Former DNR worker pleads guilty to state purchasing card misuse
By Eric Eyre A former Division of Natural Resources employee will lose his state pension after pleading guilty Thursday to a felony charge of misusing a state purchasing card.As part of a plea deal,...
View ArticleAttorney says Lakin Street shooting was self-defense
By Kate White The lawyer for a man who allegedly shot a woman through a door earlier this week said Thursday his client was clearly acting in self-defense."Most people who believe in self-defense...
View ArticleFlorida man gets 10 years for West Virginia pill trafficking
By The Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Florida man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for prescription pill trafficking and money laundering.Lester W. Taylor, 46, of Daytona Beach,...
View ArticleMan injured in Raleigh domestic violence shooting
By Staff reports A 37-year-old man was taken to Raleigh General Hospital in an incident of domestic violence between the man and his father, according to a news release from the Raleigh County...
View ArticlePutnam County heroin bust leaves three facing charges
By Elaina Sauber A drug bust in Hurricane has three people facing multiple charges after officials said they found heroin and needles within reach of a child Wednesday. Joshua Perkins, Brittany...
View ArticleCrime Report: Nov. 15, 2015
The following crimes were reported to the Charleston Police Department between Nov. 5 and 11:East District:Plaza East, robbery, Nov. 5, 8 p.m.Court Street 300 block, petit larceny, Nov. 6, 7:30...
View ArticleOn file: Nov. 15, 2015
MarriagesThe following people applied for marriage licenses in Kanawha County between Nov. 6 and 13:Donald Matthew Severson, 35, and Crystal Renee Atkins, 35, both of South Charleston.Corey Edward...
View ArticleState Police will carry naloxone, but it's unclear when
By David Gutman The West Virginia State Police plans to carry naloxone, a life-saving drug that reverses the effects of opioid overdoses, but there is no time frame for when troopers will begin...
View ArticleOverdose death and child put in freezer among Kanawha indictments
By Kate White A Kanawha County grand jury found probable cause to return an indictment Thursday charging a Charleston man with murder in the death of a woman who, according to police, died of a heroin...
View Article2 Kanawha City businesses broken into
By Staff reports M&M Mart and Deli and Barrack's Auto, both on MacCorkle Avenue in Kanawha City, were broken into in the early morning hours Monday.The masked suspect broke the glass of the front...
View ArticleBrothers accused of burglary, taking step-brother
Two brothers allegedly broke into their step-grandfather's Charleston home Thursday, beat him up and took their 1-year-old stepbrother because they believed he was living in unsafe conditions.Khance...
View ArticleWV judge recovers from heart transplant, returns to bench
ROMNEY, W.Va. - Circuit Judge Charles E. Parsons saidit's sobering to see your own mortality.Parsons returned to the bench in the 22nd Judicial Circuit on Nov. 5, after his recovery from receiving a...
View ArticleAccomplices admit roles in fatal Rand shootings
By Kate White Two men pleaded guilty Monday for the roles they played in shootings in Rand earlier this year that left a man dead.William Lyttle, 23, of Costa, and Todd Hodge, 32, of Rand, both made...
View ArticleWoman sentenced to five years for Christmas Eve arson
By Kate White A judge told Savannah J. Hancock, before sentencing her on Tuesday, that she had already been given a second chance - when the five people inside the St. Albans home to which she set...
View ArticleWest Virginia man fatally struck by train in Hedgesville
HEDGESVILLE, W.Va. (AP) - West Virginia State Police have identified a man who was fatally struck by a train in Hedgesville.Media outlets report 56-year-old Scott Wayne Cammer of Martinsburg was...
View ArticleBlankenship jury wants to hear phone calls again
By Ken Ward Jr. Jurors in the Don Blankenship trial want to listen again to recordings of phone calls in which the former Massey Energy CEO talks about his personal wealth, Massey's stock prices, and...
View ArticleMan accused of planning to murder ex's husband
By Erin Beck A Charleston man allegedly conspired with his former partner to kill her husband, after the woman said she had suffered "a lengthy history of domestic violence," police said.Joseph Lee...
View ArticlePlants responds to ethics charges, asks they be dismissed
By Kate White Former Kanawha County prosecuting attorney Mark Plants didn't violate the rules lawyers in the state are required to follow, his attorney argued in a response Wednesday to the West...
View ArticleJury convicts Charleston man of sexually assaulting girl
By Kate White Jurors took less than two hours Wednesday to convict a Charleston man of sexually assaulting a girl for about three years beginning when she was 8 years old. Henry Wayne Johnston, 54,...
View ArticleOne person killed in interstate crash near Sissonville
One dead in crash on I-77 near SissonvilleOne person was killed in a crash on the Interstate 77 near Sissonville Wednesday night.A tractor trailer and a vehicle collided just before 8:45 p.m. north of...
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