News Staff The East Bank Volunteer Fire Department and Cabin Creek Volunteer Fire Department responded to a mobile home that caught fire at about 2:15 a.m. Tuesday in the 800 block of Dry Branch Road. Firefighters said there was someone living in the home, but the person got out safely when the fire started. They said the … Read more
The Jefferson Road project in South Charleston has been delayed by at least one construction season. The project will expand Jefferson Road from two lanes to five lanes, creating better traffic flow. It was hoped to be completed by the end of 2022. South Charleston Mayor Frank Mullens said one reason for the snag is … Read more
South Charleston police said a man was in custody Monday after allegedly hitting several parked vehicles with his car in the Target parking lot. Someone reported the suspect struck a vehicle, then surveillance video revealed the man had struck other vehicles in the parking lot. Police said the suspect was driving a Toyota Corolla and … Read more
The West Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles is not giving road skills tests at the regional office in Logan until further notice. The Logan office is not giving the tests due to a COVID-related staffing shortage, according to the DMV. Other business transactions and knowledge testing will continue as normal. Driver’s license skills testing is … Read more
The BridgeValley Community and Technical College Board of Governors has selected a new president. Acting president Casey Sacks will now serve as the institution’s president. Sacks has been in the temporary position leading the school for six months. The decision was made after board members spent several hours Monday in executive session. Sacks previously served … Read more
An inmate who escaped from Huttonsville Correctional Center in Randolph County last Friday has been taken into custody. The sheriff’s office said 44-year old Timothy Nantz was found in a field in Valley Bend Sunday night after prison officials used an infrared drone. The sheriff’s office said in a Facebook Post that he was taken … Read more
The City of Charleston/Mayor’s Office of Economic and Community Development will be holding public meetings as it develops the City’s 2022-23 Annual Action Plan. Once the plan is in place it will guide the allocation of Community Development Block Grant and HOME funds. The first meeting date is today (Tuesday, December 14) at at 2:30 … Read more
A former West Virginia senator from Logan County has been named to the state Board of Education. Gov. Jim Justice appointed Paul Hardesty to the board Monday. Hardesty will serve the remaining eight years of the term of Stan Maynard, who resigned last week. Hardesty served in the Senate until December 2020 and did not … Read more
New details have been released after deputies said a man shot and killed his father over the weekend in Boone County. Jeremy Bennett of Danville is charged with first-degree murder for the shooting death of his father, Ray Bennett. According to a criminal complaint filed in Boone County Magistrate Court, Bennett shot his father twice … Read more
More than 125 West Virginia National Guard soldiers returned home on Saturday after being deployed in the middle east for nine months. Hundreds of family members were at the base in Charleston ready to greet them in the hangar when they landed. The soldiers, from all over West Virginia, have spent the past nine months … Read more