News Staff Charleston Mayor Amy Goodwin says the City’s firefighters haven’t received the correct holiday pay since 2012. The City reached an over one-and-a-half-million-dollar agreement with the Charleston Professional Firefighters union for back wages. Charleston City Council will vote on the agreement next week.
Cabell County Democratic Delegate Sean Hornbuckle missed the start of the legislative session for a good reason. He’s recovering from surgery after donating a kidney to his sister. She is doing well, and Hornbuckle plans to be back to work later this week.
Ten businesses in Putnam County have been cited for selling alcohol to underage customers. The West Virginia Alcohol Beverage Control Administration and Putnam County Sheriff’s Office conducted compliance checks at over 50 establishments last weekend.
A jury found 35-year-old Christopher Goodwin guilty of murder in the 2018 beating death of another man. Goodwin was convicted of hitting Jonathan Brown in the head with a large metal pipe at a home in Quinland. Sentencing is set for March.
Police are investigating after a woman was found in her bedroom with a gunshot wound in the Wheelersburg area. Thirty-two-year-old Sarina Palacios was flown to St. Mary’s Medical Center in critical condition. A person of interest is in custody.
Bartenders or sales clerks at 10 Putnam County establishments were cited for making underage alcohol sales. The West Virginia Alcohol Beverage Control Administration and Putnam County Sheriff’s Office conducted compliance checks Saturday, Jan. 11. The sheriff’s office said out of 52 establishments, 10 of them sold to someone underage. Businesses visited during the compliance checks … Read more
State Natural Resources Police are warning hunters not to track deer from the sky. A hunter was cited in late November for attempting to use a drone to find deer in the Coopers Rock State Forest area of Monongalia County, according to a Facebook post from Natural Resources Police. Two Natural Resources Police officers were … Read more
Firefighters and Charleston Mayor Amy Goodwin have a new agreement. On Monday, Mayor Goodwin announced a $1.7 million agreement between the city of Charleston and the Charleston Professional Firefighters Local 317 union. She said the city’s firefighters have not been paid correctly for holidays since 2012 after the city council approved a change. Mayor Goodwin … Read more
A West Virginia delegate had a good excuse for missing the recent start of the legislation session, he was recuperating from surgery after donating a kidney to his sister. Cabell County Democrat Sean Hornbuckle told The Herald-Dispatch that he planned to return to Charleston this week. Hornbuckle was told by doctors to stay in bed … Read more
The Huntington Cabell-Wayne Animal Shelter needs donations to cover the medical costs of a dog that was found next to a dumpster starving to death. The eight-year-old dog is showing signs of improvement, but will need to be hospitalized until she is stronger.