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Charleston City Council considered a resolution Monday to prevent police from arresting the unhoused for non-violent offenses during the Charleston Sternwheel Regatta, the city’s biggest event of the year. The resolution overwhelmingly failed at Monday night’s city council meeting. This wasn’t the first time people had voiced their concerns about the timing surrounding certain arrests … Read more

A woman was killed in an ATV crash in southern West Virginia on Sunday around 11:30 AM, troopers said. Victoria Ledford, 41, of Mount Holly, North Carolina, was pronounced dead at the scene of a crash in the Herndon area of Wyoming County, according to a news release from West Virginia State Police.Troopers said an … Read more

Next month lawmakers could be coming back to town for an August special session in West Virginia. On Monday, Governor Jim Justice made his intentions known that he will call the legislature back in the fall and that the focus will be more income tax cuts and childcare fixes. “Please pass my childcare tax credit,” … Read more

The Washington Post reports “As panic and confusion over President Biden’s faltering debate performance swept the ranks of Democratic lawmakers late last week, Sen. Joe Manchin (I-WV) informed a few key allies that he would soon break with Biden in an interview on a Sunday news show, a high-profile defection that would underscore the president’s … Read more

A recent high school graduate and standout athlete who participated in the North-South All-Star Football Classic has died. Keaton McDermott, 18, was killed in a crash Sunday in Barbour County, according to a MetroNews report. McDermott starred in track and field and football at Philip Barbour High School. He most recently participated in the North-South … Read more

A second tractor-trailer carrying a steel beam has gotten stuck on Route 10 in Cabell County, dispatchers said.The incident was reported about 12:15 p.m. near Doss Hill Road, the same area where a tractor-trailer carrying a steel beam got stuck and lost its load Monday night, according to Cabell County dispatchers.Traffic in the area down … Read more

Deputies in Kanawha County are warning residents of a new phone scam making the rounds. Multiple residents have reported receiving calls from someone claiming the recipient has missed a federal court appearance leading to $2,400 in fines, according to a news release from the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office. The scammer then instructs the recipients to … Read more

Kanawha County Board of Education member Ric Cavender was elected Monday to be the board’s new president. The vote came during the board’s meeting Monday after Cavender, Kate White and Jim Crawford all took their oaths for their new terms, according to the school board. White was elected to serve as president pro tempore. Cavender … Read more

West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice says state revenue collections appear to have hit a benchmark for triggering an income tax cut. West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice said Monday that state revenue collections appeared to hit a benchmark at the end of the fiscal year that could trigger an additional reduction in the state income tax, … Read more

Eyewitness News reported an accident involving a tractor trailer is caused a traffic issue on a busy road in Cabell County. Cabell County 911 dispatchers said a tractor trailer lost it’s load and became stuck on Route 10 near Doss Hill Road about 8:30 p.m. Monday. Dispatchers said the truck was hauling a 100 foot, … Read more