Additional suspects in Vista View death jailed at South Central
By Erin Beck Two people allegedly involved in the death of a man in a fall from a ninth-floor window in Charleston have returned to West Virginia. Martez “Quick” Griffin, 23, of Charleston, and Lisa...
View ArticlePaden City police chief accused of physically attacking his wife
By Erin Beck The Paden City police chief allegedly slammed his wife into a wall, forced her onto the floor of a vehicle, tackled her, choked her and hit her in the face.Joseph Lee Richardson, 33, of...
View ArticleDriver crashes into home in Elkview
By Staff reports A car drove off the road into a house in Elkview late Wednesday morning, said a Kanawha County Metro 911 dispatcher.The driver missed the curve in the area near 50 North Pinch Road at...
View ArticleLottery urges Supreme Court to allow $7.6M renovation to proceed
By Eric Eyre State officials made mistakes when awarding a $7.6 million contract to renovate the West Virginia Lottery's headquarters building in Charleston, but the Lottery doesn't want to switch...
View ArticleTwo Logan students arrested for threats
By Staff reports Two Logan County students have been arrested this week for threatening statements about their schools, according to police.A student at Chapmanville Regional High School was arrested...
View Article3 killed, 1 injured in wreck on Sandstone Mountain
By Staff reports Three people died and a fourth was injured in two wrecks that happened minutes apart on Interstate 64 on Sandstone Mountain.West Virginia State Police said the initial crash occurred...
View ArticleSt. Albans man charged with making cocaine sent to grand jury
By Staff reports A St. Albans man charged with manufacturing cocaine waived his preliminary hearing in federal court on Thursday.Christopher Ayash, 47, was jailed on Friday. Earlier that week, federal...
View ArticleWV Supreme Court affirms Legal Aid access to psych patient records
By Lydia Nuzum In an opinion issued Thursday, the West Virginia Supreme Court found that the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources must follow a Kanawha County circuit judge's order...
View ArticleFormer high school teacher sentenced for child pornography
WHEELING, W.Va. (AP) - A former high school teacher from Moundsville has been sentenced to one year and one day in federal prison for possession of child pornography.U.S. Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld...
View ArticleMotorcyclist dies in Thursday night crash
By Staff reports A motorcyclist died in an wreck Thursday night, according to police.The crash happened just after 10 p.m. where Crestwood Road intersects with Pennsylvania Avenue in the area of...
View ArticleWoman accused of striking 6 parked cars while drunk
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (AP) - Clarksburg police say a woman who initially identified herself to an officer as "Hell on Wheels" is accused of striking six vehicles while driving drunk.The Exponent Telegram...
View ArticleToddler accidentally shoots woman in Cedar Grove
By Staff reports A Cedar Grove woman was shot and taken to a local hospital after a pistol being handled by a toddler discharged, deputies say.Kanawha sheriff's deputies were dispatched shortly after...
View ArticleFreedom sentencings rescheduled
By Staff reports The sentencing hearings for four of the former Freedom Industries officials who pleaded guilty in connection with the January 2014 Elk River chemical spill have been postponed until...
View ArticleCity police investigating Oakwood Road CVS robbery
Charleston police are investigating after a CVS pharmacy on Oakwood Road was robbed.A man wearing a mask walked into the store just before 9 p.m. Friday, Kanawha Metro 911 dispatchers said. The man...
View ArticleOn file: Oct. 18, 2015
MarriagesThe following people applied for marriage licenses in Kanawha County between Oct. 9 and 16:Cecil Leon McDaniel II, 35, and Heather Renee Flinner, 31, both of Charleston. Derek Allen Carnefix,...
View ArticleCrime Report: Oct. 18, 2015
The following crimes were reported to the Charleston Police Department between Oct. 8 and 14:East District:Morris Street 200 block, breaking and entering, Oct. 8, 4 p.m.Renaissance Circle 1300 block,...
View ArticleDismissal sought in West Virginia sex-abuse case
BLUEFIELD, W.Va. (AP) - The attorney for a church volunteer accused of sexually molesting children is seeking dismissal of the charges, contending the clergyman who brought his concerns to police...
View ArticleUBB safety efforts dropped after enforcement threat removed
By Ken Ward Jr. Measures that easily cleaned up rampant safety problems at Massey Energy's Upper Big Branch Mine were halted once the threat of increased government enforcement action went away, the...
View ArticleJackson County teenager dies in wreck
By Staff reports A 17-year-old girl died in a wreck near Ripley on Monday morning.Brooklyn Rogers, of Sandyville, was traveling west on W.Va. 62 about two miles from Ripley when, for reasons unknown,...
View ArticleDelegate's Common Core lawsuit dismissed by Supreme Court
By Samuel Speciale The West Virginia Supreme Court has denied one lawmaker's attempt to end the state Department of Education's use of Common Core and its standardized testing for students.Last week,...
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