Local News

Marshall University’s annual Week of Welcome kicks off next Tuesday with a series of events and activities to welcome new students to campus. Students move-in to the residence halls, and there is a family...

A Rivesville man is charged with animal cruelty for abandoning a dog. Thirty-five-year-old Justin Lancianese is accused of leaving the dog in a ditch trapped inside a plastic bag. The dog is blind and...

The Fire Chief of the Chesapeake Union Township Volunteer Fire Department has resigned over a ban on guns. Fire Chief Frank Meehling II says he doesn’t feel safe out in the field. City council...

Former coal executive Don Blankenship filed an appeal with the state Supreme Court over the denial of his third party candidacy application to run in the West Virginia U.S. Senate race. Secretary of State...

An escaped inmate from a correctional facility in Welch is back behind bars. Thirty-nine-year-old Charles Wentz was taken into custody yesterday afternoon. Wentz has been on the run since Sunday when he escaped from...

Charleston police are looking for a missing 19-year-old autistic girl. Samantha Jo Bailey was reported missing Wednesday. She was last seen near the Charleston Civic Center. Bailey is five-feet tall, two-hundred pounds with auburn...

The West Virginia State Fair officially opens this morning at eleven, and runs through August 18th at the State Fairgrounds in Greenbrier County. An estimated 160-thousand fairgoers are expected to attend this year’s event.

West Virginia Governor Jim Justice says the millions of dollars his companies owe in Kentucky will be paid, but he didn’t say when. Justice announced earlier this week that the coal companies linked to...

Adjutant General James Hoyer says he’s pleased with the progress the RISE flood relief program has made since he took over two months ago, but he says there’s more work to do. The program...

Former West Virginia Supreme Court Judge Menis Ketchum is due in court today for a plea hearing. Ketchum pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud for personal use of a state vehicle and...