News Staff Marshall University President Jerome Gilbert is taking the three hate filled graffiti incidents on campus very seriously. The graffiti was found in restrooms on campus this week, and one incident happened last month. The university’s police department is investigating, and if a student or employee is responsible, they face expulsion or dismissal.
Charleston Mayor Amy Goodwin wrapped up her first U.S Conference of Mayors meetings in Washington D.C. Goodwin says the things she learned at the conference will help her solve challenges in Charleston. More than 14-hundred mayors from across the country were in attendance.
A former Mineral County chief deputy circuit court clerk is accused of embezzling money from office accounts. Gary Feaster is accused of stealing as much as 87-thousand-dollars over a three year period. Prosecutors say he used the money to fuel his alcohol and gambling problems.
The West Virginia House of Delegates approved a measure that makes it a crime to give someone a drug that results in their death. The proposal carries a felony penalty of up to three years in prison. The must be found t be acting with reckless disregard for the health of others.
An attorney representing the families of patients who died under suspicious circumstances at the Clarksburg VA Hospital says there is a seventh death with similarities to at least six other suspicious deaths at the hospital. An 89-year-old man was admitting to the ICU in January 2018. After showing signs of improvement he suffered a severe … Read more
The Avett Brothers will make a tour stop in Charleston this summer. The band will perform June 5th at the Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center. Tickets go on sale at the end of January.
The South Charleston Memorial Ice Arena will be closed for more than a month. The evaporation and heat exchanger needs to be replaced, at an expense of 250-thousand-dollars. South Charleston Mayor Frank Mullens says, if all goes well, the ice arena will re-open in March.
A man and woman are recovering from gunshot wounds at St. Mary’s Medical Center. They were shot in a domestic dispute in Guyandotte. The shooter, Brandy Hairston, is charged with malicious wounding and wanton endangerment.
An armored car employee was hurt when he was making a drop off at a Big Lots store in Prestonburg when he accidentally shot himself in the parking lot. The gun got lodged and accidentally discharged, hitting him in the stomach. He was flown to a West Virginia trauma center where he’s in stable condition.
A Charleston attorney, wanted on felony charges since 2016, is under arrest in Nicaragua. Bill Lester is accused of overcharging the state thousands of dollars for work that was never done. He billed state over 600-thousand-dollars over a two year period while he was working as a court appointed criminal lawyer.