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Malli Jarrett, right, serves up drinks from the soda fountain while co-worker Nathaniel Fornash watches at Griffith & Feil Drug on Thursday, March 30, 2023, in Kenova, W. Va. Soda fountains were often in pharmacies because pharmacists mixed tonics meant to heal ailments. Now they're preserving a style of living and an attitude that was common in little towns across America. (AP Photo/John Raby)

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Long after heyday, soda fountain pharmacies still got fizz
By JOHN RABY - Associated Press
Wed,04/19/23-9:29AM , 137 Reads
KENOVA, W.Va. (AP) — The jukebox plays Chubby Checker's “The Twist” as Malli Jarrett and Nathaniel Fornash take turns at the Griffith & Feil Drug food counter preparing old-fashioned, soda-fountain phosphate drinks.
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Body camera video released by police shows the chaotic moments when police arrived at the scene of Monday's mass shooting at a bank in Louisville, Kentucky. AP correspondent Donna Warder reports.

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Funerals set for most of Louisville's bank shooting victims
By JOHN RABY - Associated Press
Thu,04/13/23-4:18PM , 124 Reads
Funeral arrangements were disclosed Thursday for most of the five bank employees killed this week in Louisville, Kentucky, as the city continues to grieve the victims of one of the latest U.S. mass shootings.
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A message to the school is one of many at a memorial for victims at an entry to Covenant School, Tuesday, March 28, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn., following a fatal shooting a day earlier. (AP Photo/John Amis)

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Nashville shooting timeline: What we know so far
By JOHN RABY - Associated Press
Wed,03/29/23-4:06PM , 129 Reads
Monday’s shooting at a private Christian school in Nashville unfolded over approximately 15 minutes as a shooter opened fire inside, killing six people, before police arrived and fatally shot the suspect.
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West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice delivers his annual State of the State address in the House Chambers at the state capitol in Charleston, W.Va., on Jan. 11, 2023. The House of Delegates passed a bill Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023, that would split the Department of Health and Human Resources into three new departments. Justice last year vetoed a bill passed by lawmakers that would have split the agency into two parts. (AP Photo/Chris Jackson, File)

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West Virginia transgender sports ban halted during appeal
By JOHN RABY - Associated Press
Wed,02/22/23-2:47PM , 147 Reads
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Transgender athletes in West Virginia can compete in female school sports while an appeal is heard on a state law banning their participation, a divided federal appeals panel ruled Wednesday.
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