VATICAN CITY (AP) 鈥� Pope Leo XIV criticized how the wealthy live in a "bubble of comfort and luxury" while poor people suffer on the margins, confirming in his first teaching document that he is in perfect lockstep with his predecessor Pope Francis on matters of social and economic ...
BECKLEY 鈥� A Raleigh County judge granted class action status to the more than 570 students granted religious exemptions to West Virginia鈥檚 compulsory vaccine law, with the case likely heading for a final conclusion as soon as today. Wednesday marked the resumption of a hearing after a ...
PARKERSBURG 鈥� First Lutheran Church鈥檚 annual German Fest is set for Saturday at the church on 19th Street. Activities and food service begin at 11 a.m., with food served in the fellowship hall until 2 p.m. A limited number of tickets will be sold, so it is recommended that guests come ...
ELKINS 鈥� The pastor of the Summit Church in Elkins was arrested Wednesday and faces a felony charge after allegedly soliciting a minor. Kevin Curtis Jones, 33, is charged with one count of soliciting a minor via computer, a felony, and was being held at the Tygart Valley Regional Jail on a ...
ROME (AP) 鈥� Pope Leo XIV has intervened for the first time in an abortion dispute roiling the U.S. Catholic Church by raising the seeming contradiction over what it really means to be "pro-life." Leo, a Chicago native, was asked late Tuesday about plans by Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich to ...
