The Hookah bar where seven people were shot New Year’s Eve is shut down, and Huntington Mayor Steve Williams want to make it harder for new bars to open in the city. The mayor wants to make changes to the business license process that would include a more thorough vetting process.
The Kanawha-Charleston Health Department is considering ways to regulate vaping. A 30-day public comment period started in December on a proposal to eliminate electronic smoking devices in public places. The health board has received three comments supporting the regulation and four comments against the regulation, and several others expressing an opinion about vaping. The public … Read more
Charleston Mayor Amy Goodwin will give her “State of the City” address next week. The speech will highlight progress made last year, and discuss the vision and priorities for 2020. Goodwin will address the Charleston City Council meeting Monday night at Charleston City Hall.
A bill expected to be introduced next week in the state legislature could open the door to foreign investment. China Energy is still considering a 84-billion-dollar investment in the state, but they want to have assurances that their investment will be safe. House Speaker Roger Hanshaw will introduce a bill creating a Mountaineer Impact Fund … Read more
Officials at Yeager Airport are adding extra security measures after a U.S. airstrike killed Iran’s top general. Police will be stepping up patrols around the area. There is no known threat. The patrols are being added out of an abudance of caution.
The Federal Aviation Administration is reconsidering a proposal to reduce working hours at the Yeager Airport air traffic control tower. A study that looked at closing the tower at night to cut costs, but the FAA is considering not moving forward with the proposal. Kanawha County commissioners say it would devastate the airport because so … Read more
A Floyd County man is under arrest for killing four dogs and skinning them to make a fur coat. Thirty-eight-year-old Jonathan Watkins is charged with animal torture. Kentucky State Troopers found him covered in blood. Watkins said he was making a “doggy coat.”
Santana Adams’ trial has been rescheduled for some time in April. She’s on trial for falsely accusing an Egyptian man of trying to kidnap her daughter at the Huntington Mall last June. The trial was scheduled to start Friday in Cabell County magistrate court, but Adams’ lawyer wants a jury trial.
Police are investigating after two houses on the West Side were hit by bullets. Up to a dozen shell casings were found in an alley off Glenwood Avenue. Witnesses are not cooperating with police. No one was hurt.
A suspect is under arrest in a fatal shooting in Boone County. Twenty-six-year-old Shane Justice is charged with murder. He’s accused of shooting and killing 32-year-old Cody Miller on Camp Creek Road. The men knew each other and were riding in a car together when the shooting happened.