Third member of Culloden drug-dealing family sentenced
By Staff reports The final member of a heroin-dealing Culloden family was sentenced to federal prison on Monday, Acting U.S. Attorney Carol Casto announced. Chief U.S. District Judge Robert Chambers...
View ArticleHouse fire displaces six people in Charleston
By Staff reports A Monday morning house fire on Charleston's West Side displaced six people, a Kanawha County Metro 911 dispatcher said. The fire was reported at 1520 Second Ave. shortly after 2 a.m....
View ArticleFour Ohio residents killed in wrong-way crash on Turnpike
By Staff reports Four people are dead and five were hospitalized after an crash involving a wrong-way driver in Raleigh County, State Police said. An Ohio family of eight was traveling north on the...
View ArticleFeds: $1M in meth recovered in WV busts
By Kate White An investigation into a multi-state drug ring is believed to have led to the largest-ever single seizure of methamphetamine in Southern West Virginia, according to federal authorities....
View ArticleKanawha family judge candidates, incumbents argue over courtroom efficiency
By Kate White Lawyers running to replace two of Kanawha County's family court judges were critical on Tuesday of how the incumbents run their courtrooms. Jim Douglas, who is attempting to oust Sharon...
View ArticleGovernment seeks maximum jail, fine for Blankenship
By Ken Ward Jr. Arguing that Don Blankenship made a "cold-blooded decision to gamble with the lives of the men and women who worked for him," prosecutors on Monday urged a federal judge to sentence...
View ArticlePolice: Some crimes reported more often in Charleston
By Erin Beck People are reporting several types of crime more often to the Charleston Police Department, according to numbers released by the department Monday. Police believe the drug addiction...
View ArticleMan allegedly hit woman with brass knuckles, held gun to baby's head
By Erin Beck A Charleston man allegedly hit a woman with brass knuckles and held a gun to her head and her baby's head as he drove her and the child around overnight. Joshua Paul Young, 34, is charged...
View ArticleHearing set for ex-Charleston baseball player in 1987 sexual assault case
By Kate White Three days after a federal judge ordered Jimmie Gardner be released from prison or given a new trial, the former Charleston Wheelers baseball player was moved out of a maximum security...
View ArticleFormer Kanawha sheriffs vie to reclaim job in election
By Daniel Desrochers Mike Rutherford and Dave Tucker, both former two-term Kanawha County sheriffs, have a long history - a history they're continuing this spring as each runs for another term as...
View ArticleState AG, SOS participated in settlement over alleged cancer charity scam
By Staff reports The state attorney general's office and state secretary of state's office announced on Wednesday that they participated in a national $75.8 million settlement with two charities that...
View ArticleJury awards TV newsman $11K for damages from attack
By Staff reports A Clay County jury awarded WCHS-TV reporter Bob Aaron monetary damages on Wednesday for pain and suffering after a 2014 attack while on assignment. Howard Lilly, of Bomont, must pay...
View ArticleObama commutes sentence of Florida man convicted of selling crack in WV
By Kate White President Barack Obama on Wednesday commuted the life sentence a Florida man was handed down nearly 20 years ago for selling crack cocaine in Kanawha and Putnam counties. Marvin "Head"...
View ArticleCharleston man wanted for equipment theft
By Staff reports A Charleston man who allegedly stole more than $40,000 worth of equipment is now wanted by police after he sped away from them on his four-wheeler. Chad Edison Lude, 45, stole the...
View ArticleReport of armed suspects turns out to be squirt-gun game
By The Associated Press WHEELING, W.Va. - Police in Wheeling say a report of armed suspects in a neighborhood turned out to be a couple of high school students with squirt guns playing a game called...
View ArticleMedical problem may have caused woman's death before crash
By Staff reports A medical emergency may have caused a single-vehicle crash that left a Sissonville woman dead, officials with the Kanawha County Sheriff's Office said. Hazel Thomas, 75, was...
View ArticleJustice and Cole lead fundraising haul in WV governor's race
By Eric Eyre Billionaire businessman Jim Justice has opened up his checkbook in his bid to become West Virginia's next governor. Justice, a Democratic candidate who owns The Greenbrier resort in White...
View ArticleTwo men shot in Montgomery
By Staff reports Police were searching for a suspect Thursday night after two men were shot in Montgomery, Fayette County 911 dispatchers said. The men were sitting on the porch of a house on 3rd...
View ArticleLenders want Harding replaced at Poca funeral home
By Kate White A group of people who loaned Chad Harding money to buy Gatens-Harding Funeral Home are trying to remove him from the Poca-based business, arguing he's defaulted on payments. Harding, who...
View ArticleFayette County police searching for drug dealing family members
By Staff reports Police say they are arresting four members of the same family for dealing drugs. James Perry, 27, of Scarbro, was arrested Thursday evening, according to a news release from the...
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