Photos: Robotic Rembrandts
By Staff report Students at Montrose Elementary demonstrated robots designed to produce abstract art at the school Tuesday. Through a STEM program, students built robots, which were dipped in paint...
View ArticleKanawha magistrate finds probable cause in West Side shooting death
By Kate White Bryant Johnson, the 52-year-old man shot to death inside his home on Charleston's West Side last month, was extremely well-liked, a prosecutor said Tuesday during a hearing where a...
View ArticleProposed Shawnee sports complex sparks heated debate
By By Caitlin Coyne Staff writer More than 50 people showed up Tuesday evening to voice concerns and show support at an open house for the proposed multi-sports complex at Shawnee Park in Institute....
View ArticleCharleston police conducting sobriety checkpoint
By Staff reports The Charleston Police Department, in conjunction with the Governor's Office of Highway Safety, will conduct a sobriety/child safety seat checkpoint from 5 p.m. to midnight today in...
View ArticleFire outside Charleston parking garage closes street
By Giuseppe Sabella A fire at a Charleston parking garage, located next to the Kanawha County Judicial Annex,ÂÂ on Wednesday afternoon, closed a stretch of Goshorn Street between Virginia and Quarrier...
View ArticleCharleston man pleads to manslaughter in 2015 shooting death
By Kate White A Charleston man, who was facing a murder charge in the 2015 shooting death of his uncle's girlfriend, pleaded guilty Wednesday to involuntary manslaughter and said the killing was a...
View ArticleKanawha parks board approves Shawnee multi-sports complex
By Lori Kersey The board that oversees Kanawha County's parks has signed off on putting a $15.2 million multi-sports complex at Shawnee Park in Institute. The Kanawha County Parks and Recreation...
View ArticleCharleston man facing murder charge in April shooting was wanted by feds
By Kate White A Charleston man who allegedly killed another man last month had been wanted on a federal warrant since December. John Stanley Ford III, 27, is charged with first-degree murder in the...
View ArticleDowntown Charleston hosting Streetfest Saturday
By Kayla Asbury A Charleston summer staple is bringing the block-party back downtown this Saturday. The third annual Charleston Area Alliance Downtown Streetfest will return to Capitol Street with its...
View ArticlePlanned WV methanol plant gets EDA loan
By Max Garland A planned methanol production facility in Institute took another step in its development Thursday, as the West Virginia Economic Development Authority gave preliminary approval for a...
View ArticleCharleston man sentenced to 10 years in fatal shooting
By Kate White The mother of a man shot to death on Charleston's West Side said Thursday that she had hoped the man who killed him would get a maximum jail sentence. Darius Coles, 19, was sentenced to...
View ArticleKanawha health department cuts clerical positions in clinic
By Erin Beck The Kanawha-Charleston Board of Health voted unanimously Thursday to cut the health department's full-time workforce by about 15 percent, eliminating all clerical positions in the clinic...
View ArticleCharleston man pleads guilty to dealing heroin
By Staff reports A Charleston man pleaded guilty to a federal drug crime after admitting he sold heroin on the city's West Side. Albert Bowman, Jr., 40, entered a guilty plea Thursday to a...
View ArticleClendenin wreck leaves one dead, another injured
By Staff reports An Indiana man was killed and a woman critically injured just after midnight Friday when their pickup truck wrecked in Clendenin. The truck driven by Jacob David Belcher, 37, of...
View ArticleSouth Charleston moves forward with sewer upgrade
By Caitlin Cook South Charleston City Council took another step toward upgrading and overhauling the city's sewage operation on Thursday. Council members passed a second reading of an ordinance to...
View ArticleMan in clown mask charged with drug possession in Belle
By Staff reports A man was arrested by State Police in Belle Thursday night after allegedly wearing a "scary" clown mask and jumping out and scaring motorists as they passed on Witcher Creek Road....
View ArticleWV's Rosie the Riveters to be honored in Charleston
By Kayla Asbury Buddie Curnutte learned how to use a drill and a riveter in 1942. She was 19 years old when she went to work at Curtiss-Wright, building airplanes for nearly three years during World...
View ArticlePHOTOS: Armed Forces Day parade in South Charleston
By Staff reports Hundreds of people came out for the Herbert J. Thomas Memorial Hospital Armed Forces Day Parade, which marched down D Street in South Charleston on Saturday. The 58th annual parade,...
View ArticlePHOTOS: Fancy Felines
By Staff reports More than 150 cats from around the country went paw-to-paw at the Cat Fanciers' Association All-Breed Cat Show at the Charleston Civic Center Saturday. A variety of cat breeds were...
View ArticlePHOTOS: Streetfest returns to Charleston
Staff reportsThe third annual Charleston Area Alliance Downtown Streetfest returned to Capitol Street Saturday with its first event of the summer. Saturday's block party was headlined by reggae artist...
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