Plans are in place for a wheelchair-accessible playground at Kanawha State Forest in Charleston. The Kanawha State Forest Foundation said on social media that $58,000 has been donated for the playground, which is estimated to cost around $80,000. The playground next to the Spotted Salamander Trail will be brought up to current safety standards and … Read more
The West Virginia Senate has passed a bill to give pay raises to judges statewide. The bill passed on a 29-3 vote Monday. It now goes to the House of Delegates. The West Virginia Judicial Compensation Commission recommended the raises in August. Supreme Court, circuit and magistrate judges would get 18.3% raises. Supreme Court justices … Read more
Several roads were closed on the East End Monday after bricks fell from the façade of a building. Washington Street East was closed between Maxwell and Sydney streets, and Elizabeth Street was closed between Lee and Jackson streets. The city said an old restaurant on the corner of Washington and Elizabeth streets is structurally unsound … Read more
The search continues for a missing kayaker in Barbour County. Forty-one-year-old Jamie Gray disappeared a week ago when she got separated from a group of kayakers on the Middle Fork River.
Senator Joe Manchin is not in favor of a plan to pull nearly four-billion-dollars from the Defense Department to build President Trump’s border wall. Manchin says the decision to divert the funding is up to Congress and not the President.
The principal of Woodrow Wilson High School is backing the actions of his players and coaches, and says Governor Justice’s “thug” comment showed a complete lack of respect. The governor says he was not making a racial comment, and has apologized for offending anyone.
Crime is down in Charleston. The Charleston Police Department released their “Year End Report” for 2019. Malicious wounding, burglary, larceny, and vehicle theft were all down. Chief Tyke Hunt says there is still progress to be made. Robbery was up slightly, and overdoses increased.
A Pomeroy landmark was damaged in a fire. The blaze broke out early Sunday morning at the Wild Horse Café. The fire was contained to the attic, but the interior sustained minor water damage.
A man is under arrest after Capitol Police found him staying in a building on the state Capitol Complex. Fifty-seven-year-old Ross Berry is charged with breaking and entering and grand larceny. He stayed overnight in the Building six breakroom.
Police captured an escaped inmate at the Greyhound Bus Terminal. Fifty-four-year-old Roger Yeager escaped while on work release. He’s serving five-to-ten-years form breaking and entering and shoplifting. Additional charges are pending.