Within six months of the Athens Messenger’s story announcing that the Marietta & Cincinnati Railroad Company (M&C) was ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. SACRAMENTO—State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond is sponsoring legislation, Senate Bill (SB) 502, ...

Port of Virginia WASHINGTON — Norfolk Southern has urged the Surface Transportation Board to continue a case of regulatory housekeeping involving control of Virginia terminal railroad Norfolk & ...

Charleston, WV (WOAY) – The brackets are set for the 2025 WVSSAC Girls’ State Basketball tournament and Southern West Virginia has several teams playing. According to the WVSSAC webpage, the 2025 ...

West Virginia finished with the fourth-best record in the Big 12 regular season at 13-5. His .774-win percentage as the man in charge is the best winning percentage by a WVU head coach in program ...

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – West Virginia's regular season comes down to a road game on Tuesday night against Utah in Salt Lake City and then a home contest at the WVU Coliseum on Saturday against UCF. The ...

PORT ARTHUR, Texas — Traffic headed south along Texas Highway 82 north of the intersection of Texas Highway 82 and Texas Highway 87 remains backed up due to a malfunction at a railroad crossing.

Disneyland announced that reservations for its popular Railroad Guided Tour are now open. The 90-minute tour allows guests to ride in Disneyland’s Presidential Car, the Lilly Belle, and learn ...

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – West Virginia used 23 points and 10 assists from Javon Small to defeat TCU 73-55 Tuesday night at the WVU Coliseum. With tonight's victory, the Mountaineers moved into a three-way ...

FAIRLEA, WV (WVNS) — The State Fair of West Virginia made an additional announcement for the State Fair of West Virginia’s 2025 Concert Series. According to a post on the State Fair of West Virginia’s ...

The early July 2024 derailment of 29 cars of the freight train — 17 of them carrying hazardous materials — led to a fire and voluntary evacuation. Smoke billows from the site of a train ...

The town was first established as a rail siding (i.e. a "low-speed track section distinct from a running line or through route") when the railroad was built across the region in 1882. It was first ...