That was The Marietta Register headline reporting the explosion of the Marietta Torpedo Company nitroglycerine plant on September 6, 1900. The factory was destroyed. “Trees were entirely denuded of ...

CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (AP) — One person was taken to a hospital after an explosion in a West Virginia neighborhood and nearby homes were evacuated, officials said. The explosion happened Sunday in ...

THORNTON, W.Va (WDTV) - At approximately 3:59 AM Saturday, emergency crews responded to an explosion at a residence on Hovatter Road in Thornton. The Grafton Fire Department tells 5 News a female ...

Brown, a 6-foot-1 guard from Baltimore, Maryland entered her name into the transfer portal on March 13 following the firing ...

The Fellowsville, Flemington, Grafton and Stonewood fire departments, along with the Grafton Police Department, Taylor County EMS and the Taylor County Sheriff’s Office responded to this ...

THORNTON, W.Va. — A woman was injured with an explosion and fire happened at a residence near the community of Thornton in Taylor County early Saturday morning. The house is located along Hovatter ...

Saturday marks 15 years since 29 men were killed in a matter of seconds working underground in Raleigh County.

On April 5, 2010, an explosion in a coal mine near Montcoal, in West Virginia's Raleigh County, killed 29 workers.

(AP Photo/John Raby) A statue of a coal miner stands at the West Virginia Capitol in Charleston ... The memorial honors 29 ...

Saturday marks the 15th anniversary of the deadliest mine disaster in more than half a century at the Upper Big Branch mine.