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Huntington police are investigating a stabbing in the city’s west end. The victim’s injuries are not life threatening. Police are looking at surveillance video to identify a suspect.

A Branchland man is wanted for threatening to shoot a Wayne County magistrate. Forty-two-year-old Denny Adkins is accused of making terrorist threats. Adkins is wanted on unrelated charges of strangulation and domestic battery.

Lucas King of Burnsville caught a new state record musky fish. The Division of Natural Resources said King was fishing on the Little Kanawha River in the tailwater section of the Burnsville Dam in Braxton County last Saturday when he caught musky with 6-inch glide bait. The record-setting fish was over 55 inches long and … Read more

The Kanawha County Commission will host its first free spring countywide cleanup event Saturday in South Charleston. The cleanup event will allow you to get rid of unwanted appliances or possessions as you do your spring cleaning. The cleanup location will be at the intersection of C Street and 4th Avenue from 8 a.m. to … Read more

The West Virginia Construction and Design Expo has been underway this week at the Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center. Infrastructure is a primary focus this year, with more than $7 billion in government money on its way to West Virginia. As a result, many projects are in the works, including the up-and-coming Nucor facility in … Read more

A school superintendent said skyrocketing construction costs will add at least six months to the timeline for Richwood schools to be replaced. The schools were destroyed by the 2016 floods, and construction bids have sent the six-year-long school replacement project back to the drawing board. WCHS TV said portions of the plans to build a … Read more

Stacker compiled a list of the best colleges in West Virginia using rankings from Niche. The highest-ranking school in the state is West Virginia University in Morgantown, with an acceptance rate of 84 percent and a price tag of $12,000 per year. The University of Charleston is in second place with a 50 percent acceptance … Read more

Montgomery police said a man who was wanted in connection with a shooting earlier this month was arrested Wednesday. Police said Rayshawn Payne of Montgomery faces charges stemming from a March 14 shooting on Fourth Avenue. A man was found in the street with gunshot wounds to the stomach and hip. The criminal complaint said … Read more

A new early voting site on the West Side of Charleston got the approval it needed Thursday at the Kanawha County Commission meeting. The early voting site is set to be at the Girl Scouts of Black Diamond Council building on Charleston’s West Side. Commissioners consulted with four lawyers, all of whom said the commission … Read more

A man who was shot by police in Charleston after he allegedly lunged at officers while holding two knives was set to plead guilty to several charges Thursday but the deal fell apart during the hearing after he claimed he did not assault police. Denaul Dickerson had signed plea agreement paperwork two days ago with … Read more