LAS VEGAS -- On Saturday night, in a city known for its gambling, it was no dice for West Virginia's basketball team. The Mountaineers looked strong against Kentucky in the first half of the Las Vegas Invitational finals, but melted down in the ...

CROSS LANES -- Retired Michigan contractor, Tom Hall, just won the second largest slot machine jackpot ever in West Virginia, taking home $3.4 million. Hall was passing through the area when he stopped to play the slots at the Tri-State Racetrack and ...

Nitro Moose argues it's not liable for penalties because Kanawha health agency failed to file new rules with county clerk The Kanawha-Charleston Health Department's 4-month-old expanded smoking ban doesn't apply to bars and gambling parlors outside ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Five Kanawha County bar and gambling parlor owners appeared in court Friday to answer charges that they violated the county's smoking ban. "I think it's unfair, unjust and unconstitutional," said Kerry "Paco" Ellison, who owns ...

Ohio voters have nixed a bid to bring casino gambling to the Buckeye State. Some 63 percent of Ohio voters opposed the controversial casino measure, otherwise known as Issue 6. The initiative would have cleared the way for construction of a $600,000 ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Because an $11 filing fee wasn't paid, Kanawha County's expanded smoking ban might not apply to bars and gambling parlors outside Charleston's city limits. The fee was to have the regulations officially recorded at the county ...

JEFFERSON, WV (WSAZ) - 911 dispatchers say Route 60 is back open in Jefferson after a fire at a local motel. The fire started around 3:30am Wednesday at Smiley's Motel in Jefferson. Route 60 had been closed ever since, but it re-opened around 1:00 ...

Gambling foes could announce Monday whether they plan to challenge the declared results from Kanawha County’s special election, which approved casino table games for Tri-State Racetrack & Gaming Center in Nitro. But track officials — and County ...

After the final precinct turned in its count, the board of elections realized that 155 early ballots from 3 three precincts were not counted -- and they were supposed to be counted at the precincts along with Saturday's votes. These 155 ballots have ...

Rob McNurlin and his Beatnik Cowboys, plus Paul Callicoat and Sasha Colette, will perform Saturday at 7:30 p.m. From the permanent collection of the Kentucky Folk Art Center, select works of Minnie Adkins. Paintings by Bill Meadows, pottery by his ...