and looking someone in the eye. West Virginians keep their promises; their government, not so much. I was fortunat

Men rise and fall like the winter wheat, but these names will never die If they ever tell my story, let them say: I loved my country; I loved my profession; I loved my student; I gave my all to my student; If they ever tell my story, let them say: The country I loved killed me; The student l loved killed me; My employer killed me. If they ever tell my story, let them say; I lived in the time of contempt against teachers; I was pitched against

There is an indirect correlation between educational attainment and arrest and incarceration rates - particularly among males.