News Staff A Jeffrey man is wanted in connection to a deadly hit-and-run that happened earlier this week in the Spruce area of Boone County. The Boone County Sheriff’s Department has issued an arrest warrant for 33-year-old PJ Williams. He’s accused of leaving the scene of an accident on state Route-17 that killed 34-year-old Larry Pauley.
Police are investigating after the Putnam County Fairgrounds was vandalized. Maintenance crews found graffiti and the grass was torn up by tire tracks. The fair board is raising money to make repairs with an online auction.
A Huntington man is under arrest in connection to a 2018 shooting. Dalton McGuire is being charged with the deaths of Melvin Courts and Kelli Adkins, who were found shot to death in their Huntington Avenue apartment three years ago.
A meteor may have exploded over the eastern Panhandle. Witnesses saw flashes of light in the sky and heard a loud boom. Some people even felt the ground shake. The National Weather Service says there were no storms in the area. NASA is investigating.
A man was critically injured Wednesday night when a tree fell on his vehicle in Charleston, and he later died. He’s been identified as John Kennedy Bailey, who was a member-at-large for the Charleston City Council. Dispatchers said the tree fell just before 9 p.m. in the 1200 block of Greenbrier Street and a juvenile … Read more
Marshall football will face East Carolina for the first time in eight years. The Herd was supposed to travel to East Carolina last year for the 50th Anniversary game of the Marshall plane crash, but the game had to be postponed and will be played this Saturday in Huntington.
A copper theft led to big problems in Sissonville this week. Hundreds of residential and business customers for Frontier were without phone and internet service most of the week. The repair after the copper theft meant a unique wire had to be brought in from Texas and there were delays because of the hurricane. Frontier … Read more
Bridge Day 2021 will move forward after a committee voted to continue with the event despite COVID concerns. Bridge Day will be held Oct. 16 after the committee denied a motion to cancel it. Governor Jim Justice also said during his Wednesday briefing that he supported the idea of having Bridge Day saying that State … Read more
The Kanawha-Charleston Health Department said it plans to start a small coronavirus outpatient treatment program using monoclonal antibodies on Friday. The health department planned to get its antibodies from a private company and the state will be part of the ordering process. County officials requested $1 million in emergency funding from the state to set … Read more
Huntington officials said a major demolition project will take place that they hope will spur future development. Before Thanksgiving this year, demolition will begin on 18 obsolete buildings at the former ACF site, according to communications director Bryan Chambers. The demolition will be done to get the site flat and ready for development. The ACF … Read more