Kanawha official wants soccer tournament at Shawnee by 2019
By Lori Kersey Voting Tuesday to move forward with building a $15.2 million multi-sport complex at Shawnee Regional Park in Institute would give the Kanawha County Commission an opportunity to compete...
View ArticleNonprofit provides experience, job opportunities for WV women
By By Caity Coyne Staff writer In July 2015, the staff of West Virginia Women Work, a nonprofit that trains women for the construction industry, was almost certain they'd have to close their doors at...
View ArticleCharleston man arrested after allegedly trying to set brother on fire
By Staff reports A man is in jail after he was accused of trying to set his brother on fire. Charleston Police arrested Darrell Duncan, 55 of Charleston, at a home on Roane Street Sunday. The...
View ArticleCharleston man arrested after allegedly threatening to detonate fake bomb
By Staff reports A Charleston man is in jail after police say someone passed a bus driver a note threatening to "blow the face of the planet off." Tony Meredith, 41, was charged with possession or use...
View ArticleKanawha Commission OKs Shawnee Multi-Sports Complex
By By Caity Coyne Staff writer The Kanawha County Commission on Tuesday voted unanimously to approve building a multi-sport complex at Shawnee Park, in Institute. The meeting and vote followed a...
View ArticleKanawha man gets max prison sentence for abuse of girls
By Staff reports A Kanawha County judge handed down the maximum prison sentence Tuesday to a man who admitted to the sexual assault and abuse of two young girls. Douglas Richard Eddy, 41, of Malden,...
View ArticlePHOTO: Barrels of fun
The city of Charleston and the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection held a workshop to show people how to make a rain barrel at the Capitol Market on Tuesday, one of several such...
View ArticleZimbabwean educator travels US to build support for global initiative
By Jake Jarvis Patrick Makokoro grew up in Zimbabwe, the eighth child in a family of 16 children. Food was sometimes scarce. He said he remembers reaching over his brothers and sisters to get another...
View ArticleScattered logs shut down I-79 near Elkview
By Staff reports Both northbound lanes and one southbound lane of Interstate 79 were shut down Tuesday evening near the Elkview exit after an incident involving a log truck, a dispatcher said. The...
View ArticlePhotos: Cross-country motorcycle ride for veterans cruises through Nitro
The Run for the Wall roared through Nitro Wednesday on their way to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. Hundreds of motorcyclists - veterans, friends and family - left Ontario,...
View ArticleYeager, WV Air Guard to celebrate 70th anniversary with air show this fall
By Rick Steelhammer Charleston's Yeager Airport and the West Virginia Air Guard will celebrate their 70th anniversary with an air show Sept. 30-Oct. 1, featuring flying demonstrations, aircraft...
View ArticleCharleston population continues slow bleed, 2016 Census shows
By Ali Schmitz Charleston’s population continues to decline. U.S. Census estimates for 2016 released Thursday show Charleston’s population has dipped to 49,138 — down almost 600 people from 2015’s...
View ArticleEx-police officer arrested for alleged telephone harassment
By Staff reports A former Charleston police officer was arrested Thursday after he allegedly harassed a family member on the phone this week. Shawn Williams was charged with making harassing phone...
View ArticlePHOTOS: Run for the Wall in WV
Hundreds of veterans, friends and family members made their annual stop at the West Virginia Veterans Memorial on the state Capitol grounds on Thursday morning, part of the annual Run for the Wall...
View ArticlePHOTO: Keeping Charleston clean
The Charleston Convention and Visitors Bureau led a cleanup event in the city Thursday. Jennifer Bauman, of Charleston, picked up litter at Haddad Riverfront Park on Kanawha Boulevard.
View ArticleCharleston man pleads guilty to meth charge
By Staff reports A Charleston man pleaded guilty Thursday to distributing methamphetamine, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of West Virginia....
View ArticleHold on suit against Charleston doctor could cause years of delays, judge told
By Kate White A lawyer said Thursday that if a Kanawha County judge agrees to put a hold on a lawsuit against a Charleston gastroenterologist accused of sexually assaulting female patients, while they...
View ArticlePHOTO: Ringin' 'Rosies'
"Rosies" Nora Jones, of South Charleston (left), and Emily Withers, of Grafton, ring bells Thursday during a ceremony honoring more than 20 women from West Virginia who worked during World War II at...
View ArticleTwo wounded in Charleston shooting
By Staff reports Two people were wounded in a shooting Thursday evening in Charleston, dispatchers said. Dispatchers at Kanawha County Metro 911 said they received a call about a shooting on Huron...
View ArticleKanawha shelter seeks fosters for cats, kittens
By Staff reports The Kanawha-Charleston Humane Association is in desperate need of foster families for cats after 20 cats were found in a Kanawha County home said to be in deplorable condition. Jessie...
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