Flags at half-staff in honor of McCain
Governor Jim Justice issued a proclamation to fly flags at half-staff for most of the week in memory of Senator John McCain. McCain died over the weekend after a battle with brain cancer.
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Man charged with having 17 rattlesnakes in his home
A Randolph County man is facing charges after DNR officers found seventeen rattlesnakes in his home. The suspect is charged with two counts of illegal possession of a timber rattlesnake. State law limits the...
Former County Attorney pleads guilty to child pornography charges
A former Putnam County attorney and assistant prosecutor in Kanawha County has pleaded guilty to child pornography charges. Fifty-nine-year-old Stephen Sluss was sentenced to 72 months behind bars and 15-years of supervised release. Sluss...
Teacher pleads guilty to defrauding PEIA
A Riverside High School teacher pleaded guilty to defrauding the Public Employees Insurance Agency for keeping his ex-wife on his insurance after a divorce. Sixty-year-old Thomas Watkins pleaded guilty to one count of engaging...
Judge Waits to Rule on Justice Residency
In the debate over where Governor Jim Justice has to live, a Kanawha County judge declined to rule on Monday. A petition in a lawsuit was filed in June claiming the governor should live...
Teachers Enters Plea for PEIA Fraud
A Kanawha Valley teacher has pleaded guilty to defrauding PEIA. Thomas Watkins was giving probation, and will have to pay $60,000 in restitution to the PEIA and Kanawha County schools after investigators said he...
Final Live on the Levee Set for Friday
Blues performer Vanessa Collier will be the headliner for the final Live on the Levee show Friday. The concerts have been running all summer long at Haddad Riverfront Park in Charleston as a fundraiser...
Three Rooms Still Closed at Capital High School
Classes were back in session Monday at Capital High School after being closed all of last week over mold issues. Air quality tests continue, and the school is still dealing with three rooms that...
Girls Night Out Raises Funds for YWCA
Money raised from last Saturday’s YWCA Girls Night Out event goes to support the mission of helping women and children in domestic violence and abuse situations. Girls Night Out drew an estimated 1,600 women...
WVSU honors Katherine Johnson
West Virginia State University honored one of its own Saturday with a statue and scholarship fund. The university unveiled a life-size statue of NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson. She turned one-hundred yesterday. Johnson was depicted...
