Judge lets woman out of jail after promise to come to court
A Kanawha County judge let a witness in a murder case out of jail today after she promised to come to court. Jazmin Mitchell, 19, had been in jail since her arrest June 3 in Beckley, said assistant...
View ArticleCharleston police hear from West Side residents at meeting
By Daniel Desrochers The Charleston Police Department wants residents of the West Side to be nosy. "The key is to keep calling," said Charleston Chief of Police Brent Webster. "That's the key."...
View ArticleAttorney: Man killed 2 McDowell County men in self-defense
WELCH, W.Va. (AP) - An attorney says her client fatally shot two Iaeger men in self-defense and then burned their bodies because he was panicking and had been drinking. The Bluefield Daily Telegraph...
View ArticleNotice of appeal filed in Butler hate crimes case
By Erin Beck Cabell County prosecutors are again asking the state Supreme Court to rule on whether Steward Butler, the former Marshall football player who allegedly attacked two men when he saw them...
View ArticleCharleston neurologist files for bankruptcy
Dr. Iraj Derakhshan, the Charleston neurologist whose medical license was revoked earlier this year after an investigation into his opioid-prescribing practices, has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy....
View ArticleJury begins deliberations in Marmet apartment slaying case
By Kate White After viewing more than 100 exhibits and hearing four days worth of testimony, jurors began deliberations late Friday in the case against Miguel Quinones. Quinones faces charges of...
View ArticleTeen charged in Hatfield killing returned to WV
By Staff reports A Kentucky teenager charged with murder in the death of longtime coal company executive Ben Hatfield has been returned to West Virginia by police. Brandon Lee Fitzpatrick, 18, of...
View ArticleMan stabbed on Capitol Street early Saturday
By Staff reports A man was in intensive care at a local hospital after he was stabbed in downtown Charleston early Saturday, police said. Aaron Chapman, 28, was stabbed on Capitol Street. Kanawha...
View ArticleLogan clerk says judge results shouldn't be overturned
By Kate White Logan County Clerk John Turner acknowledges that some mishaps did occur during last month's primary election, but said none of them would be enough to overturn a close loss by a circuit...
View ArticleCrime Report: June 12, 2016
The following crimes were reported to the Charleston Police Department between June 2 and 8: East District:Farnsworth Drive 1500 block, grand larceny auto, June 2, 9:45 a.m. Washington Street East...
View ArticleOn file: June 12, 2016
MarriagesThe following people applied for marriage licenses in Kanawha County between May 26 and June 9: Marshall Mency Roy II, 33, and Amber Michelle Curry, 36, both of St. Albans. David Carlos...
View ArticleLawsuit filed over suicide at Tucker County facility
By Erin Beck The parents of a man who killed himself at a Tucker County facility earlier this year filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the facility on Friday. Rick and Kathy Harris, of Louisiana,...
View ArticleFormer senior services director sues group over firing
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. (AP) - The former executive director of Berkeley Senior Services is suing the group over claims she was fired for speaking out against alleged wrongdoing by the former board...
View ArticleQuinones found not guilty in Marmet slaying
By Kate White The courtroom stayed quiet Monday after a judge announced that Miguel Quinones had been found not guilty of first-degree murder. "I think everyone was just in shock," said Linda Hunter....
View ArticleSentencing for man who gave fatal dose of heroin postponed
A Kanawha County judge on Monday postponed the sentencing hearing of Steven Craig Coleman, who allegedly gave a woman a dose of heroin that killed her last year. Coleman's hearing is now scheduled for...
View ArticleManchin to testify against drug firms
By Eric Eyre Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., plans to testify against prescription drug wholesalers that shipped hundreds of millions of pain pills to West Virginia over the past decade. Manchin's name...
View ArticleCharleston man gets life in federal prison in informant killing
By Kate White Sitting in the front row of the courtroom on Monday, Bruce Basham covered his eyes with a tissue and sobbed. Basham had just looked into the eyes of the man who killed his daughter and...
View ArticleWoman pleads guilty to fatal stabbing of roommate
By Kate White Patricia Miller was stone-faced, staring up at the mother of the woman she stabbed to death two years ago on Charleston's East End. "She took my daughter," said Cathy Meadows, standing...
View ArticleNew judges to take oaths in Mercer, Greenbrier counties
By From staff, wire reports Two new circuit judges will take the oath of office this week in Southern West Virginia. Mark Wills and Jennifer Dent both won elections last month for full terms on the...
View ArticleSuspect pleads not guilty in former coal executive's death
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - A suspect has pleaded not guilty in the fatal shooting of a former coal chief executive at a southern West Virginia cemetery. Media outlets report 18-year-old Brandon...
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