News Staff Three family members recently indicted on murder and other charges for the apparent starvation death of a teenage girl in Boone County pleaded not guilty to all charges during an arraignment hearing Friday. Julie Miller, the girl’s mother, along with Donna and Jerry Stone, the girl’s grandparents, were indicted last month stemming from the death … Read more
Since the West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission reclassified several schools last August, many students, faculty and fans have spoken out against the commission’s decision. Sissonville High School principal Gene Smith said to Eyewitness News that the combination of the new classification model and the transfer rule has been devastating to their program. Sissonville was … Read more
A blaze shut down a road in Saint Albans Friday night as firefighters attempted to put out a fire. Reports came in about 10:15 p.m. of a fire at Crawford Field, home of the Saint Albans High School football team who had just wrapped up their game against Lincoln County. The ticket booth suffered heavy … Read more
Drivers in eastern Kentucky have been waiting for nearly 12 years for the work on the widening of the Mountain Parkway to be completed. Now with a federal grant of more than $116,000,000, the project is on the road to being finished. Gov. Andy Beshear said a $150 million federal grant speeding up the process. … Read more
The New River Gorge National Park draws in visitors year round but the annual Bridge Day is when thousands pour in to witness BASE jumpers take the leap off the New River Gorge Bridge. Eyewitness News said Bridge Day’s 45th anniversary on Saturday saw jumpers from far and wide line up to leap off the … Read more
Tiffany May Freeman, 30, has been charged with malicious wounding according to criminal complaint filled in Kanawha County Magistrate Court. Freeman stabbed the victim in the leg with a steak knife. Mays admitted to the offense and is being held at South Central Regional Jail with a cash-only bail of $50,000
Plans for some major bridge improvements were unveiled at a public meeting on Thursday as West Virginia ranks ninth nationally in the number of structurally deficient bridges. On Thursday, concrete spalling on the Fort Hill Bridge carrying Interstate 64 over the Kanawha River in Charleston revealed an exposed rebar in the center lane which caused … Read more
The family of West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice announced Tuesday its debt to Beltway Capital has been paid in full and that an auction of the Greenbrier Resort scheduled for Oct. 25 has been canceled. Ownership has satisfied all obligations owed to Beltway Capital following a previously announced settlement between the two parties, according to … Read more
Detectives in Kanawha County are investigating crimes that may be attributed to a man apprehended by the U.S. Marshal Fugitive Taskforce. Leo Antonio Smith Jr., 21, was taken into custody last week after a Kanawha County Circuit Court judge issued an arrest warrant, according to a news release from the sheriff’s office. The news release … Read more
The West Virginia First Foundation has now stepped-up efforts to get opioid settlement money into the community after Spotlight on America found the state was lagging behind other states.The foundation just completed phase one of its first application process for grants which is going through an expedited review process.The executive director said that they got … Read more