News Staff There is a new millionaire in West Virginia… Heather Coburn, of Princeton, is the third one-million-dollar winner in the “Do it for Babydog” sweepstakes. Governor Justice and his bulldog personally delivered the check. There are also two more winners of four-year scholarships, and two winners of custom-outfitted trucks received the keys to their new rides.
The Ark Encounter in Williamstown, Kentucky, is expanding. The Bible-themed park is planning a “Tower of Babel” attraction that will take about three years to research, plan and build. The theme park features an over 500-foot-long wooden Noah’s ark.
Charleston police arrested a man wanted for murder in Meigs County. Twenty-one-year-old Jaquan Hall is wanted in connection to the death of former University of Charleston football player, Kane Roush, on Easter morning in Pomeroy.
Police are looking for a Campbell’s Creek woman who has been missing since early June. Thirty-five-year-old Joanna Hall is eight months pregnant, and is a military vet with PTSD and bi-polar disorder. She is a white female, 5’3”, and weighs about 120-pounds.
A six-year-old boy was hurt when a carnival ride derailed at the West Virginia Freedom Festival in Logan. His family plans to sue the amusement company who set up and ran the ride. The same company is setting up at the Putnam County Fair this weekend.
Charleston City Council met Monday night and voted to approve a master plan that aims to improve the lives of people who live and work on Charleston’s West Side. The outcome of the plan revolves heavily on participation from the community. WCHS TV said Steve Kawash of the McGee Foundation spearheaded the plan. The foundation, … Read more
The third round of winners in the “Do It for Babydog” sweepstakes drawings were announced Wednesday. The prizes are incentives for those in the state who have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. Gov. Jim Justice’s office said Devin Dawson of Alma and Paige Stanley of Parkersburg each won full four-year scholarships … Read more
Cabell County deputies are asking for the public’s help in finding a stolen motorcycle and two people wanted for questioning in the case. The Cabell County Sheriff’s Office said the man wanted for questioning took the motorcycle for a test drive and never returned. The motorcycle is a 1995 Purple Honda Shadow with Kentucky registration … Read more
U.S. marshals arrested a man charged with shooting and killing another man in Meigs County on Easter Sunday. Meigs County Sheriff Keith Wood said Jaquan Hall was arrested Tuesday night in Charleston. Hall is charged with shooting and killing Kane Roush of Pomeroy on April 4, 2021. Roush’s body was found with gunshot wounds, just … Read more
Charleston police are asking for help in identifying a man police said is suspected in a scheme targeting numerous equipment rental locations. Police said in a Facebook post that the man is suspected of being involved in a scheme at Sunbelt Rental locations in West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Indiana and Illinois. He poses as an … Read more