News Staff Former West Virginia Mountaineer and Laker great Jerry West says yesterday was one of the worst days of his life. West said losing NBA legend Kobe Bryant felt like he lost a son. West was the General Manager of the Lakers in 1996 when he traded Vlade Divac to the Charlotte Hornets in exchange for … Read more
Huntington will serve as a mentor site for law enforcement and first responders to help launch drug diversion programs like the Quick Response Team. The lessons learned in Huntington will be put into place in other communities across the country.
Hurricane residents voted in favor of continuing a levy to fund paving projects and police programs. The levy was first introduced more than 70-years ago, and provides the city with more than 400-thousand-dollars annually.
RISE West Virginia has completed three more home projects, bringing the total to over one-hundred-eleven projects completed. There are nearly 370-cases still active under RISE after the June 2016 flood.
A bill known as the Alex Miller Law has been introduced in the West Virginia Legislature. The bill would require an automated external defibrillator to be present at all high school and middle school athletic events. Miller died during a Roane County High School football game.
Boone County Deputies are looking for a thief who stole a purse out a car in a church parking lot. It happened Sunday morning at the Bloomingrose Church of Christ.
A former Wayne County teacher’s aid is charged with battery. Donna Davis is accused of slapping, pushing, and using clothespins to pinch a six-year-old special needs student at Kellogg Elementary.
A Huntington woman is under arrest for a shooting in a domestic incident that sent two people to the hospital. Twenty-six-year-old Brandy Hairston is charged with malicious wounding and wanton endangerment.
A suspect fleeing the scene of a domestic dispute in Cross Lanes hit a police cruiser and led police on a chase that ended with another crash in Sissonville. One person was injured, and the suspect is in custody.
A new football league is starting in February and former Marshall quarterback Chase Litton will play. Litton was traded Thursday from the XFL’s Seattle Dragons to the Tampa Bay Vipers after being nitially assigned to the Dragons as part of the second round of quarterback assignments for the league’s teams. Litton went undrafted in the … Read more