WVSU awarded $900,000 for research
By Staff reports West Virginia State University is set to receive nearly $900,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to fund two research projects that address food security, according to a news...
View ArticlePhotos: Health department machine grinds used needles for disposal
Employees at the Kanawha-Charleston Health Department in Charleston demonstrated their new Sterilis machine Monday at the Charleston office. The machine, which is about the size of an office copy...
View ArticleBulletin Board: July 11, 2017
St. Albans residents of Ward 2 are invited to attend the Neighborhood Watch meeting at 7 p.m. today at the First Presbyterian Church, at the corner of Kanawha Terrace and Pennsylvania Avenue in St....
View ArticleCooper to become Charleston police chief; Webster off to public works
By Ali Schmitz Charleston will have a new police chief by Labor Day. Lt. Steve Cooper, who has been the Charleston Police Department's chief of detectives for more than a dozen years, will take over...
View ArticleTrial begins for man accused of murder in 2015 West Side shooting
By Kayla Asbury Nearly a year after a juror prompted a mistrial, witnesses took the stand Tuesday in the trial of a Charleston man accused of shooting a Jackson County man in 2015 on the city's West...
View ArticleCharleston Town Center GM Tom Bird retiring in September
By Staff reports Charleston Town Center general manager Tom Bird announced he will retire on Sept. 29 following 17 years of heading the mall's operations, according to a news release. Forest City...
View ArticleCharleston Town Center's Gymboree, Crazy 8 stores closing
By Staff reports The Charleston Town Center's Gymboree and Crazy 8 locations will be closing, parent company The Gymboree Corporation announced Tuesday. Crazy 8 at the Meadowbrook Mall in Bridgeport...
View ArticleYeager Airport announces appointment of new police chief
By Giuseppe Sabella A veteran employee of the Charleston Police Department will soon take over as the chief of police at Yeager Airport. Capt. Eric Johnson will begin his duties at the airport on July...
View ArticleSt. Albans Dollar General to reopen after fire
By Staff reports A Dollar General store that caught on fire in St. Albans last month plans to reopen in September, a city official said. A fire broke out at the store on Pennsylvania Avenue June 18....
View ArticleFree day camp experience offered at Charleston scout service center
By Staff reports The Buckskin Council, Boy Scouts of America invites local boys and girls, ages 6 to 11, to participate in three evenings of fun and excitement from 5 to 8:15 p.m. Aug. 2-4 at the new...
View ArticleCharleston's Quarrier Diner abruptly closes amid unpaid bills
By Maria Young A hand-written chalkboard notice on the front of Charleston's historic Quarrier Diner reads: "Closed Today," and below that, an explanation: "Major Water + Sewer problems." The sign is...
View ArticlePHOTOS: A clean start
Workers prepare the Interstate 64-77 bridge over Greenbrier Street in Charleston for painting on Wednesday. Crews from Titan Industrial Services of Baltimore power washed the bridge and will paint the...
View ArticleTestimony continues in Charleston murder trial
By Kayla Asbury A man who said he stayed in the same jail pod as Tremaine Jackson testified Wednesday that Jackson spoke about killing a man. Daniel Holt said he was detained in South Central Regional...
View ArticleCharleston's EDGE Project moving forward
By Ali Schmitz Charleston's EDGE Project is steps away from officially calling the former site of the Dupont hotel home. The EDGE project, which stands for Early Dynamic Guided Engagement, focuses on...
View ArticleRoad work: July 13, 2017
West Virginia Paving will pave Eureka Road in Charleston, from U.S. 119 to the end, from 6:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. today:
View ArticleRand man sentenced to 30 years in shooting death
By Kayla Asbury Through tears, Lisa Ratliff said in court Thursday that her uncle, Keith Wade Jones, was like a father figure to her. But, she said, that was before he shot and killed her boyfriend...
View ArticleJackson testifies, jury begins deliberations in West Side murder case
By Kayla Asbury After Tremaine Jackson took the stand in own his defense Thursday, attorneys made closing arguments and the jury began deliberations in the case surrounding the shooting death of a...
View ArticlePHOTO: Hot day at the office
As temperatures climbed Wednesday in Charleston, Misty Marks and her husband, Josh, worked on sprucing up the former Sam's Discount Used Cars store on MacCorkle Avenue in Kanawha City.
View ArticlePHOTOS: All hands on deck
Workers poured concrete for the deck of the new bridge into Elkview's Crossings Mall on Thursday. The span is replacing a culvert bridge that was washed away by the historic and deadly June 2016...
View ArticleRoad Work: July 14, 2017
West Virginia Paving will mill Morningside Drive in Charleston, from Connell to end, from 6:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. today.
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