Deputies seek information on ATV stolen near South Charleston
Deputies are investigating after an all-terrain vehicle was reported stolen near South Charleston. Kanawha sheriff's Cpl. J.S. Cochran was dispatched Nov. 1, to a home in the 3900 block of Greenview...
View ArticleCharleston man dies in Davis Creek wreck
By Staff reports A Charleston man died after striking a utility pole with his SUV on Kanawha State Forest Drive near Smith Road in Davis Creek overnight.Abraham Floyd, 37, was ejected from the vehicle...
View ArticleName released in fatal Sissonville crash
By Staff reports Kanawha County Sheriff's Office has released the name of the man who died Wednesday night in a crash on Interstate 77 in the Sissonville area.Cody Lynch, 20, of Charleston, was killed...
View ArticleFormer Pennsylvania choral teacher sentenced on sex charge
By The Associated Press CLARKSBURG, W.Va. - A former Pennsylvania high school choral teacher will spend more than three years in prison for trying to meet a teenage girl for sex.Forty-five-year-old...
View ArticleCourt upholds 2009 suspensions of 7 Charles Town jockeys
By By Pam Ramsey Associated Press The West Virginia Racing Commission did not engage in improper rule-making when it suspended the permits of seven jockeys for improper weigh outs before races, the...
View ArticleMan accidentally shot at St. Albans pawn shop center
By Staff reports A man was taken to the hospital after an accidental shooting at a St. Albans pawn shop distribution center this morning, according to the owner of the building.Two people were...
View ArticleNurse strikes pedestrian with vehicle, tries to save her
By Staff reports After hitting a pedestrian with a vehicle in Raleigh County, a nurse tried to save the woman, but she died of her injuries, according to the Raleigh County Sheriff's Office.The woman...
View ArticlePolice say dog stabbed to death in Logan County
By Erin Beck A Logan County man allegedly stabbed a dog to death earlier this month.Michael Lloyd Chafin, 63, of Holden, was charged with felony animal cruelty this week, according to a criminal...
View ArticleDHHR goes to court to shut down Raleigh pain clinic
By Eric Eyre The state Department of Health and Human Resources has gone to court to shut down a Raleigh County pain-pill clinic after the owner twice defied the state's orders to close.DHHR has asked...
View ArticleClendenin man dies after truck plunges into Elk River
By Rick Steelhammer A Kanawha County man died on Friday morning when the pickup truck he was driving plunged until the Elk River in Charleston.Jason Alexander Leadmon, 41, of Clendenin, veered off Lee...
View ArticleProsecutor: No criminal charges in deputy shooting case
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) - The Monongalia County prosecutor says a grand jury has found that no criminal charges should be brought against two sheriff's deputies involved in the fatal shooting of a...
View ArticleAttorney general sues 2 Utah-based pharmacies
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - West Virginia's attorney general has filed lawsuits against two pharmacies that he's seeking to block from doing business in the state. Attorney General Patrick Morrisey's...
View ArticleWoman charged with child abuse in son's brain injury
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. (AP) - A 23-year-old Maryland woman has been charged with child abuse after authorities discovered her 14-month-old boy had been treated for a brain injury due to a car key being...
View ArticleProperty owners sue over damages from Wyoming County mining operation
By Kate White A Wyoming County couple says the buildup of methane gas from an underground mining operation caused an explosion at their home Sunday - a week after the couple filed a lawsuit against...
View ArticleCrime Report: Nov. 22, 2015
The following crimes were reported to the Charleston Police Department between Nov. 12 and 18:East District: Charleston Town Center, petit larceny, Nov. 12, 7 p.m.Dixie Street 1500 block, breaking and...
View ArticleInnerviews: Memories flow for inaugural police academy grad
By Sandy Wells In 1949, when Bill McMorrow turned 21, he signed on with the West Virginia State Police. Training was largely apprentice-style, learning and studying with veteran officers. Six months...
View ArticleW.Va. Supreme Court upholds 2012 sex abuse conviction
By The Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. - The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has upheld the conviction of a man sentenced in a sexual abuse case.The Herald-Dispatch reports the court upheld...
View ArticleJury scam targeting West Virginians
By Staff reports The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia is warning that scammers are tricking residents into disclosing their credit card numbers by calling them and...
View ArticleDOH worker struck by vehicle in Mercer County
By Staff reports A Division of Highways flagger was taken to the hospital after being struck by a vehicle in Mercer County on Monday morning.The incident happened at about 10 a.m. on U.S. 19 in...
View ArticlePennsylvania fugitive arrested in Charleston on murder charge
By Staff reports A man wanted in Pennsylvania for allegedly killing a man was arrested in Charleston on Monday morning.Jesse Jones, 28, allegedly shot and killed Cameron Johnson in the area of Moon...
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