A fire tore through a family home in Kanawha County Friday night as it was being renovated, and while no one was injured, the blaze caused extensive damage. Eyewitness News said Harley Teel owns the home in the 4600 block of Victoria Road in the Tyler Mountain community that caught fire. He said his son-in-law … Read more
9-year-old Bri Barger has a big love for animals, and decided she wanted to help shelter animals any way she could. Three years ago, Barger came up with the idea of setting up a lemonade stand where all of the profits would be used to purchase donations for the Putnam County Animal Shelter. Eyewitness News … Read more
A piping design and construction company has announced plans to expand into Floyd County, Kentucky. Infinity Design & Construction provides piping services for commercial and industrial clients. The company will make a $1.75 million investment and open a new 43,850 square foot facility on a 7.5-acre plot in Langley, according to a news release from … Read more
A Mingo County football player collapsed Friday night and was named Homecoming King at his high school. A social media post by Mingo Central High School said Logan Hurley collapsed after struggling to breathe at Mingo Central’s matchup against the Scott Skyhawks and was treated by medical staff on site. Hurley was also crowned named … Read more
A Huntington thoroughfare under construction will experience rolling closures starting today. A shift in traffic along Hal Greer Boulevard at the intersection of Third Avenue is scheduled to begin the evening of Oct. 7, according to a news release from the West Virginia Department of Transportation. Paving crews will work from 6 p.m. to 7 … Read more
An Arizona man has been sentenced to a life of imprisonment after traveling to West Virginia for a sexual encounter with two children. Alan J. Disomma Jr. of Payson, was sentenced Friday on two counts of attempted enticement of a minor and one count of traveling for the purpose of engaging in illicit sexual activity, … Read more
A Sissonville High School student is taking to the skies to help people affected by Hurricane Helene. Seventeen-year-old Nathaniel Simonton, his twin brother Eli, and his father loaded supplies at West Virginia International Yeager Airport and flew to Ashe County, North Carolina Friday morning. Nathaniel has his pilot’s license and is a Cadet First Sergeant … Read more
Gov. Jim Justice on Friday afternoon issued a statement regarding the death of a coal miner earlier in the day. Colton Walls, 34, of Bruceton Mills, passed away this afternoon from injuries he sustained while working as a longwall electrician at the Arch Coal, Leer Mining Complex in Taylor County, according to the release. Walls … Read more
A man who was accused of going on a stabbing spree in Kanawha County in 2023 was found dead in his jail cell Wednesday, officials said.Percy Woody, 38, was found unresponsive Wednesday evening by staff performing routine checks at South Central Regional Jail, according to a statement from a West Virginia Department of Corrections and … Read more
With Fall comes lots of great activities and events that inevitably affect the traffic. City officials have released a list of fall event-related road closures in and around Charleston. Today for the Freedom Car Show, Kanawha Boulevard from Clendenin Street to Capitol Street will be closed from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. and tonight Guys … Read more