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By The Associated Press

WELLSBURG, W.Va. (AP) - A West Virginia school superintendent has issued an apology after some said they were offended by a banner at a football game that read "Trump Perry."
Media reported that Brooke County School Superintendent Toni Paesano Shute apologized on Monday to the community of Pittsburgh Perry High School for the "insensitive, intimidating, and offensive sign." The banner was seen in the student section of Brooke High School at Friday night's game.

By Lacie Pierson

A Kanawha County Circuit Court Judge ruled last week that some municipal recreation centers are, for legal purposes, school facilities, and firearms can't be carried there.
Judge James Stucky also more clearly defined what it means to "securely store" a firearm at such centers in a ruling on a motion filed by the West Virginia Citizens Defense League last month.

By Staff reports

Charleston police are searching for the car driven by a Cross Lanes woman last week shortly before her body was found in the Kanawha River.
Anna Ranson, 32, was driving a black 2014 Ford Focus SE that day, according to a news release from the Charleston Police Department.
The car's West Virginia license plate had the number 4YG707. Stickers on the rear window read "West Virginia State University" and "Bernie 2016," according to photos released by police.

By The Associated Press

GRAFTON, W.Va. (AP) - A West Virginia man has been sentenced to five to 25 years in prison in the death of his infant son.
Media report a judge sentenced Jeremy Shaffer, who did not admit guilt in the case but conceded there was enough evidence for a conviction on charges of child neglect resulting in death and child abuse resulting in serious injury. Originally, he had been charged with second-degree murder. His trial had been set to begin this week.

By Max Garland

BUFFALO, W.Va. -- Officials with Toyota announced Wednesday morning the auto company's plant in Buffalo, West Virginia, will be manufacturing transaxles for hybrid cars by 2020.
The Putnam County plant will be the first in the United States to produce the axles, which will be used in Toyota Highlander hybrids built at a plant in Indiana, company officials said.
The project is a $115 million investment in the Buffalo plant, officials said during a press conference at the plant.

By Staff reports

A man in Rand allegedly cut his father for taking too long to make a sandwich on Monday.
Mark Anthony Stevens, 37, became angry as the father made a sandwich for his wife at their home on Church Drive, according to a criminal complaint filed in Kanawha County Magistrate Court.
The father and son began to argue after Stevens repeatedly asked when the sandwich would be done, according to the complaint.
Stevens went to his bedroom but soon emerged with blood on his arms, the complaint states. The father believes Stevens cut himself.

The Charleston Gazette-Mail and two other regional news organizations are receiving foundational support to put more reporters in the field.

East Bank High School Class of 1957 60th Reunion: 5 to 9 p.m., Friday, at Four Points by Sheraton. For reservations or information, contact Billie Keenan Blair at 681-265-1755 or bjblair7@netscape.com.

By By Alan Fram
The Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) - The last-gasp Republican drive to tear down President Barack Obama's health care law essentially died Monday as Maine Sen. Susan Collins joined a small but decisive cluster of GOP senators in opposing the push.

By Ryan Quinn

The state School Building Authority's board approved Monday removing PCS from its role as the construction management firm assigned to Logan County's Chapmanville elementary school building project.
The voice vote, with Tom Lange the only SBA board member heard voting no, comes after legislative interim meetings and SBA committee review meetings concerning the SBA's relatively new construction management process.