The State Fair of West Virginia will celebrate its 100th year next year, and organizers announced the dates this week for the centennial celebration. According to post on the State Fair of West Virginia Facebook page, the next fair will take place from August 7, 2025, to August 16, 2025. More announcements about fair events … Read more
A bill passed by state lawmakers impacts school attendance this fall. Principals will make “meaningful contact” with students’ parents or guardians after three total unexcused absences during the school year, and that could mean a phone call, video conference, home visit or contact online. If there are ten unexcused absences, a school could file a … Read more
Plans for a new strip mall were approved this week by the City of Huntington Zoning Board. The new shopping center could breathe new life into the former YWCA area along 5th Avenue. The site was bulldozed in 2022. Plans call for the new strip center to hold five tenants, inlcuding at one with a … Read more
A new lawsuit filed by a Louisiana bank claims The Greenbrier Hotel Corporation, owned and operated by the family of Gov. Jim Justice, has failed to pay back a $35 million pandemic relief loan. The lawsuit, filed by First Guaranty Bank last month, claims the Greenbrier Hotel Corporation agreed to the terms of a loan … Read more
The former fire chief of the Blackberry Volunteer Fire Department in Pike County, Kentucky pleaded guilty to theft of pandemic relief funds. Prosecutors said Christopher Chapman applied for grants in 2022 meant for fire and rescue gear and building maintenance and the volunteer fire department was awarded the full amounts. Chapman admitted to then creating … Read more
The Boone County mother charged with child neglect that deputies believe led to the death of her 14-year-old daughter is making another bid for bond in hopes of getting out of jail pending trial. Julie Ann Stone Miller of Morrisvale is charged with child neglect causing death after Kyneddi Miller was found dead on a … Read more
A judge on Tuesday refused to dismiss claims against the city of Charleston in a case involving former police chief James “Tyke” Hunt. Judge Jennifer Bailey sided with Chelsea McCoy during a civil hearing in her complaint against the city alleging she was forced to have sex with Hunt, who was a sergeant at the … Read more
A Charleston man was charged after deputies said he tossed a baby to a couch because it wouldn’t stop crying. 23-year old David Davis is charged with child abuse resulting in injury after an incident earlier this month that resulted in a 5-week-old infant suffering a fracture and hemorrhage, according to a criminal complaint filed … Read more
Marshall University held a forum on cybersecurity this week, a field that will have numerous career possibilities. Cybersecurity is one of six areas Marshall identified as a worldwide problem the university wants to solve. Marshall is now building the second Academic Center of Excellence for Cybersecurity as designated by the Department of Defense. University leaders … Read more
A man accused of shooting a Kanawha County deputy in the hand during a chase earlier this year pleaded guilty Tuesday. Nathan Oxley of Sissonville pleaded guilty to attempted murder and other charges related to a February 2024 chase and shooting. Oxley is accused of firing shots at a deputy during a traffic stop along … Read more