Braxton prosecutor resigns over handling of sex abuse case
By Kate White The Braxton County prosecuting attorney resigned this week and agreed to give up her license to practice law for three years over her handling of sexual abuse allegations made against...
View ArticleYeager Airport confiscates second gun in one week
By Staff reports Police at Yeager Airport cited a 36-year-old Huntington man Thursday after he tried to bring a loaded handgun through security, just a day after another man did the same thing. At...
View ArticleAuthorities investigating Spring Valley High School attack
By Giuseppe Sabella Three teens are facing charges following an alleged attack in a bathroom at Spring Valley High School in Wayne County. One juvenile was charged with assault, battery and...
View ArticleMan shot, injured in Cross Lanes mobile home
By Staff reports Deputies responded to Dalewood Park in Cross Lanes early Friday morning after residents called about a shooting in their mobile home. One man, armed with a gun, argued with another...
View ArticlePutnam website operator arrested after allegedly violating protection order
By Staff reports The man who operates a website about Putnam County was arrested Friday and charged with violating a personal safety order filed by a Hurricane pediatrician. Mark V. Halburn, 55, of...
View ArticleWarrants issued in Cross Lanes shooting
By Staff reports Warrants have been issued for two men involved in a reported shooting in Cross Lanes early Friday morning, according to a release from the Kanawha County Sheriff's Office. Elijah...
View ArticleCrime report: March 19, 2017
The following crimes were reported to the Charleston Police Department between March 9 and 16, 2017: East District:Quarrier Street East 600 block, grand larceny, March 9, 6 p.m. Charleston Town...
View ArticleAssault allegations made against former Huntington police officer
By Kate White Two women allege in a federal lawsuit that a former Huntington police officer illegally pulled them over two years ago after they left a nightclub and sexually assaulted them. The...
View ArticleMan accused in Florida woman's death arrested in W.Va.
By The Associated Press PALMETTO, Fla. (AP) - Florida police say a 47-year-old who was reported missing by friends was killed by her daughter's boyfriend. The Bradenton Herald reports 26-year-old Roy...
View ArticleFather upset at prosecution's omission in trial
By By Susan Williams For the Gazette-Mail FAYETTEVILLE - A father took exception to a statement made in a Fayette County Circuit Court hearing that his son's whereabouts are unknown. Charles "Chuck"...
View ArticleBomb squad builds Easter eggs for visually-impaired students
By Giuseppe Sabella The sizzling sound of wires under hot metal filled a training room at the Kanawha County Sheriff's Office Monday morning. Eight members of the bomb squad formed an assembly line...
View ArticleWater crisis settlement papers still being written
By Ken Ward Jr. Attorneys for Kanawha Valley residents and businesses still are working with lawyers for West Virginia American Water Company and Eastman Chemical on detailed documents to spell out...
View ArticlePark Service seeks vandals of historic Thurmond boarding house
By Rick Steelhammer Rewards of up to $1,000 are available from the National Park Service for those who provide information leading to an arrest in the vandalism of a 117-year-old former boarding house...
View ArticleCharleston man sentenced to prison on federal gun charge
By Staff reports A Charleston man who admitted he shot at another man as he drove past him on Falcon Drive was sentenced Monday to spend more than four years in federal prison. William Cody McClung,...
View ArticleOne dead after single-vehicle crash, fire off Corridor G
At least one person is dead after a vehicle fire off Corridor G near Southridge Centre. Kanawha Metro 911 dispatchers said the car was coming down Parkway Road at about 10:45 p.m. Monday when it...
View ArticlePolice: Man threatened Nicholas County superintendent of schools
By Giuseppe Sabella West Virginia State Police arrested a 69-year-old man last week after he allegedly encouraged people to shoot Nicholas County Schools Superintendent Donna Burge-Tetrick amid...
View ArticlePHOTO: Anniversary celebration
Workers at Kanawha Metro 911 hosted a surprise celebration for Lt. Blaine Means on Tuesday. Means marks his 30-year anniversary at the Ned Chilton 911 Center.
View ArticleCharleston man arrested after allegedly threatening detective
By Giuseppe Sabella Charleston Police arrested a 48-year-old Charleston man Wednesday after he allegedly harassed one of its detectives. Ryan Drake, of Charleston, first called the detective March 13...
View ArticleCharleston woman pleads guilty to federal gun charge
By Staff reports A Charleston woman faces up to 10 years in prison after she pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm Wednesday. Tiffany Shaffer, 27, said she pulled out a pistol in...
View ArticleWV justices end Kanawha domestic violence court program
By Kate White Kanawha County's domestic violence court program, which was put in place more than five years ago as a way to monitor those cases more closely, was disbanded Wednesday by order of the...
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