Deputies arrest Elkview man on wanton endangerment charge
By Staff reports Kanawha County sheriff's deputies have arrested an Elkview man who allegedly shot at another man in the Quick area on Thursday. Steven Carrier, 22, was arrested "without incident" and...
View ArticleMan shot in South Charleston Thursday night
By Staff reports A man was shot in the Spring Hill area of South Charleston Thursday night, according to police. C'audre Boxley, 18, was shot at about 10:30 p.m. at a home, according a to news release...
View ArticleVegan mom faces child endangerment charges
By By Ben Guarino The Washington Post She was proud to be a vegan, and wanted her son to live like she did. But her family members said she took her food choices too far - her diet became a danger, in...
View ArticleGazette-Mail wants pain-pill court records unsealed
By Eric Eyre The Charleston Gazette-Mail has asked a judge to unseal court documents that include details about a drug wholesaler's prescription painkiller shipments to alleged "pill mill" pharmacies...
View ArticleMan admits conspiracy to kill lover's husband
By Kate White A Charleston man admitted Friday to helping his girlfriend plot to kill her husband during a hearing in Kanawha Circuit Court. Joseph Lawrence, 41, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit...
View ArticleEEOC rules against St. Mary's after discrimination complaint
By Erin Beck The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has found that St. Mary's Medical Center discriminated against an employee by refusing to allow her to add her wife to her health...
View ArticleCandlelight vigil will honor infant sexual assault victim
By Staff reports A candlelight vigil will be held in Jackson County on Monday night for the infant girl who died as the result of an alleged sexual assault. Court Appointed Special Advocates of...
View ArticleTwo killed in Hernshaw head-on crash
By From staff reports Two people were killed in a head-on collision Friday afternoon on Lens Creek Road in Hernshaw, Kanawha Metro 911 dispatchers said. The crash occurred shortly before 4 p.m. in the...
View ArticleWitness, new DNA evidence puts another person at scene of 1987 Huntington...
By Kate White Ira Cremeans was riding in the passenger seat on her way home from work when she pulled up to a red light in front of the Wendy's restaurant on U.S. 60 in Huntington. He was sitting at a...
View ArticleOne dead in Putnam stabbing
By Staff reports One man is dead after being stabbed in the chest in Putnam County late Friday night, police say. The incident happened around 11:15 p.m. in the 70 block of Marina Park in Hurricane,...
View ArticleDrug firm shipped 241M pain pills to WV over five years, suit alleges
By Eric Eyre Drug giant Cardinal Health shipped more than 241 million prescription opioid pills to West Virginia over five years - more than double the number of pills distributed by the next-largest...
View ArticleOn file: Oct. 9, 2016
MarriagesThe following people filed for marriage licenses in Kanawha County between Sept. 29 and Oct. 6: Tyler Anthony Mallo, 26, and Ashley Marie Legg, 22, both of Charleston. Abiy Lisanewerk...
View ArticleCrime report: Oct. 9, 2016
The following crimes were reported to the Charleston Police Department between Sept. 29 and Oct. 6: East DistrictLee Street East 700 block, shoplifting, Sept. 29, 1:36 p.m. Capitol Street 600 block,...
View ArticleDunbar man still missing after 2 years
By Staff reports More than two years after a Dunbar man's disappearance, police still are trying to figure out what happened to him. Daryl Smith, 46, of Stover Road, was last seen Oct. 1, 2014. His...
View ArticleWV pharmacists face charges in KY
By Kate White A trial is set for later this month in Kentucky for two West Virginia pharmacists accused of being part of an online drug dispensing scheme. In federal court in Kentucky's Western...
View ArticleOne dead, one wounded in Dunbar shootings
By From staff reports Police say a man shot and wounded another man, then shot and killed himself in Dunbar late Monday night. Dunbar police responded at about 1:30 a.m. to 439 Westmoreland Drive,...
View ArticleCharleston families to have access to free legal aid
By The Associated Press Families in Charleston soon will have access to free legal assistance. The State Journal reports that a new service seeks to provide free aid to west side residents who need...
View ArticleFTC joins Morrisey to block release of hospital merger documents
By Eric Eyre The Federal Trade Commission is siding with West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey's effort to block the release of documents related to the merger of Cabell Huntington Hospital...
View ArticleACLU: Berkeley panhandling push unconstitutional
By The Associated Press MARTINSBURG, W.Va. - The American Civil Liberties Union is decrying attempts by Berkeley County governments to restrict panhandling as unconstitutional. The Journal reports...
View ArticleCourt hears argument to overturn block on pipeline surveys
By Ken Ward Jr. The lawyer for the proposed Mountain Valley Pipeline on Tuesday asked the state Supreme Court to overturn a lower court order that blocked the developer from surveying the property of...
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