News Staff The City of Charleston is banning conversion therapy for LGBTQ kids. City Council passed the ordinance 14-to-9. Medical experts agree that it is dangerous for children. Those who have gone through it say it can increase feelings of depression and thoughts of suicide.
An Ohio woman is under arrest for setting a fire with a lighter and an aerosol can underneath the Washington Street Bridge that caused around five-thousand-dollars in damages. She’s also under investigation for four other West Side fires. Three dumpster fires and a grass fire were set in just over an hour. No one was … Read more
Charleston police are looking for a man who stole an ambulance from CAMC General Hospital. No patient was inside. He ditched the ambulance near the Greyhound Bus Station and took off on foot.
Police are stepping up patrols around Yeager Airport this morning. Dozens of officers responded to a bogus active shooter threat Monday afternoon. State police determined that the information called in was not a viable threat. Yeager Airport is currently open and all flights are running on time.
Applications for the City of Charleston’s Adopt-a-Street program are available now. The program focuses on litter pickup on streets and alleyways that are maintained by the City. Individuals, families, churches, businesses, schools, civic organizations, government agencies, fraternities, sororities, are encouraged to adopt a street. Mayor Amy Shuler Goodwin said clean streets leave a good first … Read more
Arch Resources plans to open its new metallurgical coal mine near Philippi before the end of August. The company said in a news release that international markets for coal are improving and the opening of the mine comes at a time when it’s profitable for the company to produce coal. The company is in the … Read more
Deputies in Kanawha County are asking for the public’s help finding a stolen camper from the Cross Lanes area. The camper was taken from Cross Lanes Mini Storage on Washington Street West sometime Friday evening, according to the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office. A black Chevrolet Avalanche truck pulled up to the camper and a man, … Read more
Barboursville police said they are investigating after a resident’s security camera captured surveillance video of a masked man taking a package off a porch. The homeowner reported that the theft happened about 1:30 p.m. on July 27th on Peyton Street. Video shows a man snatch the package from the porch, run to a waiting vehicle … Read more
The rise of Delta variant cases is a reminder that the COVID-19 pandemic isn’t over, and there are still many unknowns. Booster shots are pretty common for things like the mumps, measles or tetanus, but family medicine doctor Joanna Bailey said medical professionals don’t know if boosters are necessary for COVID just yet. WCHS TV … Read more
The Charleston-based charity, the McGee Foundation, has committed $250,000 for the creation of a master plan to improve things on the West Side. The mayor’s office said the donation was made in late 2020 to The Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation to fund the work for the City of Charleston. Residents on the West Side have … Read more