News Staff A report of shots fired in the 2200 block of Ninth Avenue of Huntington Saturday afternoon led to police and SWAT to work for more than two hours to apprehend a suspect. Two people were involved, according to Chief Deputy Phil Watkins, who said a vehicle fled from the scene before law enforcement arrived and … Read more
Friends and neighbors in Mason are continuing their search for a missing woman. 35-year old Grace Smith disappeared Feb. 23. Smith’s family and others have searched both her abandoned car and parts of the sprawling public hunting area where it was found, but Smith has not contacted the family and has not been located. The … Read more
Gov. Jim Justice has appointed Brett W. McMillion as director of the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources. He follows Steve McDaniel, who announced earlier this year he was retiring and switching to a senior adviser role. McMillion is a native of Nettie and graduate of West Virginia University with a degree in parks and … Read more
For the first time since 2013 the Capital High School girls basketball team is going to the state basketball tournament. Capital has the #5 seed and will take on #4 Cabell Midland Thursday at 9 pm. Sissonville, Logan, Nitro, and Charleston Catholic also made the state tournament, which will be held Tuesday, March 8 through … Read more
A young girl was hospitalized after a car crash sent a vehicle into a West Hamlin convenience store Saturday afternoon. The West Hamlin Fire Department reported an SUV rear-ended another vehicle, sending it through the exterior of Pam’s Carryout on Route 3. Multiple injuries were reported by Chief Deputy Derik Kimberling, including a 9-year-old girl … Read more
The Mountaineers will wrap up their regulars season this afternoon against TCU. Tip off is at two o’clock…Marshall is in Bowling Green to take on Western Kentucky at 3 p.m.
Potholes are being filled on MacCorkle Avenue in Kanawha City. The DOH says it is not a permanent fix. A streetscape project will pave MacCorkle from 33rd to 56th streets this summer. The goal is to fill the potholes by the end of May.
State Parks Deputy Chief Brett McMillion is Governor Justice’s pick to lead the Division of Natural Resources. McMillion has been with the state parks for twenty-five-years and replaces former DNR Director Steve McDaniel, who has agreed to stay on as a senior advisor.
A West Virginia man and a North Carolina man will spend six-years in prison for wire frauds. They’re accused of stealing over four-million-dollars in a truck warranty fraud scheme. Forty-six-year-old James Pinson of Wayne County owned a used car dealership in Kentucky.
A Dunbar man will spend two years on federal probation and pay more than seventy-thousand-dollars in restitution for defrauding a Kanawha County nonprofit out of 130-thousand-dollars. Seventy-three-year-old Walter Greenhow used the organization’s debit card to get cash to use at roadside gaming parlors.