Hanshaw will continue as Speaker of the House
Delegate Roger Hanshaw will continue as Speaker of the House of Delegates. Hanshaw won a rematch with House Finance Chairman Eric Nelson in a caucus vote. A vote on the Speaker position by the...
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Inmate dies from overdose in Boyd County Jail
An inmate is dead and another is being treated for an overdose at the Boyd County Detention Center. Thirty-six-year-old Charles Finley died from what officials think was a Fentanyl overdose. Several inmates overdosed, and...
Man stabbed in argument
An argument between two men ended with one man getting stabbed. Forty-one-year-old Homer Spry stabbed a man inside an apartment on 28th Street early Sunday morning. The 39-year-old victim was taken to a local...
Two men accused of breaking into cabin
Two men are accused of breaking into a cabin on October Ridge in Sod. Forty-five-year-old Shawn Angel and 18-year-old Ethan Hicks are charged with grand larceny. The property own caught them breaking into the...
Early morning shooting on the East End.
Police are looking for a suspect in an early morning shooting on the East End. Two people were shot outside the Empty Glass bar on Jackson Street. A woman was shot several times. She...
Hepatitis A Cases Increasing in One County
A West Virginia county reported a five-fold increase in hepatitis A cases within two months. The Register-Herald reports hepatitis A cases in Raleigh County rose from 19 at the end of September to 100...
Warning Issued About Someone Impersonating an Officer
Someone is impersonating a police officer in Wayne County. Several law enforcement agencies there have received calls about a man attempting to pull people over in Wayne County, but there’s only been one documented...
Concerns Raised Over Street Conditions in Hurricane
Neighbors along a Hurricane Road are fed up after they say the condition of the road is getting dangerous. Two giant slabs of concrete have shifted on Linda Street in Hurricane and there are...
WVSU Supports LGBTQ Ordinance
The West Virginia University-Institute of Technology in Beckley has announced its support for Mayor Rob Rappold’s request to add protections for LGBTQ people to the city’s code. The Register-Herald reports the school supports all...
New EMS Station Opens in Jackson County
Jackson County has a new EMS facility that just opened up in the southern part of the county. The brand new EMS building opened next to the Greene Center on Charleston Rd. in Kenna,...