Electricians help wire respite center being built at Stonehill
EASTON ? The House of Possibilities, a respite center for families of special needs children and adults under construction at Stonehill College, received a donation of electrical work this month.

Electricians' strike on Tube ends
A 36-hour strike by electricians who maintain the London Underground network at night ends.

Financial storm hits Caribbean
The ocean glows a milky turquoise. Tiny waves lap at the powder-beige sand, in no rush to reach the line of postcard-perfect palm trees.

Christmas in April seeks applications, volunteers
Rebuilding Together St. Landry Parish, commonly known as Christmas in April, is seeking applications for its annual drive to repair the homes of the elderly or disabled.

Former Gwinn volleyball coach heads west
Former Gwinn High School girls' volleyball coach Beth Honaker has resigned her collegiate position. After two seasons as head coach, she is leaving the South Dakota School of Mines women's volleyball program out of Rapid City, S.D.

Kuwait News
KUWAIT CITY, Nov 22: Twenty-one Filipinos working as security guards went to the Philippine Overseas Labour Office (POLO) on Thursday to seek assistance from Philippine Labour Attache Atty Josephus Jimenez after their company allegedly failed to comply with the work contract that they signed in the Philippines.

Financial crisis leaves ghost resorts in Caribbean
Hundreds of luxury villas in the Dominican Republic are positioned to take in the view, but there are no guests.

Father, son lose home to fire in Sophia
An early morning fire destroyed a father and son?s home near downtown Sophia Saturday morning, firefighters said.

Local Roundup
COLLEGE BASKETBALL; McClung academy moved to Woodrow Wilson

Holiday tradition turns deadly
A family is mourning the loss of a man who was helping a friend prepare for the holidays when he was tragically killed in an electrical accident.

Tuggle?s opening kickoff return spurs Mavs? victory
WEIRTON ? It is not often that a team has less than 100 yards of total offense and wins a football game, but it happened Saturday at Jimmy Carey Stadium.

Day report regional director promotes drug court method
Drug court is one of the fastest growing forms of alternative sentencing in the United States, and if Steven Collins, regional executive director for day report, has his way, Raleigh County will soon be moving in that direction as well.

New edition of W.Va. South just in time for the holidays
Just in time for Thanksgiving, the December-January issue of West Virginia South is on its way to a newsstand near you.

One person airlifted to hospital after wreck
One person was airlifted from a Summers County accident scene after a pickup truck and a tractor-trailer collided on Interstate 64 Saturday morning, authorities said.

Weather conditions may affect buck kill
Poor weather conditions predicted for the second year in a row for Monday?s opening day of West Virginia?s buck firearms season could once again spoil many dreams of harvesting a trophy buck for more than 350,000 hunters who normally take to the woods in one of the state?s most time-honored traditions.

Sale of paintings to benefit gallery
For years, members of the Beckley Art Group have met and turned out many of their creative ventures in the basement of a building on Johnstown Road.

Clement guides Rice past Marshall
HOUSTON ? Chase Clement threw for 315 yards and four touchdowns, becoming Conference USA?s all-time leader in total touchdowns and touchdown passes, in the Rice Owls? 35-10 win over the Marshall Thundering Herd Saturday afternoon.

Bailout choice to impact area
BEDFORD ? The political meetings, media debates and business analysis meet reality at places like 105 GM Drive. That?s the address of Bedford?s GM Powertrain plant.

Mountain State bounces back with win over Morris
Statistics may not always tell the entire story, but you didn?t have to go much further than a boxscore or a running score of Saturday?s Mountain State-Morris game at the Beckley-Raleigh County Convention Center to glean exactly what transpired on the Dave Barksdale Court.

Visa worker deaths double in a year
MORE migrants working on 457 visas have died since Labor won the federal election than in more than three years under the previous government, Immigration Department records show.