FAA grants Yeager Airport $13.5M for safety zone repairs
By Rick Steelhammer Charleston's Yeager Airport will receive a $13.5 million grant from the Federal Aviation Administration to rebuild the safety overrun area that collapsed in a landslide on March...
View ArticlePHOTO: Sinkhole slows traffic in Sissonville
A sinkhole opening closed one lane of Big Tyler Road in Sissonville on Wednesday. Crews worked to repair the damaged road Wednesday.
View ArticleDUI checkpoint: Sept. 7, 2017
State Police will conduct a sobriety checkpoint from 6 p.m. to midnight today on Sissonville Drive in front of Sissonville High School.
View ArticleNo arrests after swastika vandalism in Kanawha City
By Giuseppe Sabella Police have yet to identify a man who spray-painted swastikas and racist messages in a Kanawha City neighborhood nearly three weeks ago. At about 4 a.m. on Aug. 19, someone...
View ArticleDefault expected as Charleston Town Center's loan comes due
By Ali Schmitz A multimillion-dollar loan taken out by owners of the Charleston Town Center mall is expected to immediately default when it matures today. A mall representative said the default will...
View ArticleMucklow to vacate New Beginnings treatment center in Cross Lanes
By Giuseppe Sabella The owner of New Beginnings Drug Treatment Center agreed Thursday to vacate his inpatient facility in Cross Lanes. William Mucklow owed the building owners, Jonathan and Blessing...
View ArticleNew Charleston agency to head EDGE Program, aiming to draw young talent
By Ali Schmitz Charleston's new city agency, created to help manage a program dedicated to young adults to the city, could expand to include other projects, city officials say. Last week, City Council...
View ArticleOn File: Sept. 10, 2017
The following people filed for marriage licenses in Kanawha County between Aug. 31 and Sept. 8, 2017: Doy Thomas Nichols, 35, and Cassie Dawn Starcher, 35, both of Sissonville. Lewis Coleman Prouse,...
View ArticlePlans in the works for youth development program at Shawnee complex
By Lori Kersey When Leah Barker first contacted a Kanawha County commissioner with a comment about the Shawnee Park multi-sport complex, she didn't realize she would end up volunteering to lead a...
View ArticleInnerviews: Fantasy fanatic opens multifaceted facility in East End
By Sandy Wells He made a national name for himself creating creatures on Syfy's "Face Off" special effects reality show. He was a media and special effects teacher at Capital High School then, a...
View ArticleThree 'shots fired' calls reported in Charleston over three days
By Staff reports Charleston police responded to three gunshot complaints in Charleston between late Saturday night and early Monday morning. About 50 shots were fired in total. No injuries were...
View ArticlePortion of Loudon Heights Road to be closed for several weeks
Some drivers in the South Hills neighborhood of Charleston will have to find a new way into downtown for the next several weeks. Loudon Heights Road will be closed from the foot of the South Side...
View ArticleWVSU plans to freeze tuition in 2018 for students in loyalty program
By Jake Jarvis Starting next fall, West Virginia State University plans to freeze the cost of tuition for a portion of its student body. Students who participate in the school's Yellow Jacket...
View ArticleWV leaders credit teamwork with bringing home Yeager rebuilding funds
By Rick Steelhammer With a low, rocky embankment marking the end of Yeager Airport's collapsed safety overrun area serving as a backdrop, members of the Charleston airport's governing board convened a...
View ArticleBB&T to lay off 56 at Charleston processing service center
By Max Garland BB&T is cutting 56 people's jobs at its processing service center in Charleston, the financial services company announced Tuesday. Each associate has been provided a 60-day notice,...
View ArticlePhoto: Loudon Heights Road closed for weeks
Some drivers in the South Hills neighborhood of Charleston will have to find a new way into downtown for the next several weeks. Loudon Heights Road will be closed from the foot of the South Side...
View ArticlePhotos: West Side project unveiled at Charleston school
A project nearly a year and a half in the making was unveiled Tuesday at an elementary school on Charleston's West Side. Lauri Andress, an assistant professor at the West Virginia University School of...
View ArticleEx-Kanawha officer pleads guilty to accepting $4,000 in bribes
By Lacie Pierson A former Kanawha County home confinement officer admitted this week that he took $4,000 in cash in exchange for not reporting that a man under his supervision had violated his home...
View ArticleForks of Coal 'field day' set for Sept. 23
Outdoor and nature enthusiasts will have a field day Sept. 23 at the Forks of Coal State Nature Area near Alum Creek. Visitors to the "Field Day at the Forks of Coal" will feature three separate...
View ArticleWest Side pursuit leads to arrest, discovery of $18,000
By Staff reports A pursuit on Tuesday morning led to the discovery of guns, drugs and money in Charleston. Cpl. A.J. Miller barely avoided a car as it drove past a stop sign near Mary C. Snow West...
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