News Staff The Juneteenth Celebration celebrates the ending of slavery, and will be observed with special performances at Charleston Municipal Auditorium. Organizers have performances planned the evening of June 18th and tickets go on sale to the general public Friday.
A man charged with first-degree murder in Charleston told emergency dispatchers that he was in a physical altercation with his fiancée and stabbed her in the neck. Michael Fleming Jr. of Charleston was charged with first-degree murder after the fatal stabbing of Virginia Bradford Wednesday morning at a home on Sunset Drive. Bradford died from … Read more
A Williamson man faces a string of charges after police say he fired multiple shots, including at officers, in a neighborhood Wednesday morning. Williamson police, along with Mingo County deputies and state police, arrested Andrew Hicks after neighbors in the West End area heard several gunshots. When officers arrived they said Hicks shot at them. … Read more
The “Charleston Roots” program is reviewing more than sixty applications from people in eighteen states that want to come back home to Charleston and work remotely. The initiative includes five-thousand-dollars, mentorship and networking opportunities, and local lifestyle experiences and memberships.
Students at Ashton Elementary school are trying to break a world record by collecting eight-thousand new stuffed animals. They’ll donate them to kids in hospitals and to police officers who work with children. If you’d like to help, the school is accepting donations until November.
A federal judge is denying a bond request from West Virginia sandwich shop owner George Tanios in connection to the January 6th riots at the U.S. Capitol. He’s accused of assaulting three officers with pepper spray. He could face up to 20 years in prison.
A new report by the Office of Inspector General for Veterans Affairs says that May bears ultimate responsibility for the murders, but the VA missed opportunities at several junctures that might have allowed for earlier detection of her actions, or averted them all together.
Judge Thomas Kleeh called Reta Mays a monster, and sentenced her to seven consecutive life sentences, plus an additional 20 years. Mays is a former nursing assistant who admitted giving fatal insulin injections to seven vets at the Clarksburg VA Medical Center.
Police are looking for a suspect who stole a pickup off the dealer’s lot in Nitro. They got away with a 2016 dark gray Dodge Ram 1500. The stolen truck has dealer tags and is lifted with black rims. Contact State Police if you have any information.
Morgantown police are investigating after a WVU student died from a fall. He was found on the sidewalk near an off-campus apartment complex on Baird Street. There is no indication of foul play.