Man wanted in Sunday shooting in Charleston
By Staff reports Police have identified a suspect in a shooting Sunday that left a man wounded, said Lt. Steve Cooper, chief of detectives for the Charleston Police Department. Fred Wallace "JR"...
View ArticlePolice seek man in connection with Littlepage shooting
By Staff reports Charleston police are looking for another man allegedly involved in the death of a South Charleston woman caught in crossfire on Charleston's West Side. Jason Hairston, 18, of...
View ArticleHarrison magistrate reinstated after sex abuse charges dismissed
By Staff reports A Harrison County magistrate has been reinstated after being acquitted of felony charges, according to a media release from the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals. Mark Gorby was...
View ArticleJuvenile Justice Commission has set a public hearing on residential service...
By Phil Kabler Citing concerns about pending changes in state contracts with juvenile residential service providers that could limit placements and affect 900 children, the state Juvenile Justice...
View ArticlePolice arrest man wanted in connection with Littlepage shooting
A teenager who was allegedly involved in the death of a South Charleston woman caught in crossfire on Charleston's West Side has been arrested. Jason Hairston, 18, of Charleston, is charged with...
View ArticlePutnam man indicted in Hurricane shooting death
A Putnam County man accused of murder was indicted Thursday by a grand jury, according to a news release by Putnam County Prosecuting Attorney Mark Sorsaia. Philip Casto, 34, was indicted on a...
View ArticleUpdated: Suspect in murder cases turns himself in to police
By Jared Casto A man wanted in connection with two murder cases turned himself in Thursday night. Otis Anthony Simpson, 53, was arrested Sunday by Dunbar police for fleeing with reckless indifference....
View ArticleMingo parents charged in child neglect death
By From staff reports Two Mingo County parents were charged Wednesday with child neglect resulting in death after allegedly not providing their ill daughter with medical care, troopers said. Derek...
View ArticleParents of slain Charleston informant sue police
By Kate White A woman who was killed in retaliation for working as a police informant should have been offered drug treatment instead of a job as a paid informant, her parents claim in a lawsuit filed...
View ArticleCharleston man convicted of dogfighting
A Charleston man was sentenced to two years in jail after being convicted earlier this month of dogfighting and other animal cruelty charges. Derick A. Geiger, 45, on July 7, became the first Kanawha...
View ArticleWater lab employee's trial delayed
By Ken Ward Jr. Trial has been delayed for more than two months in the case of a Raleigh County laboratory employee charged with taking part in a scheme to falsify water pollution testing at...
View ArticleCrime Report: July 17, 2016
The following crimes were reported to the Charleston Police Department between July 7 and 13: East District:Ida Mae Way 100 block, grand larceny auto, July 7, 1 a.m. Quarrier Street 1600 block,...
View ArticleOn file: July 17, 2016
MarriagesThe following people applied for marriage licenses in Kanawha County between July 7 and 14: Paul Corkrean Bonasso, 26, and Rachel Audrey Sharkey 24, both of Charleston. Robert Walter Ray, 30,...
View ArticleGirl Scouts sued, ex-employee alleges retaliatory firing
By David Gutman A former official with West Virginia's council of the Girl Scouts is suing the organization, alleging that she was fired in retaliation after she reported embezzlement by her...
View ArticlePolice: man wounded in early morning shooting
By Staff reports Charleston police are investigating after a man was shot at a West Side bar early Sunday morning. Police say Douglass Reaves, 31, of Charleston, was shot around 1 a.m. Sunday at the...
View ArticleLawsuit: Clinic fired woman because of husband's race
By Laura Haight A Hurricane woman alleges she was wrongfully terminated from Charleston's FamilyCare Health Center because her husband is a black man, according to a complaint filed Wednesday in...
View ArticleCharleston pastor ministers to Dallas police officers after shooting
By Lori Kersey A Charleston pastor was in Dallas this week helping police officers cope in the wake of a shooting that killed five police officers there. The Rev. Frank Ruffatto is pastor of Redeemer...
View ArticlePutnam grand jury indicts 49
A grand jury in Putnam County returned indictments last week against 49 defendants, Prosecuting Attorney Mark Sorsaia announced. An indictment is not a finding of guilt. It means only that a grand...
View ArticlePolice: State Trooper hit, injured by drunken driver
LOGAN, W.Va. (AP) - A West Virginia State Trooper has been injured after a man who police say was driving under the influence hit his car. West Virginia State Police tell media outlets that the wreck...
View ArticleSt. Albans man in serious condition after boating accident
By Staff reports Police say a St. Albans man was seriously injured in a boating accident on the Kanawha River over the weekend. Saturday night, James Inghram, 47, was traveling downstream on the...
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