On file: July 2, 2017
MarriagesThe following people filed for marriage licenses in Kanawha County between June 22 and 29, 2017: Barry Keith Dressel Sr., 59, of Charleston and Victoria Lee Harshbarger, 52, of Cresaptown,...
View ArticleA look at firefighter arson in West Virginia
By Giuseppe Sabella A Morgan County volunteer firefighter messaged his co-worker in February: "Get ready for a house fire." First responders soon crashed through the front door of an empty house in...
View ArticleStudents urge Marshall to keep professor caught in DOH kickback scheme
By Eric Eyre Marshall University students are asking school officials to halt termination proceedings against an award-winning engineering professor who recently pleaded guilty to federal tax fraud...
View ArticleFederal court blocks Trump EPA on air pollution
By By Juliet Eilperin and Steven Mufson The Washington Post WASHINGTON - An appeals court Monday struck down the Environmental Protection Agency's two-year suspension of new emission standards on oil...
View ArticleFayette man arrested on elder abuse charge
A Fayette County man was arrested Monday after he allegedly abused his elderly mother. Fayette sheriff's deputies found Craig Anthony Cottle's mother bleeding extensively from wounds on her arms...
View ArticleTeenager dies in Putnam ATV crash
A Putnam County teenager was killed in an ATV crash early Wednesday morning. The Putnam County Sheriff's Department said Seldon Lee Rife, 15, of Hurricane, died after losing control of his ATV on Sams...
View ArticleKanawha man gets 6 months in federal prison for mail theft
By Kayla Asbury A Kanawha County man who was found with hundreds of pieces of stolen mail in 2015 was sentenced Wednesday to six months in federal prison. Jason Lee Spradling, 34, of Pinch was ordered...
View ArticleDeputies investigating after woman shot in arm near Sissonville
By Staff reports Deputies are searching for the person who shot a woman in the arm at a party early Wednesday in Kanawha County. The shooting unfolded at about 2:40 a.m. near a gas well off Derricks...
View ArticleCharleston woman charged after weekend attack with a baseball bat
By Staff reports A Kanawha County woman was arrested after allegedly arming herself with a baseball bat and beating someone at a home off W.Va. 2 on Saturday. State Police took Tammy Pickens, of...
View ArticleKanawha Clerk McCormick files motion to dismiss couple's lawsuit
By Kayla Asbury The Kanawha County Clerk filed a motion Wednesday to dismiss the deprivation of property lawsuit she was named in that was filed last month in federal court, citing a legal...
View ArticleBus, car wreck sends four to hospital
By Staff reports A collision between a Kanawha Regional Transit Authority bus and a car sent four people to the hospital Thursday night, according a Kanawha Metro 911 dispatcher. The wreck occurred...
View ArticleCharleston man allegedly sends slew of explicit photos to minors in Mason, Roane
By Giuseppe Sabella From Thursday evening to Friday morning, a Charleston man allegedly sent more than 100 obscene photos to a minor in Mason County, police said. Charleston Police arrested Tyler...
View ArticleMan charged in crash that injured four bus passengers in Charleston
By Giuseppe Sabella Police say a Kanawha County man crashed into a Charleston bus Thursday night, sending four people to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. John Courtney II crashed into...
View ArticleCourt rules in favor of Cross Lanes couple in deed dispute
By Kayla Asbury A U.S. District Judge has signed an order of default judgment against property companies that a Cross Lanes couple is suing, following the companies' failure to respond to the lawsuit....
View ArticleCharleston man accused of breaking into airplane at Yeager Airport
By Giuseppe Sabella An employee at Yeager Airport in Charleston called for help after he spotted a shirtless man in the ticket lobby just before 2:30 a.m. on Friday. Hours later, airport employees...
View ArticleOne person injured in Putnam County shooting
By Staff reports A person was wounded in a shooting in Putnam County Saturday afternoon, a dispatcher said. The shooting happened just before 2 p.m. at a residence on Harbor Lane in Hurricane, the...
View ArticleOn file: July 9, 2017
MarriagesThe following people filed for marriage licenses in Kanawha County between June 29 and July 6, 2017: Charles Jacob Berkimer, 33, of Cross Lanes and Amber Lynn Wiegand, 30, both of Nitro....
View ArticleState school board to hold emergency meeting on Nicholas County lawsuit
By Ali Schmitz The West Virginia Board of Education will hold an emergency meeting Monday to review information about the Nicholas County Board of Education's request to close and consolidate five...
View ArticlePlane crashes in pond on way to Parkersburg-area airport; 2 dead
By The Associated Press BEVERLY, Ohio (AP) - Authorities say two people were killed when a small plane crashed into a retention pond in southeastern Ohio. The Columbus Dispatch reports that the...
View ArticleEx-Huntington police officer wants sexual assault lawsuit dismissed
By Kayla Asbury A former Huntington police officer wants a judge to dismiss a federal lawsuit alleging that he sexually assaulted two women after they left a nightclub. In his response to the lawsuit,...
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