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The state Alcohol Beverage Control Administration is reminding retailers and residents that liquor sales are not allowed on Easter Sunday. Restaurants and bars can sell beer and wine.

The state’s trial against several opioid manufacturers will continue into its third week after a brief pause. All parties were believed to be discussing a possible settlement agreement when the court abruptly adjourned for five hours on Thursday. However, the judge called the court to order on Friday, and it was business as usual. The … Read more

Marshall University wants to know which field turf design you like. The old turf at Joan C. Edwards Stadium is being replaced, with new turf that will include the logo for the Sun Belt Conference on the 25-yard line. There are three different options with a black, green or grey colored end zone. You can … Read more

Good news for the St. Albans Little Dragons football team…Kanawha County Commissioners voted to cover the cost of the team’s equipment that was stolen from a storage building at McKinley Middle School. The Little Dragons will get almost eight-thousand-dollars to buy new equipment. Police are still looking for the thieves.

A Wood County jury found nineteen-year-old Madison Wine guilty of killing her adoptive parents. She set fire to the home of Robert and Charlotte Taylor while they were sleeping in 2019. The defense argued that Wine was the product of a difficult upbringing, and she snapped on the day she used gasoline to set the … Read more

Deputies in Mingo County are looking for the person who threw needles out of the passenger window of a moving pickup in Kermit. Police are looking for a white Chevy crew cab.

One person was hurt when a vehicle crashed into an auto body shop in Huntington. The driver lost control and crashed into the building, damaging a wall and a garage door. No one inside was hurt. A person in the car was taken to the hospital.

A driver led police on a pursuit in Kanawha County. Officers tried to make a traffic stop in Belle, but the driver refused to pull over. The chase ended in a crash in Shrewsbury, and the suspect resisted arrest. Officers used a taser to take the driver into custody.

Two people are under arrest after a toddler accidentally overdosed on heroin in Raleigh County. Deputies arrived within two minutes and administered Nalaxone. The child is recovering in a local hospital. A man and woman are facing child neglect charges.

A former U.S. Postal Service employee who worked at an office in Logan County pleaded guilty this week to misappropriation of postal funds. Federal prosecutors said 31-year old Brittany Ellis of Blair worked at the Blair Post Office and admitted to taking more than $4,800 in proceeds from the sale of money orders. The U.S. … Read more