Troopers shoot, kill man in Princeton
By Staff reports PRINCETON, W.Va. -- State troopers in Princeton shot and killed a man they say threatened officers and himself with a knife Saturday night. The incident started around 9 p.m....
View ArticleHomeless man believed dead after machete attack
By Lori Kersey A homeless man hacked another homeless man with a machete, stomped on his head and threw him into the Kanawha River early Sunday morning, police say. The slaying took place outside a...
View ArticleWoman dies after collision with Charleston cruiser
By Erin Beck The woman involved in a collision with a Charleston police cruiser last week has died, Mayor Danny Jones said Monday. Jones said that Chief Brent Webster told him the news this morning....
View ArticlePolice looking for father in infant abuse case
By Erin Beck Kanawha County sheriff's deputies say they are looking for the father of a month-old infant who was placed in intensive care because of injuries inflicted by the mother. In a news release...
View ArticleOhio man admits to causing Huntington ODs
By Kate White An Ohio man admitted in federal court Monday to distributing a batch of heroin containing a synthetic opioid used as an elephant tranquilizer in Huntington on Aug. 15 - the day emergency...
View ArticleMan dead after car rollover near Loudendale
By Staff reports A man was pronounced dead at the scene of a single-vehicle car wreck Monday night on Kirby Hollow Road, said Kanawha County Metro 911 dispatchers. Someone in the area called 911, just...
View ArticleWV sheriff candidate gets prison time for excessive force
By The Associated Press WHEELING, W.Va. (AP) - A former sheriff's lieutenant who was a Republican candidate for Hancock County sheriff has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for using excessive...
View ArticleDeputies investigating shooting in Institute
By Staff reports A man was shot in Institute overnight, according to a Kanawha County Metro 911 dispatcher. The shooting was reported at 117 Washington Ave. The man had already been taken to Thomas...
View ArticleMan killed in Putnam County wreck
By Staff reports A man was killed in a single-vehicle wreck in Putnam County Monday evening, police say. The wreck occurred in the 5000 block of 5 and 20 Mile Creek Road, north of Poindexter Road, at...
View ArticleVictim's name, cause of Loudendale vehicle roll-over released
By Staff reports The Kanawha County Sheriff's Office released more information Tuesday about the vehicle rollover that killed a man in Loudendale Monday evening. Kanawha County Metro 911 received a...
View ArticleTemporary justices to hear Supreme Court case in Nicholas dispute
By Kate White Five judges have been appointed to decide the ethics charges against Nicholas County circuit judge-elect Steven Callaghan, after all of West Virginia's Supreme Court justices recused...
View ArticleBody of man killed in machete attack found in Kanawha River
Police on Tuesday evening found the body of a homeless man who they say was attacked by another homeless man and thrown into the Kanawha River in Charleston. The body of Brandon Robinson, 19, was...
View ArticleRaese companies agree to $1.8 million EPA fine
By Ken Ward Jr. Companies owned by businessman and frequent Republican political candidate John Raese have agreed to pay a $1.8 million fine to resolve allegations that they illegally filled in...
View ArticleJustice lawyers respond to flood cleanup suit
By Andrew Brown Jim Justice's businesses have responded to a lawsuit filed by a Texas-based firm alleging the governor-elect's companies have not paid for $771,268 worth of flood cleanup work that was...
View ArticleInstitute shooting victim's condition improving
By Staff reports The Institute man who was shot in the chest early Tuesday remains hospitalized but his condition is improving, police say. The shooting was reported at about 1:30 a.m. Tuesday at 117...
View ArticleCharleston man accused of killing victim with machete is arraigned
By Staff reports A man who allegedly killed another man with a machete Sunday was arraigned on a first degree murder charge Wednesday morning. Brian Thompson, 23, of Charleston, was arraigned by video...
View ArticleWV AG Morrisey files lawsuit against paving companies
By Elaina Sauber Kate WhiteKate White West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey's office on Wednesday became the latest to file a lawsuit against paving and asphalt companies accused of pushing...
View ArticleMorgantown police charge OH man with sexually abusing hotel maid
By The Associated Press MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) - Police in Morgantown have charged an Ohio man with sexual abuse stemming from an alleged incident involving a hotel maid. News outlets report...
View ArticleFormer Wheeling police officer pleads guilty in sex case
WHEELING, W.Va. (AP) - A former Wheeling police lieutenant has been sentenced to probation in a case in which he was accused of having a sexual relationship with a teenage student at a school where he...
View ArticleEx-office manager says she acted alone in embezzlement
By Kate White The former office manager for the nonprofit law firm Mountain State Justice, who federal prosecutors have accused of defrauding her employer out of more than $1.5 million, wrote last...
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