Thursday, May 24 2012 6:13 PM EDT2012-05-24 22:13:24 GMT
RG Steel announces it will idle all its mills, starting June 4. Even the corporate offices in Wheeling will be closed. The letter that went out to all steelworkers put the blame squarely on the company's
Steelworkers got letters saying all RG Steel mills will go idle on June 4.
Thursday, May 24 2012 5:46 PM EDT2012-05-24 21:46:10 GMT
A State Police spokesman says five environmental activists have been arrested after chaining themselves to a coal barge in protest of mountaintop removal mining operations. The incident happened Thursday
A State Police spokesman says five environmental activists have been arrested after chaining themselves to a coal barge in protest of mountaintop removal mining operations.
Thursday, May 24 2012 4:44 PM EDT2012-05-24 20:44:49 GMT
Former Bellaire Water Clerk, Lisa Flaherty was arrested in Broome County, New York.The Ohio Auditor of State said authorities had been searching for Flaherty since she fled Bellaire in April.That's when
Authorities said they had been looking for Lisa Flaherty.
Thursday, May 24 2012 4:18 PM EDT2012-05-24 20:18:17 GMT
Ohio officials said for two straight years Memorial Day has ranked second-deadliest out of the top six major holidays on Ohio's roads. Of the 2,049 crashes during the 2011 Memorial Day holiday in Ohio,
Memorial Day is a deadly holiday on Ohio roadways.
Gas prices are set to rise sharply across the mountain state
over the next few days and through the weekend according to an analyst.
Patrick DeHaan, Senior Petroleum Analyst for GasBuddy.com
said the increase will occur at gas stations all across West
Virginia.
"I expect stations to increase prices as much as 5-20
cents per gallon by the conclusion of the weekend with some stations starting
to raise prices immediately," DeHaan said.
A refinery fire in Washington
State is to blame for boosting
prices significantly throughout the entire West Coast region.
Rising spot prices in Great Lakes
area is boosting prices 30-45 cents per gallon today in Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, and Kentucky. Prices have also been reportedly rising fast in New England, Florida, and areas of the East Coast.
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