News Staff The suspect in a shooting at Kulture Hookah Bar during a New Year’s Eve party is facing a federal indictment. Thirty-year-old Kymonie Davis is charged with malicious wounding and wanton endangerment, and a felon in possession of ammunition. Seven people were shot and injured at the Huntington bar.
The Kanawha County School Board has a new superintendent. Dr. Tom Williams will take over are current superintendent, Dr. Ron Duerring, retires in June. Williams has been deputy superintendent for six years.
A possibly stolen West Virginia State Police vehicle was recovered Wednesday morning in the Campbells Creek area. Kanawha County deputies got a tip about its location and found the Humvee in the garage of an abandoned house along Clover Drive. The investigation has been handed back over to troopers who are working to determine if … Read more
Families in Lincoln County are looking for answers after what they are calling a string of bullying incidents. At Tuesday’s School Board meeting, parents pleaded for the school board’s help to put an end to bullying. WCHS TV reported most guardians agreed bullying is an ongoing issue throughout the school system and kids don’t feel … Read more
A health director in Cabell County says new data shows the spread of HIV is slowing following an outbreak of the disease over the past year. The Herald-Dispatch reports the Cabell-Huntington Health Department Medical Director said that from October to January only two new HIV cases were documented in Cabell. That is down compared to … Read more
After much debate, the West Virginia House of Delegates has rejected a bill to set a school calendar in the state. House members shot down the measure 50-47. It called for the first day of the school year to start no earlier than Sept. 1 and no later than June. 7. In West Virginia, 54 … Read more
The Kanawha Charleston Health Department is offering free flu vaccines this week during normal clinic hours from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. West Virginia has reported widespread flu activity for over a month. The CDC recommends anyone six-months and older should get a flu shot every year.
West Virginia University is expanding its College of Law, Business College, and extension services to downtown Charleston. WVU is leasing two floors in the Equities House, near the South Side Bridge, and will open this month.
There will be more lane closures this week on the Eugene A. Carter Bridge on I-64. Crews are working on the bridge deck and will shut down the eastbound slow lane from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. through Friday. The other two lanes will be shut down over the weekend.
Governor Jim Justice joined Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. to urge unhappy people in Virginia counties to secede and join West Virginia where Democrats aren’t in charge. The invitation is part of a backlash against Virginia’s Democratic leadership’s push for gun control.