Benjamin cancels request for stay of ruling
By Staff reports West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Brent Benjamin on Thursday withdrew his motion asking a Kanawha County judge to put a ruling finding him ineligible for public campaign financing...
View ArticleVictim advocates, police say strangulation bill will save lives
By Erin Beck Advocates for victims of domestic violence and police say tragedies could be prevented now that Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin has signed a bill to create a felony offense of strangling another...
View ArticlePhotos: Drug Court Day celebrates lives saved by intervention
More than 100 people gathered in the Capitol Rotunda to celebrate Drug Court Day at the Legislature, held Thursday to honor the 1,343 graduates of West Virginia's adult and juvenile drug courts....
View ArticleOfficers seize more than $900,000 after drug arrest
BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. (AP) - Federal and state law enforcement officers have seized more than $900,000 after arresting a Bridgeport man on drug charges. The Exponent Telegram reports Suhip Ebrahim was...
View ArticleDefense: WV deputies were justified in shooting fleeing suspect
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) - Defense attorneys in a wrongful death lawsuit are arguing that Monongalia County deputies were justified in fatally shooting a woman during a car chase last year. The Dominion...
View ArticleRemains found under New River Gorge bridge could be missing man
By Erin Beck Nearly 18 years after a Virginia Tech student from Marion County went missing, police believe they have found his remains under the New River Gorge Bridge. Robert Kovack was a 24-year-old...
View ArticleJudge sets plea hearing for St. Albans man accused of gun, drug charges
A judge set a plea hearing date for next month in the case of a St. Albans man accused of manufacturing cocaine in a hidden room inside the basement of his home. Prosecutors asked a judge last month...
View ArticleMorgantown teen shooting victim dies from injury
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) - A 16-year-old Morgantown boy has died after he was shot in the head on Monday. The Dominion Post reports Monongalia County Sheriff's Department Chief Deputy Perry Palmer says...
View ArticleFayette man charged with kidnapping, sexual assault
By Staff reports A Fayette County man has been arrested and charged with kidnapping and sexual assault after police say he abducted a 20-year-old woman and assaulted her in a car. According to the...
View ArticleCrime Report: March 13, 2016
The following crimes were reported to the Charleston Police Department between March 3 and 9: East District:Washington Street East 1600 block, petit larceny, March 3, 3 a.m. Charleston Town Center,...
View ArticleOn file: March 13, 2016
MarriagesThe following people filed for divorce in Kanawha County between March 3 and 11: David Andrew Hamrick, 21, and Kimberly Deann Stevens, 24, both of Dunbar. Shannon Leeray Coon, 33, and Angela...
View ArticlePutnam grand jury indicts 35
A Putnam County grand jury returned indictments against 35 people on Wednesday, Prosecuting Attorney Mark Sorsaia announced. The indictments Sorsaia announced are not a finding of fact; it means only...
View ArticleCustomers alive when funeral benefits were cashed in, judge rules
By Kate White A judge's ruling last month could make it hard for the owners of Poca-based Gatens-Harding Funeral Home to fight allegations of racketeering related to the sale of more than 100 pre-need...
View ArticleRaleigh County man missing for more than three months
By Erin Beck More than three months after his brother went missing, Aaron Crump is growing frustrated with the Raleigh County Sheriff's Office. "I can't get a call back from them," he said. "I don't...
View ArticlePolice arrest man following shooting that wounded teenager
BECKLEY, W.Va. (AP) - Authorities have arrested a man on felony charges in connection with a late-night shooting that sent one person to the hospital. Sgt. Morgan Bragg with the Beckley Police...
View ArticleSeven arrested after fight in Fayette County
By Staff reports Seven people were arrested after a fight in Fayette County over the weekend, police say. A caller to the Fayette County 911 center reported a fight at 105 Berry St., just outside the...
View ArticleClendenin man allegedly strikes utility pole and cruiser while fleeing
By Staff reports A Clendenin man struck a utility pole and a police cruiser while attempting to evade arrest, police say. James Dempsey Short Jr., 35, is charged with fleeing from an officer and...
View ArticleCandidates meeting: Kanawha magistrates
Editors from the Charleston Gazette-Mail will be meeting about 12:30 p.m. Monday, March 14, with candidates for Kanawha magistrate. Another meeting with additional magistrate candidates will be...
View ArticleWV state trooper dies during training
By Staff reports A state trooper died after experiencing a medical emergency while training in Dunbar this morning, near the grounds of the West Virginia State Police Academy. First Sergeant Joseph G....
View ArticleCharleston man allegedly took campus police officer's gun
By Staff reports A Charleston man allegedly took a West Virginia State University police officer's gun during a scuffle and fired it toward a ditch. Maurice Anthony Jarrett, 39, is charged with...
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