News Staff Boone County deputies arrested a man for driving over one-hundred-miles-per-hour on U.S. 119 in the Danville area. Forty-year-old David Boggs is charged with reckless driving and driving on a suspended driver’s license for the third time.
There’s been a rash of trespassing and vandalism on Charleston’s East End. The manager of an apartment complex on Franklin Avenue trespassing and theft have been going on for months. Property managers want the city to step in and address the issues.
Clean up begins this morning in Lincoln County. High water destroyed two buildings in Hamlin. Several bridges were washed out, trapping several people. At least twenty-five homes were damaged in West Hamlin. Flooding was also reported in downtown Ripley.
Court records said the chief of the Summers County Fire Department has been charged with child pornography. Brian Cale of Hinton faces multiple charges, according to a criminal complaint filed Tuesday in Summers County Magistrate Court. The complaint said explicit Snapchat messages were involved and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children flagged several … Read more
Investigators cracked a drug trafficking operation, and at least two people are headed to prison for their roles in the ring. Larry Martin of St. Albans has been sentenced to twelve years in prison for distributing 10 pounds of meth and 60 pounds of marijuana to users and dealers in the Kanawha Valley. The U.S. … Read more
As more parents return to work, childcare centers nationwide are also struggling with worker shortages making it harder for them to operate at normal capacity. WCHS TV reported that Friendly Faces Childcare Center in Charleston is one of the places facing a potential worker shortage. Right now, there are about 15 employees on staff which … Read more
The city of Charleston has sweetened incentives for city police recruits. A $15,000 sign-on bonus is being offered for the first five West Virginia-certified officers the city hires, according to a Facebook post from the Charleston Police Department. Test dates are being held at the Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center at 8 a.m. July 10 … Read more
A Kanawha County judge accepted a plea deal and a 20-year sentence for a Dunbar woman accused in a fatal stabbing in Charleston. Circuit Judge Jenifer Bailey OK’d the deal Thursday in the case of Rashieda Tyree, who is charged with first-degree murder in the July 2020 death of Duane Troy Letlow of Charleston. The … Read more
Four state parks are now offering luxury campsites. The Tentrr sites come equipped with a canvas tent on a wooden deck, a queen-sized memory foam mattress, a picnic table, fire pit, solar shower, and more.
The federal Mine Safety and Health Administration is renewing its focus on powered haulage and rollover polices after two mining deaths last week in West Virginia. MSHA inspectors will focus on education and best practices. There have been fifteen mining deaths in the U.S. this year.