News Staff A Charleston City Council committee is advancing a bill that prevents city elected officials, Mayor’s Office employees, department heads, their family members and the businesses, from accepting city grant money without first getting an advisory opinion from the West Virginia Ethics Commission. It now goes to the full council for a vote.
A wallaby, seen hopping around a St. Albans neighborhood, has made its way home. His owner says he got out by escaping through a broken basement door. A neighbor was able to capture the animal and return him.
A St. Albans man will spend five-years in prison for distributing methamphetamine. Police stopped him for riding a dirt bike on a city street and found a loaded gun and nearly 240 grams of meth.
Police are looking for a man and a woman who stole a wallet at the Cross Lanes Cracker Barrel. A woman felt an arm brush up against her, and later realized her wallet was missing. The victim’s credit card was later used at Best Buy and Lowes.
Authorities have identified a body found by kayakers along the Hocking River near Nelsonville. Thirty-nine-year-old Derek Johnson was found close to the Hocking and Athens County Line. He was reported missing in January. The Medical Examiner’s Office is still investigating his cause of death.
Police are still looking for a woman who broke into Diversified Oil and Gas on Koala Lane in Elkview and stole two trucks. Investigators have identified a man who was involved in the incident, but he hasn’t been charged.
A three-year-old boy is dead following a shooting in Meigs County. The boy got a hold of a gun and accidentally shot himself in the chest. The sheriff says it’s too early in the investigation to know if any charges will be filed.
A man is dead and his wife was hurt in an officer-involved shooting in Doddridge County. Seventy-four-year-old Gary McMilian had a history of confronting neighbors with a gun. When officers arrived to serve a warrant, he was armed, drew his piston and opened fire on the deputies. The officers returned fire, killing McMilian. His wife … Read more
It is cold, with temperatures about twenty-degrees below normal today. Light rain on and off, and maybe some snow mixed in. We will struggle to get into the 40s this afternoon.
A 16-year-old student at Lincoln County High School was charged this week after police said he was found in possession of a gun and knife. Hamlin Police Captain Lee Preece is also the school’s prevention resource officer, and said the gun was found in the student’s backpack and the knife was in his pocket. The … Read more