Big Lots said in a news release Thursday all remaining Big Lots stores – including 15 in West Virginia – are preparing to permanently close. It has not been able to complete sales to Nexus Capital Management, a private equity firm, and as a result is planning to start “going out of business” sales,” Bruce … Read more
A man was injured after allegedly being shot in the chest by his son Friday evening in Kanawha County, deputies said. Reports of the incident came in just after 7 p.m. along the 500 block of Green Valley Drive in Elkview. According to the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office, the victim is alive and coherent. One … Read more
A woman was struck by a vehicle Friday afternoon in St. Albans, police said.The incident happened about 1:30 p.m. at the Kroger in the 1400 block of MacCorkle Avenue, according to a news release from the St. Albans Police Department. Police said a woman who had exited the store was attempting to walk across the … Read more
West Virginia State Police said a man wanted on two counts first-degree murder and one count of first-degree arson was arrested early Friday morning. Joshua Morrow, 42, was arrested at a home in the 900 block of 23rd Street in Huntington about 2 a.m. Friday morning without incident, according to West Virginia State Police First … Read more
As Weirton Medical Center becomes a full member of the West Virginia University Health System officially Jan. 1, hospital officials met Friday morning to sign the final documents. Representatives gathered in the hospital’s atrium to watch as John Frankovitch, WMC president and CEO, and Albert L. Wright Jr., president and CEO of the WVU Health … Read more
It was standing room only at a lengthy Nicholas County Commission meeting this week that focused on property ordinances. Eyewitness News said hundreds of people came to make their feelings known about two ordinances that the Nicholas County Commission put forward that would have given the county commission a process to regulate and enforce properties … Read more
Friends with Paws initiative placed its final therapy dog on Wednesday by introducing Bear, a golden retriever, to Huntington East Middle School. The program, which seeks to help reduce stress, anxiety and loneliness in students and staff across West Virginia, was launched in 2022 and has introduced 45 trained therapy dogs to schools across the … Read more
A man that broke windows at Cabell County courthouse listed in the National Register of Historic Places will serve time in prison. Brian Murray was sentenced this week to one year and four months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release time for injuring U.S. property, according to a news release … Read more
The Manna Meal organization has been delivering meals to residents around Charleston for nearly 50 years, and they’ll be even more mobile beginning next week. Manna Meal acquired two new food trucks to deliver food to those who don’t have an easy time getting to the Garnet Center where they serve the majority of their … Read more
Four former school employees of Greenup County, Kentucky have been indicted for allegedly improperly restraining a special needs student at McKell Elementary School in South Shore. Michael Lyons, Ashley Trissler, Makenzie Rice and Faith Jordan have been dismissed by the school system and have been charged several counts of first-degree criminal abuse involving two special … Read more