News Staff An investigation of conditions at a West Virginia jail has found no evidence of inhumane treatment of inmates. Gov. Jim Justice ordered the investigation last month after allegations of water deprivation, failure to provide toilet paper, and inmates having to sleep on hard floors without a mattress at the Southern Regional Jail in Beaver. The … Read more
The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection is seeking public comment on its draft water monitoring and assessment report. The report includes a list of impaired stream and lake assessments. An impaired water is a body that fails to meet state quality standards and can’t support at least one designated use, the agency said. The … Read more
A Charleston man accused of injuring a 3-year-old girl and killing a woman last year pleaded guilty to second-degree murder by use of a handgun on Friday. Dorian Clark also pleaded guilty to being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm for the April 2021 shooting that killed Chastanay Joseph. Joseph’s daughter was injured … Read more
The Charleston Convention and Visitors Center ballroom hosted a Dancing with the Stars event for charity on Friday night. Local celebrities helped raise more than $80,000 for the United Way of Central West Virginia, according to event organizers. Eyewitness News was represented by chief meteorologist Doug Harlow who paired with Samantha Carney, the director of … Read more
Charleston police are searching for a man who stole a car from a Charleston gas station on Saturday that had a child inside. The suspect eventually let the 6-year-old girl out of the car after she screamed and kicked the seat wanting out. The car that was stolen is a red 2014 Kia Optima with … Read more
West Virginia State Parks officials announced that the adventure lakes at Pipestem Resort and Tygart Lake state parks will open on May 20. In addition to swimming and water skiiing, Pipestem Resort has added a miniature golf course and Tygart Lake has added kayaking. The adventure lakes are new additions made possible by a partnership … Read more
COVID cases are ticking up. West Virginia health officials are reporting more than eighty new cases, and almost nine-hundred active cases. A 76-year-old woman in Raleigh County has died. Less than one-hundred patients are in the hospital.
A candidate for state senate is being sued less than two weeks before the election. The lawsuit seeks to boot Republican candidate Andrea Kiessling off the ballot because she doesn’t meet the state citizenship requirement. The state requires that a candidate must reside in West Virginia for five-years prior to filing for office. Kiessling says … Read more
The remains of a South Point man, who has been missing for two years, were found in Johnson County Kentucky. Ricky Boyd was last seen in May of 2020. He was living in Huntington when he disappeared. An investigation is ongoing.
The West Virginia State Fire Marshal is looking for an arsonist who set fire to an office building at the Paul White Chevrolet Dealership. Investigators say the fire was intentionally set and gutted most of the building. A person was seen on the front porch of the office just before the fire started.