Kanawha magistrate facing judicial misconduct charges
By Jake Zuckerman The Judicial Investigation Commission has accused a Kanawha County magistrate with 12 judicial conduct violations in a three-set, formal statement of charges. In a process similar to...
View ArticleCharleston Correctional Center says inmate wanted after escaping facility Friday
By Staff reports A Charleston Correctional Center inmate's whereabouts are unknown after escaping from the facility Friday, according to a West Virginia Division of Corrections wanted poster. A...
View ArticleOn file: Aug. 20, 2017
MarriagesThe following people filed for marriage licenses in Kanawha County between Aug. 10 and 17, 2017: Joshua Lee Starcher, 24, and Chelsea Noel Allred, 23, both of St. Albans. Randolph James...
View ArticleCrime Report: Aug. 20, 2017
The following crimes were reported to the Charleston Police Department between Aug. 10 and 16: East DistrictMorris Street 600 block, breaking and entering auto, Aug. 10, 5 p.m. Washington Street East...
View ArticleInnerviews: General reflects on complicated life as 'mud soldier'
By Sandy Wells The apartment tells the story. A military man lives here. Not just any military man. A big shot. A brigadier general. His apartment at Imperial Towers brims with military memorabilia -...
View ArticleWest Virginia jails and prisons are in crisis, officials say
By The Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Corrections officials say West Virginia's prisons and jails are in crisis from understaffing and overcrowding, and are urging lawmakers to raise the...
View ArticleOhio judge shot in 'ambush' outside courthouse
By By Mark Berman The Washington Post An Ohio judge was shot Monday morning outside his courthouse in what authorities called an ambush attack. Police said a man apparently waiting for Judge Joseph...
View ArticleGas leak reported at Huntington Mall restaurant; several taken to hospital
By Giuseppe Sabella Fire crews responded to a suspected gas leak at the Buffalo Wild Wings in Barboursville on Monday morning. Emergency responders transported seven people to the hospital as a...
View ArticleCasto among two people dead at WV jails Monday
By Staff reports Two people died in separate incidents at state jails Monday, including a Putnam County man sentenced to life in prison for killing a woman with whom he allegedly had an affair....
View ArticleMan sentenced for escape from work release center
By Staff reports A Colorado man on Monday was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in jail for leaving the Charleston Work Release Center in March 2016. Kanawha Circuit Judge James Stucky sentenced Allen Carroll...
View ArticleEx-DOH engineer, Putnam contractor avoid jail time in kickback scheme
By Eric Eyre A former West Virginia Division of Highways engineer and a Putnam County contractor won't go to prison for their role in a kickback scheme that illegally funneled $1.5 million projects to...
View ArticleMan pleads not guilty to federal indictment for gun, drug charges
By Giuseppe Sabella New details emerged at Monday's hearing for Dana Stevenson, a man believed to be connected to two area shootings and a gun recently found in the Kanawha River. Stevenson, 26,...
View ArticleCharleston council approves replacing Oakwood fire station
By Ryan Quinn Charleston City Council approved Monday paying about $1.1 million to replace a fire station that was located just off Corridor G before structural issues forced the relocation of the...
View ArticleCharleston dentist pleads guilty to Medicaid fraud in federal court
By By Lacie Pierson Staff writer A Charleston dentist on Monday pleaded guilty to federal charges that he falsely billed Medicaid for more than $700,000 in dental procedures he did not actually...
View ArticleSissonville shooting leaves man dead after suspected knife attack
By Giuseppe Sabella In what appeared to be act of self defense, a man shot and killed another man in Sissonville on Tuesday afternoon. Tracy Stalnaker, 53, armed himself with a knife and chased the...
View ArticleMan accused in machete attack pleads not guilty to murder
By By Lacie Pierson Staff writer A man accused of killing another man with a machete pleaded not guilty to murder in Kanawha County Circuit Court Tuesday afternoon. Brian Dakota Thompson, 23, of...
View ArticleCharleston police officer pleads not guilty to negligent homicide
By By Lacie Pierson Staff writer A Charleston police officer on Tuesday pleaded not guilty to charges related to a fatal crash in January. Officer Stephen Doss, 27, stood before Kanawha County Circuit...
View ArticleCharleston man arrested for 'Black Lives Matter' graffiti
By Erin Beck Charleston police arrested on Tuesday night an East End man who allegedly spray painted "Black Lives Matter" on the Clay Center the previous night. Detectives arrested Ray Hensley Jr.,...
View Article2 West Virginia men admit child pornography crimes
By The Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Two West Virginia men face at least five years in federal prison after admitting sending and receiving child pornography. Authorities say 39-year-old...
View ArticleMartinsburg murder suspect arrested in Maryland on gun, drug charges
By Giuseppe Sabella A nearly month-long search ended on Tuesday when Maryland police arrested the man who allegedly killed a Martinsburg resident. Marcus Benn, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, is accused of...
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