News Staff An Ona man is facing charges after he was paid more than twenty-thousand-dollars for a home construction projection, but never completed the work. A Hurricane woman says she paid Jacob Meadows to build a deck and put in new kitchen countertops in 2019, but the job was never finished. Investigators discovered other victims in different … Read more
A man wanted for two Charleston murders in under arrest in Ohio after a two-hour standoff. Nineteen-year-old Dekotis Thomas set fire a house and threw a Molotov cocktail at officers. He eventually surrendered. Thomas is wanted for shooting KJ Taylor last April, and for shooting and killing a man on I-77 in 2019.
Health officials are confirming the first case of the COVID-19 delta variant in Kanawha County. A 33-year-old unvaccinated person is experiencing mild symptoms and is not hospitalized. The state is reporting over a dozen cased of the delta variant in six counties.
A former West Virginia delegate who became the youngest person elected to the Legislature in state history at age 18 is back in government. State Treasurer Riley Moore announced Tuesday the appointment of Saira Blair as deputy treasurer for the office’s local government division. Moore and Blair served in the House of Delegates together. Blair … Read more
A man from Chapmanville who was killed in the Korean War has been accounted for. The remains of Army Cpl. Pete Conley was reported missing in action on Dec. 12, 1950, when his unit was attacked by enemy forces near the Chosin Reservoir in North Korea. His remains were not found after the battle and … Read more
Gov. Jim Justice announced a new general counsel this week. J. Berkeley Bentley succeeds Brian Abraham, who became chief of staff earlier this year. The governor’s office said Bentley has been deputy general counsel and senior counsel for policy legislation since April 2019. He was previously at West Virginia law firm Bowles Rice, where his … Read more
Governor Jim Justice said there will be four more drawings, with the top prizes of $1 million for each of the next three and a top prize of $1.88 million and a runner-up prize of $588,000 for the final drawing on Aug. 4. The winners for the next drawing will be announced July 14. Deadline … Read more
FEMA is encouraging anyone affected by flooding in Kanawha, Cabell, Mingo and Wayne counties in February and March to apply for federal assistance. The deadline to register is July 19th.
Education officials are asking a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit challenging West Virginia’s new law that bans transgender athletes from competing in female sports. They say they can’t be held liable for the law, which they didn’t request and largely won’t be responsible for enforcing.
The street where fallen Charleston police officer Cassie Johnson was killed is now named in her honor. Garrison Avenue was honorarily renamed Patrolman Cassie Johnson Avenue. Johnson was shot in December 2020 while responding to a parking complaint.