The Kanawha County School District is introducing new technology that will reduce the number of drivers illegally passing school buses. Sensors can predict if a driver is going to try to pass the bus by detecting the acceleration and deceleration of their vehicle, and it will set off an alarm to let kids know not … Read more
Kanawha County deputies served a series of warrants to family court offenders. Officers made several arrests in the Piedmont Road and Rand areas. Most of the arrests were for failure to pay child support.
A man is under arrest for crashing a stolen car into a West Side home. Thirty-two-year-old Shawn Martin is charged DUI and fleeing. Martin was driving 90-miles-per-hour in a 35-mile-per-hour zone when he crashed into a home at the corner of West Washington Street and Garvin Avenue.
The Paintsville Recovery Center is a total loss after a fire. The center caught fire a few months, and investigators are calling it suspicious. No one was hurt. The Center says they plan to rebuild.
Kanawha County deputies arrested a man who they say crashed into a West Side home following a police chase in a suspected stolen car. 32-year old Shawn Martin of Charleston is charged with fleeing while DUI and fleeing with reckless indifference. Deputies say Martin was driving 90 mph in a 35 mph zone before he … Read more
The Kanawha-Charleston Health Department is offering free flu shots to the public on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The vaccines protect against four different influenza viruses, and will be available between 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday, Jan. 20 at the health department, 108 Lee St. E. in Charleston. No appointment or health insurance is … Read more
A vandalism investigation is underway in Huntington after a dance studio was damaged. Thousands of dollars in damage was caused at 4th Avenue Arts in Huntington after vandals got to it. Rain didn’t help, and drenched parts of the building at the Jeslyn Performing Arts Center earlier this month. Dance classes are being held at … Read more
The Kanawha County Commission will vote today on a proposal that offers paid parental family medical leave for all county employees. The current policy is that county employees who have been employed with the county for one year are permitted to use up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave under the Family Medical Leave Act. … Read more
The state animal is the black bear, and the state bird is the cardinal…West Virginia senators approved a resolution designating dogs adopted from animal shelters and rescues as the official West Virginia state dog.
A former prison guard and an inmates mother were sentenced to prison for trying to smuggle drugs into the Huttonsville Correctional Center. Forty-four-year-old Pamela Adkins paid 40-year-old Mark Taylor 500-dollars to smuggle meth and Heroin into the prison last February.