News Staff Five fire departments were on the scene of a fire at an abandoned apartment building in Jefferson. The building on MacCorkle Avenue was destroyed in the blaze. No one was hurt. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
The state Senate rejected a bill to cut state funding for greyhound racing. The bill would have ended 17-million-dollars in subsidies that benefit dog racing breeders and handlers. A WVU study found that greyhound racing generates 17-hundred jobs, and legislators say the Wheeling area can’t afford the job loss.
The City of Charleston Community Relations Coordinator, Alexandra Gallo, has resigned. She was arrested last November for forcing her way into her Grandmother’s home to retrieve her child. Gallo pleaded guilty to battery, public intoxication and trespassing. The city has not made a decision if a replacement will be hired.
One person was killed in a head-on collision with a Wood County School bus on Route 47 near WVU-Parkersburg. The person who died was in the other car. One child on the bus was treated for a minor injury.
Sanitation workers in West Portsmouth found a box that appeared to contain an explosives device. The bomb squad determined it was a military grade incendiary device and disposed of it at the secure facility.
A Nitro man is accused of firing shots from an AK-47 at a business and at his apartment. Thirty-year-old Gregory Blaylock is charged with wanton endangerment. No one was hurt. Blaylock suffers from PTSD and told officer people were following him, so he fired at them.
A South Charleston bank teller is accused of embezzling over 200-thousand-dollars from the Pioneer West Virginia Federal Credit Union. Dianne Richardson worked as a vault manager and falsified records to conceal cash shortages over a six year period.
The Morgantown City Council approved an ordinance this week that lowers the penalty for possession of marijuana to a misdemeanor with a $15 fine. The West Virginia American Civil Liberties Union called it a historic decision. Morgantown police would have the discretion to charge an individual under the new ordinance or to charge them under … Read more
A summer league 5-on-5 basketball tournament that is made up of former college stars will be played in West Virginia. The Basketball Tournament, or TBT, announced Charleston will be one of the eight regional locations for the 2020 season and the tournament will take place July 24-26 at the Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center. Both … Read more
Kanawha County prosecutors said a woman accused of leaving her 3-month-old baby inside a hot car at the Walmart at Southridge Centre pleaded guilty to charges Tuesday. Monica Keaton was sentenced to two years of probation and if she does not violate the probation terms, the felony will be dismissed and the misdemeanor will remain. … Read more