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Two Mountaineer Football Games Move to Prime Time

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West Virginia’s road games at rivals Pittsburgh and Virginia Tech next season are being moved to Thursday nights. The Mountaineers announced the changes this week in conjunction with the Atlantic Coast Conference to promote primetime football viewing. West Virginia will open the season at Pitt on Sept. 1 and travel to Blacksburg, Virginia, to face … Read more

Traffic Stop Leads to a Police Chase in St. Albans

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St. Albans police said they found guns, a stolen motorcycle and what appeared to be explosives at the home of the man accused of driving off during a traffic stop and leading police on a chase Monday. Officers pulled over a white, 2013 Chevrolet Silverado for a routine traffic violation and discovered when running the … Read more

Lawmakers Pepper Suddenlink With Questions About Service

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The West Virginia House of Delegates Technology and Infrastructure Committee is asking Suddenlink about the company’s service difficulties. A hearing Monday was at the request of Del. Mick Bates R-Raleigh, after he had significant difficulties with Suddenlink. WCHS TV said delegates peppered Suddenlink’s Vice President of State and Local Government Affairs, Jim Campbell, with questions … Read more

Chase from Ohio to West Virginia Leads to an Arrest

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Huntington police said a Virginia man was taken into custody after he kidnapped his ex-wife and led law enforcement officers on a low-speed pursuit from Ohio to West Virginia. Eric Rae was arrested Sunday after a pursuit on Interstate 64. Law enforcement officers in Lawrence County, Ohio, followed a sport utility vehicle that crossed the … Read more

Two Have Filed to Run for Mayor So Far

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Charleston voters can now determine who has thrown their hat in the ring for city offices in the 2022 election. With the Jan. 29 deadline now past, two candidates have filed in the mayor’s race – incumbent Mayor Amy Shuler Goodwin, a Democrat, and Martec D. Washington, a Democrat, according to the city of Charleston’s … Read more

New Bill Would Ease Restrictions on Cameras in Classrooms

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The West Virginia Senate passed a bill on third reading aimed at detecting abuse of students in special education classrooms. Sen. Eric Nelson, R-Kanawha, called it a “huge move forward.” Nelson said the bill improves on a state law that was passed in 2019 placing cameras in certain special needs classrooms and but would now … Read more

Poartsmouth Adds a Car Charging Station

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The city of Portsmouth has its first electric car charging station. It’s located by the flood wall near City Hall and the dog park. Two cars can be charged at one time. It typically takes 12 hours to fully charge an electric car at $1 per hour, and revenue from the charging station will go … Read more

Mayor Goodwin Attends Municipal League Winter Conference

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Mayor Amy Shuler Goodwin recently joined mayors, city managers and councilmembers from across the Mountain State for the 2022 West Virginia Municipal League Winter Conference in Charleston. The mayor said 230 municipal governments were represented at the conference to talk about issues impacting their cities. Breakout sessions covered municipal taxation, American Rescue Plan rules and … Read more

Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Sends 11 to the Hospital

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Authorities are still trying to find the source of carbon monoxide at an Ohio hotel that sent at least 11 people, more than half of them children, to a hospital. Marysville Fire Chief Jay Riley told the Columbus Dispatch that everyone who was hospitalized had been in the pool area of the Hampton Inn. A … Read more