Trial delayed for woman charged in minister's slaying
BECKLEY, W.Va. (AP) - A murder trial for a woman accused in the slaying of a Raleigh County minister has been postponed until December. The Register-Herald reports that during a status hearing Monday,...
View ArticlePutnam considers program for offenders with mental health issues
By Laura Haight Putnam County officials may have found a way to give offenders with mental health issues the help they need and keep them out of jail. Putnam Circuit Judge Phillip Stowers told the...
View ArticleMan wanted for killing 3 in WV captured
By By Jonathan Mattise The Associated Press After an eight-hour manhunt spanning three states, Pennsylvania State Police on Tuesday captured a man accused of fatally shooting three people in West...
View ArticleProsecutors: Ex-Social Security judge tried to spy on worker
By By Adam Beam The Associated PressFRANKFORT, Ky. - When a Social Security Administration employee blew the whistle on a federal judge and a lawyer bilking the system for more than $600 million in...
View ArticleOne wounded in shooting reported in Charleston
By From staff reports One person was wounded Tuesday in a shooting in Charleston, dispatchers say. It happened at about 6:40 p.m. in the 600 block of Monroe Street, near Westmoreland Drive. Kanawha...
View ArticleAlleged N.C. fugitive arrested in St. Albans
By From staff reports St. Albans police and the U.S. Marshals Service arrested Tuesday evening an alleged fugitive from North Carolina. William Lee Bayliss, 32, was charged in Carolina Beach, North...
View ArticleOhio frees ex-fugitive, 80, on parole in W.Va.
By By Kantele Franko The Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio - A now-80-year-old man who disappeared from an Ohio prison camp in 1959 while serving time for manslaughter and was captured last year in...
View ArticleTrial severed for alleged CVS robberies get-away driver
By From staff reports A Kanawha judge granted a motion Wednesday to sever the trial of a woman allegedly involved in a string of robberies at CVS stores from the trials of others involved. Kristy...
View ArticleMan recently acquitted in Kanawha murder arrested on gun charge
By Jared Casto A man acquitted of murder Monday was arrested Tuesday and charged in federal court with possessing a firearm as a felon. Miguel Quinones, 37, was acquitted Monday of the murder of...
View ArticleSt. Albans man sentenced after being caught with drugs, guns
By From staff reports A St. Albans man was sentenced today to five years in federal prison after being caught with fentanyl, marijuana, multiple pistols and three assault rifles said Carol Casto,...
View ArticleAuthorities searching for inmate who escaped transport van near Beckley
By Jared Casto A convict is at large after escaping from a transport van Wednesday at the North Beckley toll plaza near the intersection of Interstate 64 and Interstate 77. Paul Ira Hopkins, 37,...
View ArticleLong John Silver's robbed at knifepoint
By From staff reports Charleston police are investigating after Long John Silvers restaurant in Kanawha City was robbed, dispatchers say. Two people wearing masks entered the store on the 4100 block...
View ArticleFive graduate from Kanawha drug court program
India Harper shows her drug court graduation certificate to her children, Ethan Payne, 7, and McKinley Payne, 5. Harper and four others - Tia Bennett, Allen Burgess, Jacob Mason and Christa Moore -...
View ArticleLawsuit: Student faced physical, sexual abuse at WV Christian school
By Ryan Quinn A lawsuit is ongoing against a now-closed Kanawha County Christian boys boarding school and its leaders over allegations that a student was starved and physically abused and - because of...
View ArticleLawsuit against CAMC, WVU alleges harassment, discrimination
By Kate White A doctor specializing in women's medicine alleges she was forced to shut down her medical practice at Charleston Area Medical Center last year because of harassment and discrimination...
View ArticleMcDowell County man found guilty in 2014 double slaying
WELCH, W.Va. (AP) - A McDowell County man has been found guilty in the shooting deaths of two men found inside their burned vehicle. News agencies report 43-year-old Donald S. Bailey of Crumpler was...
View Article1 killed, at least a dozen hurt in I-81 wreck
SPRING MILLS, W.Va. (AP) - Police say one person was killed and at least a dozen were injured in a multiple-vehicle accident on Interstate 81 in West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle. Media outlets report...
View ArticlePolice capture runaway inmate in Huntington
Police on Saturday captured an inmate who freed himself from handcuffs and escaped out of a transport van three days earlier, according to a news release from the Fayette County Sheriffs Office....
View ArticleOn file: June 19, 2016
MarriagesThe following people applied for marriage licenses in Kanawha County between June 9 and 16: Edwin Dante Walker, 25, and Kelly Renee Jozefyk, 30, both of Dunbar. Tyler Devin Sovine, 23, of...
View ArticleCrime Report: June 19, 2016
The following crimes were reported to the Charleston Police Department between June 9 and 15: East District:McClung Street 1600 block, petit larceny, June 9, 12:35 a.m. Charleston Town Center, petit...
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