Dunbar council interviews candidates for mayor
By Lori Kersey After a round of candidate interviews Tuesday night, the Dunbar City Council is closer to choosing a new mayor. During an open meeting, the city council Tuesday interviewed eight of the...
View ArticlePair pleads not guilty in Garrison Ave. murders
By By Lacie Pierson Staff reporter A man and a woman charged with murdering two other people pleaded not guilty to that and other charges in Kanawha County Circuit Court Wednesday morning. Bobby Gene...
View ArticleFormer Kanawha deputy resigning as Monroe County sheriff
By Giuseppe Sabella The Monroe County sheriff announced on Wednesday that he would soon resign, citing the need to support his family with a new opportunity. Sheriff Sean Crosier said in a news...
View ArticleKanawha ambulance authority hopes to expand clinic for employees
By Lori Kersey Kanawha County employees and their family members may soon be able to get medical care at a clinic in the county ambulance authority. The Kanawha County Ambulance Authority and the...
View ArticleEsquires to headline Nitro's Boomtown festival
By Staff reports The Esquires are among the acts slated for the centennial edition of Nitro's annual Boomtown Days festival next month. The rhythm-and-blues band, which has been playing music since...
View ArticleParks board signs off on Dunbar Shawnee lease agreement
By Lori Kersey The Kanawha County Parks and Recreation Commission on Wednesday signed off on a revision of a lease agreement it has with the city of Dunbar to operate Shawnee Park. The revised lease...
View ArticlePHOTOS: Road to Yeager Airport sees portion paved
The slipping southbound lane of Airport Road in Charleston has been repaired and was being paved Wednesday. The road, which serves Yeager Airport, was down to one lane for most of the summer.
View ArticleTrial in East End killing delayed until December
By By Lacie Pierson Staff writer The trial for a Charleston man charged with first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of a 15-year-old boy has been delayed. William Ronald Pulliam, 63, was to go to...
View ArticleKanawha, Putnam schools announce eclipse viewing policies
By Ryan Quinn Kanawha County public schools will be open Monday on a regular schedule, but will grant students excused absences if their parents or guardians pick them up before the partial solar...
View ArticleKanawha building commission approves bonds for Shawnee Park project
By Staff reports The Kanawha County Building Commission on Thursday unanimously approved a bond ordinance that will allow the redevelopment of Shawnee Park into a multi-sport complex. The action will...
View ArticleMost Kanawha parents unable to fill out first-day forms online
By Ryan Quinn Most Kanawha County parents aren't able to fill out the local public school system's annually required "first-day packet" forms online after all. Zack Hanshaw, the Kanawha school...
View ArticleDunbar interviews last mayoral applicant
By Staff reports The last of Dunbar's mayoral candidates told city council Thursday he hopes to improve the city's public perception if he's appointed. Dunbar City Council interviewed Rev. Lanny R....
View ArticlePinch Elementary air conditioning down in several classrooms
By Ryan Quinn Pinch Elementary's air conditioning system hasn't been fully functioning since the school year started Monday, the school's principal said. Betty Moore said six of her classrooms don't...
View ArticlePHOTOS: South Charleston Summerfest 2017
South Charleston's annual Summerfest rolls on this week at the Mound. The event features concerts, food, car shows and more. The Esquires performed Thursday evening at the Mound. It was the band's...
View ArticleMore than 1,200 student-issued iPads unaccounted for in Kanawha County
By Ryan Quinn Kanawha County's public school system has so far not recovered 1,269 of the 15,025 iPad tablet computers it has provided students over the past three school years, the county Board of...
View ArticleAs she turns 80, WV church organist keeps the music going
By Jennifer Gardner In her nearly 72 years as a charter member of her church, Shirley Lake has maybe missed a handful of services. "I'll give you 10, I may have missed 10 Sundays in my entire life,"...
View ArticlePHOTOS: A fence becomes a work of art
Charleston-based artist Jack O'Hearn is making the chain-link fence surrounding the parking lot at the Main Post Office into a work of art. Weaving slats of plastic between the links, he is creating a...
View ArticleThree injured in collision on Kanawha River
By Staff reports Three people were injured when a barge and a recreational boat collided Friday night on the Kanawha River near the University of Charleston. Kanawha Metro 911 dispatchers said it...
View ArticleMission trip brings South Charleston, Haitian families together
By Lori Kersey What Jacqui Ranson experienced during a 2013 mission trip to Haiti was life-changing, and not just for her family, but for a family she met there, too. "Everything that I felt had been...
View ArticleKanawha magistrate facing judicial misconduct charges
By Jake Zuckerman The Judicial Investigation Commission has accused a Kanawha County magistrate with 12 judicial conduct violations in a three-set, formal statement of charges. In a process similar to...
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