Shots fired at a police cruiser
Three men are in jail this morning after firing several shots at a Pratt police car last night. The three suspects were pulled over for speeding on route 61 when the driver took off....
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Protecting prayer at public meetings
West Virginia is joining Ohio, Kentucky and other states asking the U.S. Supreme Court to protect lawmaker led prayer at public meetings. The states filed a brief that argues lawmaker led prayer is part...
Man Gets 40 Years in Prison for Machete Murder
A judge in Kanawha County Circuit Court sentenced a man to 40 years in prison yesterday for murder. Brian Thompson previously pleaded guilty to killing 19-year old Brandon Robinson with a machete at a...
Sheriff’s Office to Conduct Sobriety Checkpoint
The Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office plans another high visibility sobriety checkpoint tonight from 8pm to 1am on Big Tyler Road in Cross. Lanes. It’s part of a zero tolerance policy when it comes to...
Clendenin to Host Amateur Boxing Event Next Year
Next year’s West Virginia State Amateur Boxing Championships are coming to Clendenin. Elk River Boxing Club will host the bouts Jan. 27 at the former Clendenin Middle School in Clendenin. Boxers from West Virginia...
Kanawha Valley YMCA Gets Funds for New Regional Center
The Appalachian Regional Commission Investment Program serves 175 at-risk students in Cabell, Lincoln, Wyoming, Greenbrier and Randolph counties, and they’re awarding $3 million in funding for seven projects across that area. Included in that...
Marketing the West Virginia Turnpike
The West Virginia Parkways Authority plans to launch a corporate sponsor program for the Turnpike. The program will promote the Turnpike’s marketable assets, like the Courtesy Patrol, signs, rest areas with free wi-fi, and...
Largest drug bust in Cabell County history
Police are calling it the largest drug bust in Cabell County history. Sheriff’s Deputies seized over four pounds of heroin from a home in the Highlawn area of Huntington. That amount of heroin has...
West Virginia’s unemployment rate is holding steady
West Virginia’s unemployment rate is holding steady. State numbers released yesterday show the October rate was unchanged from the previous month at 5-point-1-percent. The goods and services industries showed increases, while the numbers fell...
Remembering Marshall
The victims of the 1970 Marshall plane crash are being remembered. The 47th Memorial Fountain Ceremony was held yesterday, honoring the 75 killed in the tragic crash. Flight 932 went down enroute to Huntington...
