Retired magistrate admonished for endorsing judicial candidate
By Kate White A retired Greenbrier County magistrate, who still serves in a senior-status capacity, violated ethics rules by endorsing a candidate for circuit judge, according to a filing by the state...
View ArticleFeds: Homeland Security analyst had parts for explosives at home
By By Jonathan Mattise The Associated PressA U.S. Department of Homeland Security analyst who entered his agency's Washington headquarters with a gun and other weapons in June also kept ingredients...
View ArticleEx-Charleston officer charged with violating domestic order
By Kate White A former Charleston police officer, who resigned after allegedly making racially insensitive videos, was charged this week with violating a domestic violence protective order. Shawn...
View ArticlePositive event gives residents, police a needed chance to talk
By Jared Casto For Charleston Police Chief Brent Webster, National Night Out is about making friends with members of the community - and given recent events, he believes that's more important this...
View ArticleOfficial: 7 inmates to face charges after disturbance in facility
By The Associated Press FLATWOODS, W.Va. - Seven inmates of a West Virginia regional jail face charges after the facility was damaged last weekend. Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety...
View ArticleOfficials investigating death of 7-year-old girl
By The Associated Press WELCH, W.Va. - Officials in McDowell County are investigating the death of a 7-year-old girl. McDowell County Sheriff Martin West tells news outlets that the girl was found in...
View ArticlePastor accused of selling drugs had urged more drug arrests
By Erin Beck Police say a Beckley pastor who has railed against drug use in the past was selling prescription medication. Rev. Rudolph Poindexter, the pastor of the Second Baptist Church, was...
View ArticleRandolph man sentenced on wanton endangerment charges
ELKINS, W.Va. (AP) - A Randolph County man accused of pointing a gun at police officers before being shot and wounded has been sentenced. Preston Lane Burrows, 26, entered a plea Friday and was...
View ArticleMan leaves casino, robs bank, returns to casino, police say
By David Gutman Kerry Johnson told Charleston Police that he got to the Mardi Gras Casino in Nitro around 10 a.m. Tuesday and was there for more than six hours, until around 4:30 p.m. But sometime...
View ArticleTeachers unions sue Boone County over pay cuts
By Kate White Teachers unions have asked a judge to declare the pay and benefit cuts that Boone County Board of Education members voted for last month unconstitutional. The American Federation of...
View ArticlePoca funeral home owners asked to pay $3 million
By Kate White A life insurance company is asking a federal judge to order the owners of a Poca-based funeral home to pay about $3 million for cashing in on funeral contracts for people who weren't...
View ArticleArrested sheriff's candidate says campaign will go on
By By Jonathan Mattise The Associated Press A candidate for sheriff in West Virginia who has been charged with heroin possession said Wednesday he plans to continue his campaign and fight the charges....
View ArticleHuntington man tried to carry loaded gun onto plane at Yeager
A Huntington man tried to carry a loaded gun onto a plane at Yeager Airport Wednesday, according to police. Thomas Marcum, 31, was cited for violation of airport regulations, a misdemeanor, according...
View ArticlePolice: Man confesses to dismembering body, burying remains in WV
By The Associated Press GALLIPOLIS, Ohio -- Authorities say an Ohio man now charged with corpse abuse confessed that he dismembered a companion's body after she overdosed on narcotics, then buried the...
View ArticlePolice say Charleston man stabbed after checking on potential accident
By Staff reports A Charleston man was stabbed last weekend in Sissonville after he stopped his motorcycle because he believed his girlfriend had hit a minivan with her car, police said Friday. Andrew...
View ArticleTSA finds gun in carry-on bag at Huntington airport
By Rick Steelhammer The day after a Huntington man was cited for having a loaded handgun in his carry-on baggage while attempting to board a flight at Charleston's Yeager Airport, a Charleston man was...
View ArticleReward offered for information about Logan apartment fire
By Staff reports Officials are offering a reward for up to $5,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for a Logan fire that occurred earlier this year. At...
View ArticleCrime show to air episode about Skylar Neese
By Jennifer Gardner A popular true crime television series will air an episode about the 2012 murder of 16-year-old Skylar Neese of the Morgantown area Sunday. The episode, titled "Sheila Eddy," will...
View ArticleCrime Report: Aug. 7, 2016
The following crimes were reported to the Charleston Police Department between July 28 and Aug. 3: East District:Quarrier Street 1500 block, petit larceny, July 28, 7:30 a.m. Lee Street East 400...
View ArticleOn file: Aug. 7, 2016
MarriagesThe following people applied for marriage licenses in Kanawha County between July 28 and Aug. 4: Brian Edward Downey II, 22, and Sarayia Alisa Chapman, 24, both of Charleston. Anthony Paul...
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