News Staff Flooding has been a longtime problem at several underpasses in Huntington and several projects are planned to try to fix the issue. The Eighth Street Underpass in Huntington will be closed about a month while crews do work to help reduce the risk of flooding. WCHS TV reported that the sewer and stormwater drains are … Read more
A new community center wing has been named in honor of a Charleston leader. Robert Edward Easley Sr. is the first African American community police officer in the city of Charleston, and is known for his work with children both in and out of the uniform. Robert Edward Easley Sr. was known as the ‘Father … Read more
The West Virginia Department of Homeland Security confirms an inmate died Monday at the South Central Regional Jail. 39-year old James Miller was found unresponsive in his bunk about 5:30 a.m. Monday. Lawrence Messina, communications director for the Department of Homeland Security said staff immediately provided medical assistance and EMS arrived within minutes. Miller was … Read more
Kanawha County deputies said a man was charged after spike strips flattened a tire on the van he was fleeing in and a K-9 tracked down the suspect hiding in a pile of leaves and brush. Richard Walker of Charleston was taken into custody Wednesday morning after a routine patrol by a deputy in Loudendale … Read more
Five radio towers in Kanawha County will be upgraded and replaced as part of a more than $1.1 million project to improve critical emergency communications systems. A bid to repair and replace radio towers spanning over three sites was approved Wedesday, according to the Kanawha County Commission. Under the project, radio towers at Clendenin will … Read more
State officials said construction is progressing on a $5 million, 9,500-square-foot wildlife education center near Alum Creek in Kanawha County. The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources said in late February the Claudia L. Workman Wildlife Education Center is expected to open to the public later this summer. The center will feature a 1,500-gallon tank … Read more
The state Senate is introducing a bill to make the pepperoni roll the official state food of West Virginia. It was first created by a baker in Fairmont around 1927 as a simple lunch for Italian immigrants who worked in the coal mines. The measure has already passed in the House.
Eleven more people have died from COVID-19, raising West Virginia’s death toll to over 27-hundred. There are almost two-hundred-eighty new cases of the virus, and more than two-hundred-fifty people are in the hospital.
Little Victories Animal Rescue Shelter is in crisis mode after someone dumped a crate of more than forty cats and kittens just down the road from the shelter. The shelter is full and has no place to keep the cats. Some of the kittens at the bottom of the pile were just hours old.
The West Virginia Senate is delaying the third reading of a bill to repeal the state income tax. Senators need more time to work on amendments to the bill. A vote is expected today.