Shooting outside men’s shelter
Police are investigating a shooting in downtown Charleston. A man was shot outside the men’s emergency shelter on Leon Sullivan Way. The suspect fled on foot in the direction of CAMC General. The hospital...
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Isaac Resigns from Board of Health
A member of the Kanawha-Charleston Board of Health has resigned. Brenda Isaac was the president of the Kanawha-Charleston Board of Health and is the head nurse at Kanawha County Schools. The resignation effects only...
Voters To Decide on Supreme Court Spending Oversight Amendment
A constitutional measure on West Virginia’s Nov. 6 ballot would allow lawmakers to have some control over the state judiciary’s budget. The amendment would allow the Legislature to decide each year whether to reduce...
Former Counselor Faces Drug Distribution Charge
A former drug counselor has been charged after allegedly distributing fentanyl at a treatment center where he was previously employed. David Reeves is charged after police said he distributed fentanyl to a confidential informant...
Man is Identified in Ambulance Theft
Charleston police said the man accused of swiping a Charleston Fire Department ambulance Tuesday evening from a fire scene had been staying in an abandoned house. 27-year old John Charles Pratl Jr. of Charleston...
Officers on bike patrol at the Capitol
Police at the state Capitol are using pedal power. Seven officers recently completed forty-hours of training. The bicycle patrols will cover the 18-acre Capitol campus. Officers say it gives them better visibility, enhanced mobility,...
Water bills on the rise
Your water bill may be going up…West Virginia American Water has reached an agreement with state regulators to raise rates an average 7-dollars-a-month. The water company says it needs the money for ongoing infrastructure...
Ketchum sentencing delayed
Sentencing for former state Supreme Court Justice Menis Ketchum has been delayed. Ketchum pleaded guilty to one federal count of wire fraud. Sentencing was scheduled for December, but a probation officer has asked for...
Loughry asking for new trial
Convicted state Supreme Court Justice Allen Loughry is asking for a new trial. Loughry’s attorney filed a motion asking for a new trial on Friday and requested a transcript of a portion of the...
Mobster killed in WV prison
Notorious mobster James “Whitey” Bulger has been killed in A West Virginia prison. Eighty-nine-year-old Bulger was moved earlier this week from Florida to USP Hazelton. He was found unresponsive in his cell Tuesday morning....
