News Staff A fire started in a camper behind a a gas station in Mason County around 5:00 a.m. Sunday and several agencies including the Valley Volunteer Fire Department responded. The woman who lived in the camper called 911, and by the time firefighters arrived at Milt Tripplett’s along Route 2 the fire had already spread to … Read more
Gun buck season got underway on Monday in West Virginia. You have to be fully licensed to hunt, although some landowners are exempt if they are hunting on their own property. In the firearm season, you can take up to two bucks if you have the proper licenses. There is a mandatory check as well, … Read more
More charges have been filed against five men involved in a high-speed chase on Interstate 64 earlier this month that resulted in a manhunt in Barboursville. Five men were arrested following a chase on Nov. 12 that started near Milton and ended when the vehicle crashed over an embankment near East Mall Road. Police said … Read more
No one was injured after a car crashed into a convenience store in Charleston on Saturday. An SUV partially crashed through the front windows of an Exxon in the 1600 block of Washington Street East, and Charleston police said a woman accidentally pressed the gas instead of the brake to cause the accident. There were … Read more
One woman was killed and another injured in southern West Virginia before police fatally shot a suspect. Police were called to a domestic disturbance Friday afternoon at a home in the Montcalm community and the Mercer County Sheriff’s Office said when deputies arrived they found a woman dead and a second woman who was injured … Read more
Whether it’s in West Virginia or Kentucky, nurses are leaving the state or leaving the job altogether. The West Virginia Center for Nursing found 1,789 nurses did not renew their licenses in 2019 and 2020. They surveyed nurses that left the Mountain State and those who left the profession. The most common reason nurses left … Read more
Cabell Huntington Hospital and the union representing the service and maintenance workers on strike will head back to court Tuesday over the hospital’s temporary restraining order. The purpose of the hearing is to allow both parties to see if the order will stay or if any changes need to be made. The hospital filed the … Read more
The Mountaineers fell apart in the second half to lost 82-to-71 to Marquette in the Shriners Children’s Charleston Classic at TD Arena in South Carolina. WVU now plays Clemson Sunday in their final game at the Children’s Classic.
The Kanawha County Commission is putting a million-dollars toward demolishing dilapidated buildings. Commissioners call dilapidated properties “an epidemic” that is lowering property values and poses a fire and safety hazard. Kanawha County has more than one-hundred-twenty-five properties on its demolition list.
The first phase of a West Virginia American Water infrastructure upgrade project along Washington Street is complete. Crews have been working in the Morris Street intersection and throughout the block down to Brooks Street to replace a water main. The intersection and block were closed for about three weeks and both are expected to fully … Read more