Local News

The Boomtown Bash raffle is coming up in Nitro to raise funds for youth activities like Midget League football, Little League Baseball, and marching band. The goal is to sell 5000 tickets, but they’re...

The Kanawha County Board of Education is looking to find ways to make up missed instruction time during a nine-day teacher strike. Superintendent Ron Duerring said this week that the board may need to...

A deadly police standoff in Johnson County, Kentucky…Thirty-five-year-old Stephen Dalton was acting suspiciously in his front yard in Oil Springs last night. When deputies arrived he was combative and was able to escape. He...

Charleston police made ten arrests in their most recent warrant sweep. The arrests were made yesterday morning in the area of Patrick Street, Seventh Avenue, Washington Street West and Stockton Street. Charges ranged from...

A former employee of the McDowell County Probation Department and the West Virginia Supreme Court has pleaded guilty to embezzlement. Candace Thomas is accused of using a state credit card to buy two 700...

Frontier Communications workers are still on strike. Yesterday a man pulled a gun on a picketer. The suspect was a replacement worker for Frontier. He got into a verbal altercation with a demonstrator when...

The West Virginia teacher strike is over. Governor Jim Justice signed a bill yesterday giving teachers and all state employees a five percent raise. Lawmakers will pay for the increase by making cuts to...

It’s back to school today…All schools in Kanawha, Putnam and Cabell Counties are open today, and operating on normal schedules. Logan and Fayette County schools are on a two hour delay.

Students are back in class today after 9 school days missed due to the teacher work stoppage, and districts are resuming all normal activities and operating on the usual schedules. The Kanawha County school...

A deal was reached Tuesday in the legislative standoff over pay raises, and not only will teachers get the 5 percent increase, but all state employees too including state police. One member of the...