Two arrested in Boone County murder case
By Staff reports Two people were arrested by Boone County sheriff's deputies Thursday after a Peytona man was killed the day before. Racine residents Mitchell Hughes, 25, and Brittany Thomas, 22,...
View ArticleFeds offer reward for Mon Forest orchid thieves
By Rick Steelhammer Months after some of the nation's rarest native orchids were removed from the Monongahela National Forest in Randolph County, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is offering a...
View ArticlePolice arrest man in assault from last year
By Staff reports Authorities arrested a 29-year-old Hurricane man on Thursday after he allegedly sent another man to the hospital last year. On Aug. 31, 2016, Zachary Edens, who lived in Charleston at...
View Article2 children dead in crash near Milton, woman airlifted to hospital
By Staff reports Two young children were pronounced dead Friday night following a head on collision near the Milton exit of Interstate 64, the Cabell County sheriff said. All lanes of the highway -...
View ArticleTeen pleads guilty to manslaughter in Charleston shooting
By Kate White A Charleston teenager who has been in jail since October 2015 on a charge of first-degree murder stemming from a Charleston shooting death pleaded guilty Friday to voluntary...
View ArticleSettlement reached over Jessie Grubb wrongful death claims
By Kate White David Grubb and a Michigan hospital have reached a settlement agreement over the death of Grubb's daughter, Jessie, who died last year of a prescription drug overdose after a procedure...
View ArticleDoctor facing sex assault lawsuit also being sued for spleen rupture
By Kate White A Charleston gastroenterologist being investigated on claims he sexually assaulted patients while they were under anesthesia for colonoscopy procedures was accused in a lawsuit filed...
View ArticleCrime Report: March 5, 2017
The following crimes were reported to the Charleston Police Department between Feb. 23 and March 2, 2017: East District:Quarrier Street 1000 block, petit larceny, Feb. 23, 11:20 a.m. Charleston Town...
View ArticleOn file: March 5, 2017
MarriagesThe following people filed for marriage licenses in Kanawha County between Feb. 23 and March 2, 2017: Michael Alexander Jones, 49, of South Charleston and Angela Sue Woodrum, 50, of...
View ArticleShepherdstown police given new e-citation machines
By By Jim McConville The Journal MARTINSBURG, W.Va. (AP) - Shepherdstown police officers no longer have to write traffic tickets - literally. Through a grant from the Governors Highway Safety Program,...
View ArticleTrial date set in State Police shooting lawsuit
By Kate White A Kanawha County judge last week refused to throw out a lawsuit against the West Virginia State Police and the trooper who killed a Mercer County teen nearly three years ago. Timothy...
View ArticleHuntington to use overtime funds to hire 5 police officers
By The Associated Press HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) - The Huntington City Council has agreed to transfer $325,000 from a police overtime budget to use for regular salaries for the next fiscal year. The...
View ArticleSupreme Court scraps case on transgender bathroom rights
By By MARK SHERMAN Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court is returning a transgender teen's case to a lower court without reaching a decision. The justices said Monday they have opted not...
View ArticleDunbar man arrested after tussle with police
By Staff reports Police arrested a 25-year-old man Saturday after he allegedly fought with three officers. Juriah Roncal, of Dunbar, caught the attention of a GoMart employee on Sixteenth Street....
View ArticleWarrant issued for mother of children killed in weekend crash
By Staff reports The Milton Police Department obtained warrants for the arrest of 26-year-old Siera Burgess, charging her with DUI causing death in connection with the crash on Interstate 64 that...
View ArticleLewis County mother indicted in death of missing 3-year-old girl
By Kate White Six years after the disappearance of 3-year-old Aliayah Lunsford, the girls' mother was indicted Monday on charges that include murder and concealment of a dead body. Lena Lunsford, 34,...
View ArticleKanawha man pulls out gun in front of police
By Staff reports Police responded to a disturbance Sunday and found Jason Davis, of Charleston, on the front porch of his home in the 300 block of Roane Street. Davis then pulled out a gun from his...
View ArticleLawsuits settle over unnecessary procedures at Raleigh hospital
By Kate White A settlement agreement was reached last month in dozens of lawsuits that claimed the former director of Raleigh General Hospital's cardiac unit routinely performed unnecessary procedures...
View ArticleHouse passes bill for tougher penalties on trafficking
By By Jake Zuckerman Staff writer The West Virginia House of Delegates passed a bill Tuesday to ramp up penalties for those convicted of bringing illicit drugs into the state. Upon full approval, HB...
View ArticleTwo-vehicle crash reported on Corridor G near Charleston
By Staff reports The northbound and southbound lanes of Corridor G currently are shut down between Trace Fork Boulevard and the Davis Creek exit due to an two-vehicle crash. A dispatcher said the...
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