News Staff Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to the 1000 block of Hughart Drive in Sissonville Wednesday to investigate a shooting. Sgt. Brian Humphreys said a related fire was happening at a residential trailer nearby and a man identified as Jacob Parsons was in the driveway of his residence on Hughart Drive with several gunshot wounds. … Read more
Company officials announced a $240 million investment Thursday at the Toyota plant in Buffalo in Putnam County. Toyota will be adding a dedicated production line of hybrid transaxles. The company said no new jobs are expected to be created as a result of the investment. The plant assembles four-cylinder engines for the Corolla, V6 engines … Read more
According to recent statistics, around 10% of West Virginia’s population are military veterans. In Kentucky and Ohio, around 6% of their populations are veterans. WV Department of Veterans Assistance cabinet secretary, Ted Diaz, said his office helps process $2.47 billion of disability pensions, housing and educational benefits claims a year. Around 1,600 veterans and their … Read more
Two people charged in connection to the murder of a woman whose body was found in a deep well in the Sissonville area were in court on Tuesday. Virginia Marie Smith and Michael Wayne Smith are both charged with first-degree murder for the death of Cheyenne Johnson. The two suspects are not related but investigators … Read more
The Cabell County Board of Education voted unanimously this week to continue with a mask mandate until Feb. 1, 2022. Previously, the county school system’s mandate depended on the state Department of Health and Human Resources’ color-coded map. The county had to stay in the gold or better for at least five days to go … Read more
West Virginia war hero Woody Williams said he suffered multiple injuries in a fall in late October. Williams lives in Cabell County and recently turned 98. He said in a statement that he’s been in the hospital recently after suffering several broken ribs and fractures in his pelvis. Williams said none of the injuries required … Read more
Mayor Amy Shuler Goodwin said this month that about 80% of eligible City employees, including the Charleston Police Department and Charleston Fire Department, are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. 582 out of 730 eligible City employees participated in the vaccine incentive program. The City Council approved giving $750 to every City of Charleston employee that was … Read more
Fayette County deputies said a man had to be flown to the hospital after he was injured in an ATV accident in Oak Hill. Deputies said they got a call Tuesday evening that a man was bleeding from the head and laying in the road on Terry Avenue. When they arrived at the scene, they … Read more
West Virginia’s first charter schools were approved Wednesday during a virtual board meeting. Three in-person schools were approved: West Virginia Academy, Eastern Panhandle Academy and Nitro Preparatory Academy. The Nitro Prep Academy would be inside the former Nitro High School building and could enroll 600 students in kindergarten through eighth grade from Kanawha and Putnam … Read more
West Virginia state fire marshals said a Harrison County man has been charged after they believe he set fire to the home of his estranged fiancée following a domestic violence incident there. Brandon Hunt of Enterprise turned himself to authorities this week. West Virginia State Police responded to a home on Main Street in Enterprise … Read more