Man charged with shooting woman through door out on bond
By Kate White A Charleston man facing a first-degree murder charge for allegedly shooting a woman through his front door earlier this month will await trial at home. Matthew Roohollahi, 30, was...
View ArticleFalling rock injures 2 in Boone County
By Staff reports Two people were injured Monday afternoon when a rock fell on them in the woods of Boone County, according to county 911 dispatchers. Dispatchers said the two victims were in the woods...
View ArticlePolice, communications company grapple with copper thefts
HAMLIN, W.Va. (AP) - West Virginia State Police and Frontier Communications say the theft of copper communications cable has been a big problem this month in Lincoln County.Police say the most recent...
View ArticleMultiple gunshots reported on West Side -- but no victim and no suspect
Multiple residents reported hearing gunshots in the area of 900 Griffin Drive, off Washington Street West, this afternoon, according to Metro 911.Both the Charleston Police Department and the Kanawha...
View ArticleTwo Charleston men charged with arson
By Staff reports Two Charleston men were arrested Tuesday and accused of setting a fire in the area of Big Bottom Hollow near Campbell's Creek.Ricky Dale Igo, 53, and his son Daniel Wayne Igo, 26,...
View ArticleMan shot after allegedly trying to run over officer
By Erin Beck A Nitro police officer shot and severely injured a South Charleston man in the early morning hours Wednesday, police say.The man, Mickey Davis, 28, allegedly tried to hit the officer with...
View ArticleMan from Jamaica pleads guilty to lottery scam in WV court
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (AP) - A man from Jamaica has pleaded guilty in West Virginia federal court to conspiring to scam U.S. citizens through an international lottery scheme.The Exponent Telegram reports...
View ArticleWest Virginia announces $13 million settlement with lender
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey says a private lender has agreed to a $13 million settlement stemming from abusive debt collections.Morrisey announced on...
View ArticleWest Virginia woman laid off by mining company sues
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) - A woman let go by a West Virginia mining company has filed a federal lawsuit claiming she lost her job to a man because of her gender and pregnancy.The Dominion Post reports...
View ArticleIndicted Raleigh County doctor wrote thousands of prescriptions
By Joel Ebert A Beckley-based nephrologist indicted Tuesday on multiple drug charges by a federal grand jury had more than 9,000 Medicare Part D prescriptions filled in 2013.Dr. Jose Jorge Abbud...
View ArticleKanawha sheriff's office warns of holiday rise in thefts
By Erin Beck The holidays mean something different to Mike Rutherford than to most people."It never fails. In the 43 years I've been a police officer, every year we have an uptick in car break-ins,...
View ArticleMan dies after home catches fire in Huntington
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) - Officials say that a man has died after his home caught fire in Huntington. Deputy Fire Chief Brian Grieco tells WOWK-TV that authorities are working to identify the body and...
View ArticlePittsburgh man pleads guilty in heroin distribution ring
WHEELING, W.Va. (AP) - A Pittsburgh man accused of running a heroin trafficking ring has pleaded guilty to a drug charge.Thirty-one-year-old Christopher T. Gyorko entered the plea in federal court in...
View Article5 men arrested, accused of illegally killing 18 deer
HINTON, W.Va. (AP) - Authorities have arrested five men from three states who are accused of killing nearly 20 deer in West Virginia.West Virginia Natural Resources Police tell local media that they...
View ArticleConstellium, ex-employee suing each other
By Kate White An aluminum company in Jackson County and its former vice president of human resources, who worked for the company less than a year, are suing each other in state and federal...
View ArticlePolice: Homeowner kills burglar
By Staff reports A homeowner in Belle shot and killed a man who he said broke into his house early Saturday morning, according to police. The incident happened around 4:25 a.m. in the 2000 block of...
View ArticlePerson of interest in Marlinton homicides caught in Va.
By The Associated Press MARLINTON, W.Va. (AP) - A man that police consider a person of interest in the deaths of two people in West Virginia was captured Saturday in Virginia after a 2 1/2 hour...
View ArticleScuffle leads to gunshots at Barboursville Walmart
By Staff reports BARBOURSVILLE -- Shots were fired in the parking lot of a Barboursville Walmart Saturday evening, after shoppers who got into a fight inside the store took the scuffle outside.Cabell...
View ArticleOn file: Nov. 29, 2015
MarriagesThe following people applied for marriage licenses in Kanawha County between Nov. 19 and 25:Keith Christopher Waters, 25, and Emily Morgan Sprouse, 22, both of Miami.Steven Michael Hicks II,...
View ArticleCrime Report: Nov. 29, 2015
The following crimes were reported to the Charleston Police Department between Nov. 19 and 24:East District: Quarrier Street 100 block, breaking and entering, Nov. 19, 4:49 a.m.Charleston Town Center,...
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