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Kanawha County Commission President Kent Carper is asking state health officials for assistance with what he calls a “serious” Hepatitis A outbreak. He wants state health officials to come up with a plan to...

Two Wayne County parents are facing charges for not seeking medical treatment for their 11-month-old’s head injury. Tawny and Volla Maynard are charged with gross child neglect. They took the boy to the hospital...

A murder investigation is underway in the Wallback area. Troopers were called to a home on Left Fork Sandy Road early Thursday morning, and found a man dead inside. Investigators say the man died...

Governor Jim Justice announced a tentative deal between the state Lottery commission and casinos and major league sports teams that will enhance sports betting in West Virginia. They’ve been at odds over an “integrity...

More than 45-hundred students will graduate from WVU over the next few days. Spring commencement ceremonies are today and tomorrow for more than a dozen colleges. Over three-thousand undergraduate degrees will be awarded, more...

The Putnam County Sheriff’s Office has identified the man who was hit and killed by an erratic driver Wednesday afternoon. Thirty-eight-year-old John Maynard died when he tried to stop a driver from speeding around...

Twenty-five-year-old Steven Knipple is in custody for attempting to rob a woman in the Elder Beerman parking lot in Kanawha City. The woman told police Knipple grabbed her and tried to pull her out...

The daughter of a woman who died from elder abuse is facing new charges. Fifty-year-old Lisa Jean Dunlap was her mother’s primary care giver, and is now charged with the death of an incapacitated...

State Treasurer John Perdue is recommending two possible banking solutions for medical marijuana. It was legalized by lawmakers last year, but Perdue was notified earlier this year by banking vendors on contract with the...

The Charleston Convention and Visitors Bureau honored several local tourism industry employees and business at an awards ceremony this week. 2018 Charleston Tourism People’s Choice Award winners include for Favorite Restaurant: Pies & Pints,...