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A police pursuit in Putnam County last week led to a man being shot in the leg, and he’s now facing several charges. Travis Salmons of West Hamlin is charged with attempted first-degree murder,...

Federal authorities say a former executive for a West Virginia lumber company has admitted to wire fraud for embezzling more than $800,000. Prosecutors say 42-year-old James Matthew Miller issued payments to a sham vendor...

As part of a plan to distribute nearly $21 million for nine anti-substance abuse programs throughout West Virginia, the state Department of Health and Human Resources is allocating a $3 million grant for a...

WVU has received a nearly 4-million-dollar Research Challenge grant from the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission. The grant will help the university commercialize its work in vaccines, artificial intelligence and shale gas energy.

A 92-year old Kanawha County man will spend the rest of his life in a mental hospital. William Stuck is accused of killing his daughter last year in Mink Shoals. Monk was ruled incompetent...

Senator Manchin is introducing legislation that would allow public notification of missing children cases that don’t meet the criteria for an amber alert. It’s called “Skylar’s Law,” and would establish a national endangered missing...

West Virginia’s homeless rate is going down. HUD shows a drop of more than 40-percent over the past seven years, and a five-and-a-half percent drop in the last year. Homelessness is up slightly nationwide.

Jackson County authorities say a man lead officers from several departments on a high speed chase Thursday. Dennis Weakland was wanted on robbery charges and was driving a stolen vehicle. At least six police...

A Charleston man was arrested for shooting a deer next to an apartment building. Aaron Slater was returning home from a morning hunt when he saw the deer near the Vandalia apartments. Slater fired...

One man is recovering from a bullet wound and the shooter is in custody this morning. Scott Butler was shot with a .22 rifle in the mouth yesterday afternoon in Calhoun County. He got...