Missing men sought in abandoned McDowell mine
By From staff reports State Police and other emergency personnel on Tuesday were searching for three men who were reported missing in an abandoned McDowell County coal mine after apparently trying to...
View ArticleSupreme Court sets arguments in Wells case for next week
By Phil Kabler The state Supreme Court on Tuesday set oral arguments for next week in Erik Wells' appeal of a Kanawha Circuit Court ruling that declared him ineligible to run as an independent for...
View ArticlePolice investigating after man shows up at hospital with gunshot wound
By Staff reports Police are investigating after a Dunbar man walked into Charleston Area Medical Center General Hospital with gunshot wounds Tuesday afternoon. Dispatchers with Kanawha County Metro...
View ArticleFinal defendant enters plea in Wayne stabbing death case
WAYNE, W.Va. - The final defendant charged in the stabbing death of a Genoa man has entered a plea in the case. The Herald-Dispatch reports that Melissa Gail Watts, 35, entered a Kennedy plea to...
View ArticleStabbing reported in Charleston
By Staff reports A man showed up at CAMC General with a stab wound to the foot this morning, according to a Kanawha County Metro 911 dispatcher. The incident was reported at about 5:30 a.m. Police...
View ArticleSt. Albans man who allegedly fired at apartments is arrested
By Staff reports Kanawha County sheriff's deputies have arrested a St. Albans man who allegedly fired a gun at an apartment complex last week. Brandon Scott Schultz, 31, was arrested this morning, the...
View ArticleJail officer allegedly had "sexual contact" with inmate
By Staff reports A correctional officer at Western Regional Jail in Barboursville allegedly had sexual contact with an inmate last month. Carl Westfall, 21, of Huntington, is charged with imposition...
View ArticleSt. Albans businessman gets 10 years on drug, gun charges
By Kate White A federal judge on Wednesday called a St. Albans developer's cocaine-making operation "startling" and sentenced him to 10 years in prison on gun and drug charges. Christopher Ayash, a...
View ArticleWoman kidnapped by husband near WV border found dead
By By Joe Mandak The Associated Press PITTSBURGH - A man accused of kidnapping his wife while he was under home confinement on charges he beat and abducted her two months ago might not survive a...
View ArticleAfter not showing Monday, man testifies in murder trial Wednesday
By Kate White A man who was arrested Monday for not showing up to testify in a murder trial took the stand Wednesday. Jerry Marbury testified during the trial of Tremaine Jackson, who is charged with...
View ArticleReluctant witnesses take stand in Charleston murder trial
By Kate White On the witness stand Thursday, Keith Kennedy McCleod refused to answer the questions a prosecutor asked him. "I plead the Fifth," McCleod, who is also known as "Big Baby," said,...
View ArticleSC police searching for missing 69-year-old
By Staff reports South Charleston police still were searching Thursday evening for a 69-year-old man who left his Ivywood Lane home Wednesday. Steven Sydnor was last seen on the 1300 block of Smith...
View ArticleBus, tractor-trailer collide in Cabin Creek area
A school bus and a tractor-trailer reportedly collided Thursday night in the Cabin Creek area, according to a Kanawha County Metro 911 dispatcher. The dispatcher said no children were on board the bus...
View ArticleSearch ends for man missing in WV mine
By Erin Beck Ken Ward Jr.Ken Ward Jr. Authorities have concluded the search for a man who was reported missing in an abandoned McDowell County mine. Eugene White, director of the West Virginia Office...
View ArticleRaleigh deputy resigns after DUI arrest
By Jake Jarvis A Raleigh County Sheriff's deputy has resigned from his position after authorities found him unconscious in a wrecked sheriff's cruiser, according to a news release. Roger Dale Richmond...
View ArticleFormer WV priest named in school's report of sexual abuse
By From staff, wire reports A former Episcopal priest from West Virginia was among those named in a report this week that described how an elite New England boarding school became a kind of "private...
View ArticleMissing SC man found in Lincoln County
By From staff reports The 69-year-old South Charleston man who went missing Wednesday was found in Lincoln County Friday evening, dispatchers said. Lincoln County dispatchers said they received a call...
View ArticlePolice make quick arrest after bank robbery in Martinsburg
By The Associated Press MARTINSBURG, W.Va. (AP) - Police made a quick arrest after a robbery at a bank inside a Wal-Mart store in Martinsburg. Martinsburg Police responded to a robbery at 10:15 a.m....
View ArticleCrime Report: September 4, 2016
The following crimes were reported to the Charleston Police Department between Aug. 25 and 31: East DistrictLee Street East 400 block, shoplifting, Aug. 25, 12:20 p.m. Washington Street East 1400...
View ArticleOn file: September 4, 2016
MarriagesThe following people applied for a marriage license between Aug. 25 to Sept. 1, 2016 in Kanawha County: Joshua David Edwin White, 21, and Megan Marie Wiley, 20, both of Charleston. Jason...
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