Willimanson Has a New Mayor
Attorney Robert Carlton has been appointed as mayor of Williamson. The Williamson Daily News reports that the City Council appointed Carlton at its meeting on Thursday. The council also named Josh Ferrell as city...
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Liquor License Suspended After West Side Shooting
A shooting Friday at a West Side bar is leading to the suspension of the bar’s liquor license. The West Virginia Alcohol Beverage Control Administration suspended The Heart and Seoul Bar and Grill’s liquor...
Hurricane Students Fly Confederate Flags
The Confederate flag controversy has been in the spotlight at Hurricane (Her-uh-cunn) High School. On Sept. 11, one student used a box cutter to shred Confederate flags on other students’ trucks at a football...
Arrests Made After Man Falls to his Death
Four people have been charged in the death of 23-year old Bryson Ward, a Detroit man who fell from a ninth-floor apartment window in Charleston. According to a criminal complaint, 23-year-old Tyler Ferrebee of...
Community Center to be Renovated
The Charleston Urban Renewal Authority is joining forces with the Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation to renovate the Community Center on the West Side. The two groups are working on updating Reverend James Ealy’s 2nd...
Blankenship Wants Trial Moved
Former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship is again asking a judge to move his criminal trial out of southern West Virginia. In a Beckley federal court filing Thursday, Blankenship’s attorneys say southern West Virginia...
Blankenship Trial Delay Denied
A judge has denied former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship’s request to delay his Oct. 1 trial start to January. Judge Irene Berger denied the request in a Beckley federal court filing Thursday. Defense...
Former Governor’s Items Sell at Auction
The estate of three-term West Virginia Gov. Arch A. Moore Jr. is selling pieces of history and personal items at auction. Behm’s Auction and Real Estate Services held the first of a series of...
Investigators Hope Anniversary of Cold Case Brings New Leads
Four years after her disappearance, police continue to seek answers to what happened to Aliayah Lunsford. The child was 3 years old when she was reported missing from her home in Lewis County on...
Fayette County Teacher Sentenced on Child Porn Charges
A former Fayette County teacher has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison after admitting he received child pornography on his cellphone. U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin says 32-year-old Joshua Mark Taylor of Weirton...
