News Staff Some students at Huntington High School held a walkout Wednesday morning after some parents and students last week said two classrooms were forced to attend a religious event during homeroom. There was a large turnout of students during the walkout, which was not an official or school-sponsored event. The walkout comes as the Fellowship of … Read more
A high school coach has filed a complaint alleging two West Virginia State Police troopers used excessive force when detaining him after a scuffle at a girls basketball game. Eugene “Gene” Nabors, an assistant coach of the Woodrow Wilson High School girls basketball team in Beckley, filed the complaint Wednesday in U.S. District Court, according … Read more
Charleston Police are asking for help in an investigation of a stolen woodchipper. Detectives said a yellow woodchipper, a Vermeer BC1000, was stolen from the 300 block of Eureka Road sometime between Feb. 2nd to Feb. 7th. Anyone with information is asked to contact the police department’s Criminal Investigations Division unit at 304- 348-6480.
Inspectors with the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection checked area streams Tuesday after a mineral oil spill in the Little Coal River in Boone County Saturday. The spill, which investigators said was an act of vandalism, happened in Madison and was traced the oil to a leaking power transformer at an old coal mine … Read more
The Appalachia High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area has named its West Virginia Task Force Officer of the Year. Corporal Owen Morris of the Charleston Police Department earned the honor and is assigned to a team that includes the Nitro Police Department, St. Albans Police Department, Kanawha County Sheriff’s Department, South Charleston Police Department, HSI, and … Read more
Thomas Health will host an opening ceremony on Monday, Feb. 14, for the reopening of Saint Francis Hospital’s emergency department. The dedication ceremony is scheduled for 9 a.m. as Thomas Health says it recognizes the need for emergency care in Charleston. The new emergency department will be available for walk-in care and also can receive … Read more
The approval of a new early voting location was discussed in a recent Kanawha County Commission meeting, but that approval has been put on hold. Under a rule from the Secretary of State’s office, a new polling location must be unanimously approved by county commissioners, the county clerk and both the republican and democratic chairpeople … Read more
An officer at a West Virginia jail has became the fourth corrections employee to die from the coronavirus, including the second this year. Western Regional Jail Cpl. Christopher Scarberry had been hospitalized with the virus since December and died Sunday, according to the state Department of Homeland Security. Scarberry had served at the jail in … Read more
State highways officials said they are working to fill some of those miniature craters that have opened up on Interstate 64 near St. Albans. The West Virginia Department of Transportation said drivers will continue to experience temporary lane closures throughout the week as contractors work to fix the potholes between the St. Albans and U.S. … Read more
The University of Charleston’s president is one of three finalists for the president’s job at a South Carolina university. UC President Martin Roth is a finalist for the position at Winthrop University in Rock Hill, SC. School officials said the finalists were selected from a field of more than 150 applicants and were scheduled to … Read more