Jul. 3—FAIRMONT — Two Marion County residents allege they were harassed by employees at North Central Regional Jail after their arrest due to their connection to Charles Echols III who was shot and killed in August 2023. Michael Joseph Costello, one of the correctional officers at NCRJ, told police he killed Echols in self defense. […]
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sissi on Wednesday swore in a new government that comprises new defence and foreign ministers amid regional turmoil and domestic economic woes. Egypt, which hosts an estimated 9 million refugees and migrants, has been hard hit by the fighting between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist Hamas movement in the neighbouring Gaza Strip […]
School officials from Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, Norfolk, Portsmouth and Suffolk are considering opening a regional recovery school for students recovering from substance use disorders. The school could be open next year. The school would provide students a “safe and supportive” environment to learn while continuing their recovery before reintegrating into a traditional high school. Students […]
Regional gas prices rose for the second consecutive week. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, they reached an average of $3.29 per gallon of regular fuel on Monday, up from last week’s price of $3.26 per gallon. The average fuel price in the Lower Atlantic region has fallen about 4 cents since last month. […]
The Hong Kong Academy for Wealth Legacy will host a three-day summit in September, marking its latest effort to promote the city as a hub for wealthy families to pursue investments, establish succession planning and support various charities. “The academy will arrange various activities to allow the family office principals to share their knowledge on […]
Jun. 28—Steward Health has paused the sale of Sharon Regional Medical Center and other properties owned by the bankrupt company. Steward and its debtors said Wednesday in a joint bankruptcy court filing that the auction of its hospitals scheduled for the following day was postponed to evaluate bids. The new deadline is 5 p.m. Monday. […]
NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania (AP) — Nearly 2 million people go to the polls on Saturday in Mauritania, a vast desert nation in West Africa which positions itself as a strategic ally of the West in a region swept by coups and violence, but has been denounced for rights abuses. President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani, widely expected to […]
After two years without nonstop flights to Washington, D.C., the route is finally making a comeback to State College Regional Airport. Daily round-trip flights to Washington Dulles International Airport will resume Thursday through United Airlines. According to terminal manager Jason McMurtrie, one flight will be available Thursday — and, on Friday, two daily flights will […]
A growing share of Pennsylvania communities have taken a more regional approach to policing to cut costs and enhance efficiency, but decision-makers in Centre County showed little enthusiasm for an idea that can be politically unpopular. Functionally regionalizing some combination of the five local police departments in the county could mean improved police management and […]
Jun. 17—A theoretical physicist has a surprising role in New Mexico’s adult education program. Katya Backhaus, the state high school equivalency and data administrator for the New Mexico Higher Education Department, recently won the Mountain Plains Adult Education Association Award of Excellence. Every year, the award honors one recipient from each association member state: Arizona, […]
Jun. 16—Excessive heat forecast this week across southwest Ohio has prompted health officials to caution against prolonged outdoor activity, especially among those elderly and very young. The National Weather Service has issued a hazardous weather outlook and an excessive heat watch for more than a dozen counties in southwest Ohio as near-record temperatures are forecast […]
Jun. 16—Excessive heat forecast this week across southwest Ohio has prompted health officials to caution against prolonged outdoor activity, especially among those elderly and very young. The National Weather Service has issued a hazardous weather outlook and an excessive heat watch for more than a dozen counties in southwest Ohio as near-record temperatures are forecast […]