News Staff A missing Bridgeport baby, who was kidnapped by her mother, has been found safe in New York. Thirty-five-year-old Adrienne Marean was found hiding with the baby in Western New York where she has connections. She’s facing kidnapping charges.
Earlier this week, authorities in Meigs County found the tires of several police cruisers slashed, and received reports from several residents that their tires had also been slashed. Twenty-year-old Keith Wright was arrested on a warrant for assaulting a peace officer, and while he was being questioned, confessed to slashing the tires.
A Williamstown man is under arrest for killing his aunt at her home in Delbarton. Twenty-seven-year-old Chase Prater is facing first-degree murder charges.
A man is accused of being a menace on Garrison Avenue, and is pleading guilty to breaking into a home. Twenty-six-year-old Michael White is also accused of vandalizing the memorial for fallen officer Cassie Johnson. White has been booked at the South Central Regional Jail at least a dozen times.
A Clay County man is under arrest for threatening to punch and shoot Child Protective Services workers. During a drug screening by a state probation officer, James McCune made a statement about shooting CPS workers, and a week later during a psychological exam, he told a doctor that he wanted to grab CPS workers and … Read more
A Huntington man has been found guilty of second degree murder. Surveillance video, from the Huntington Mart on Hal Greer Boulevard, shows Antwon Starkey walking up to Kafredrick McEachin and shooting him to death. Starkey faces up to forty-years in prison.
A Clay County man has been charged after investigators said he admitted to shooting his mother and then setting her vehicle on fire. Johnny Dale Rogers II is accused of killing his mother, Darlene Faye Jackson, and then pushing her vehicle over an embankment before setting it on fire Wednesday, according to a criminal complaint … Read more
A childhood favorite is building a comeback this summer. The BrickUniverse LEGO Fan Festival has been scheduled for July 16 and 17 at the Charleston Coliseum. NASA-themed spaceships will be part of this year’s event, along with brick superheroes and villians, and 50 world landmarks made with LEGO blocks. https://www.brickuniverse.com/westvirginia
Firefighters said the driver of bucket truck was flown to the hospital after a rollover crash Tuesday in Roane County. The crash occurred about 4 p.m. on Interstate 79 North in Wallback at the 35-mile marker, according to information posted on the Newton Volunteer Fire Department’s Facebook page. The commercial truck rolled several times before … Read more
On July 16, West Virginians experiencing a suicidal crisis or mental health-related distress will be able to call a new three-digit number – 988. The three-digit dialing code for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline will replace the current phone number of 1-800-273-8255, according to a news release from the state Department of Health and Human … Read more