Eyewitness News’ Leslie Rubin picked up a coveted Emmy Award recently for her coverage of a decades-old Canadian cold case with ties to West Virginia. Rubin, the assistant news director and reporter at WCHS-TV, was awarded the Ohio Valley Regional Emmy for Reporter-Specialty Assignment detailing “The Exhumation That Ended a Cold Case Mystery.” The case … Read more
A class ring from the year 1960 has been recovered in Kanawha County and deputies are seeking its rightful owner. The ring features an Elkview High School logo and has been in custody of deputies for a “lengthy time,” according to a social media post from the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office. Anyone with information on … Read more
Police are investigating after several athletic facilities in Lincoln County were vandalized over the span of a week. Youth football and Little League concession stands, along with the Hamlin Middle School Field House and Lincoln County High School were broken into and vandalized on different nights, according to a social media post from the Lincoln … Read more
Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. announced this week that it will establish a new electrical distribution transformer production plant in Weirton. Eyewitness News said the downstream direct investment by Cleveland-Cliffs will address the critical shortage of distribution transformers that is stifling economic growth across the United States. The announcement highlighted Cleveland-Cliffs’ investment to repurpose its Half Moon Warehouse … Read more
A revised excess levy that includes full funding for parks and libraries will go before Cabell County voters during the 2024 general election. The levy will include provisions for Cabell County Schools along with funding for the Greater Huntington Park and Recreation District and Cabell County Public Library, according to a news release from the … Read more
U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin confirmed Monday morning that he will not run for president less than 24 hours after President Joe Biden ended his reelection campaign. Speculation surfaced hours after the president’s announcement that Manchin was considering a bid for the seat. The former Democrat, who is now registered as an independent, told multiple media … Read more
The iconic fountain at Marshall University is now being recognized as a historic place. The fountain was built in 1972 as a memorial to the 75 lives lost in the 1970 Marshall plane crash, and was named to the National Park Service’s National Register of Historic Places last week. In addition to the Marshall University … Read more
A woman has been charged in a reported stabbing that happened last weekend in Charleston. 52-year old Titshina Carter is charged with malicious wounding in an incident Saturday night in the 1500 block of Dorchester Road, according to a criminal complaint filed in Kanawha County Magistrate Court. Charleston police said Carter is accused of attacking … Read more
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear is endorseing Vice President Kamala Harris as the next President of the United States. Vice President Harris was endorsed by President Joe Biden after he announced he will not seek re-election. Gov. Beshear during an interview on MSNBC on Monday morning he doesn’t know how a Vice Presidential candidate will be … Read more
West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin is considering running as a Democratic challenger to Vice President Kamala Harris, sources close to the senator told CNN. On Sunday, Manchin joined the wave of politicians urging the incumbent President Joe Biden to drop out of the race. Manchin left the Democratic Party in late May citing extremism in … Read more