Deputies investigate contraband smuggling at prison in Welch
WELCH, W.Va. (AP) - McDowell County sheriff's deputies are investigating contraband smuggling at Stevens Correctional Facility.The sheriff's office tells media outlets that investigators found $12,000...
View ArticleSupreme Court sends Tough Mudder lawsuit to Berkeley County
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - The West Virginia Supreme Court has ruled that a lawsuit filed over a man's death at an endurance event must be tried in the county where he died.The court on Thursday ordered...
View ArticleFormer Pratt mayor admits to selling pills
By Kate White The former mayor of Pratt, Gary Fields, admitted Thursday in federal court that he sold powerful prescription painkillers to a confidential informant. Fields, 68, pleaded guilty in...
View ArticleThree charged with felony murder in Vista View Apartments fall
By Erin Beck Charleston police have charged three men with felony murder and a woman as an accessory after a man died in a fall from a ninth-floor window at Charleston's Vista View Apartments during...
View ArticleDrug firms want W.Va. Supreme Court to halt 'pill mill' suit
By Eric Eyre MADISON - Eleven out-of-state drug companies plan to ask the state Supreme Court to put the brakes on a lawsuit that alleges the firms shipped an excessive number of pain pills to West...
View ArticleMan shot in leg on Charleston's West Side
By Staff reports A man was shot in the leg early Friday morning on Charleston's West Side, Kanawha County Metro 911 dispatchers said. Dispatchers said the incident was reported about 3 a.m. outside a...
View ArticleBicyclist struck by vehicle dies of injuries
The bicyclist who was struck along the northbound lanes of U.S. 119, known as Corridor G, by a vehicle early Wednesday morning has died of his injuries, police said late Thursday.The man, identified...
View ArticleMan gets maximum sentence for rape on Charleston's East End
By Kate White A Kanawha judge handed down the maximum sentence to a man who sexually assaulted a woman on Charleston's East End in 2011 and had previously been convicted of second-degree rape in North...
View ArticleGoodwin hands out law enforcement, victim assistance awards
By Staff reports U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin handed out awards Thursday to law enforcement officers and those involved in assisting victims. Goodwin named the Charleston Police Department the police...
View ArticleDrunk driver ends up in Kanawha River after crash
By Staff reports A drunk man crashed his SUV into the Kanawha River in the early morning hours Friday, according to a news release from the Charleston Police Department.Police responded at about 1:20...
View ArticleKanawha, Mingo businesses raided by feds
By Staff reports Related repair and maintenance companies in Kanawha and Mingo counties were raided by federal agents Friday, U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin confirmed.Agents descended on Kanawha Electric...
View ArticleFayette County man allegedly killed mother with morphine
By Staff reports A Fayette County man allegedly killed his mother by giving her morphine.Gordon Ray Sutphin II, 45, of Montgomery, is charged with murder, according to a news release from the Fayette...
View ArticleLawyers for Mingo officials want lawsuit dismissed
By Kate White Attorneys for some of the former Mingo County officials being sued by a private investigator say there isn't any evidence against their clients and have asked a judge to dismiss the...
View ArticleCrime Report: Sept. 27, 2015
The following Crimes were reported to the Charleston Police Department between Sept. 16 and 24:East District:Washington Street East 1600 block, breaking and entering, Sept. 16, 3:52 a.m.Washington...
View ArticleOn file: Sept. 27, 2015
MarriagesThe following people applied for marriage licenses in Kanawha County between Sept. 18 and 25: Isaac Noyes Smith, 54, and Alison Judge Bibbee, 44, both of Charleston. Matthew Joseph Harman II,...
View ArticleWoman struck by car in Kanawha City
A woman is in critical condition at CAMC General after she was struck by a vehicle on the 5300 block of MacCorkle Avenue in Kanawha City Saturday evening, according to the Charleston Police...
View Article20-year Charleston officer leaving to pursue drug abuse prevention
By Erin Beck Twenty years ago, it would have been hard to imagine Lt. Chad Napier working in drug abuse prevention."As a young officer, I would have been 'Get out of my way' and 'I'll arrest my way...
View ArticleFather of man killed in Marmet apartment sues, says cop was negligent
By Kate White The father of Kareem Hunter is suing the city of Marmet after his son was killed inside a Marmet apartment two years ago. Anthony Hunter, who is administrator of his son's estate, claims...
View ArticleTrial to begin for 3 charged in Berkeley County slaying
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. (AP) - Three people are headed to trial on charges stemming from a fatal shooting in Berkeley County.The trial of 36-year-old Tulsa A. Johnson, 19-year-old Vincent S. Smith and...
View ArticleHearing postponed for Putnam murder suspect
WINFIELD, W.Va. -- A preliminary hearing for Putnam County resident Philip Casto, who allegedly killed a Hurricane woman on Sept. 10, was postponed Monday in Putnam Circuit Court. Casto, 33, of...
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