A Mobile Disaster Recovery Center in Putnam County opened Thursday to help residents who experienced losses in the storms in early April. The state funded center will assist those who were affected by the winds, tornadoes, flooding, landslides and mudslides after a storm ripped through the state on April 2-6. The center at 100 Emergency … Read more
The West Virginia Mountaineer baseball team will take a 36-22 record into this weekend’s Super Regionals on the road to Omaha. It’s a best-of-three series for WVU against the 4th seeded North Carolina Tarheels, who are 45-14. The eight winners from this weekend’s Super Regionals advance to the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska, starting … Read more
An iconic downtown Charleston structure coming down. Crews began demolition work at the CASCI building Wednesday morning. The building was once home to a Sears department store with nearly 700 employees, but it closed after the pandemic. TC Energy has announced plans to build its new $60 million headquarters on the property and plans to … Read more
The Cabell County School Board met this week and several people turned out to offer comments on the failed school excess levy. The board reached out to the county’s parks and libraries to try and come up with a new plan moving forward since their budgets will be affected, but nothing has been finalized yet. … Read more
A Kanawha County teen is a big winner at an international art competition. George Washington High School junior Katelyn Lowe received the Best in Show prize at their ARTEFFECT competition, now in its ninth year. The competition for 6th through 12th grade students from around the world encourages students to tell the stories of unsung … Read more
The Boone County Dog Pound could be moving to a new location. The Boone County Sheriff’s Office took over the pound from the county commission last fall. The Boone Animal Rescue Coalition works with the sheriff’s office to try and find a rescue or placement for the animals. Volunteer Ashley McNeely told Eyewitness News the … Read more
A Mason County couple was charged with child neglect after officers said they found piles of animal feces and used diapers in their home. Ronny Fletcher and Hannah Fletcher, both of Pt. Pleasant, were charged with child neglect creating risk of injury, according to a criminal complaint filed in Mason County Magistrate Court. Officers said … Read more
What used to be known as the center of Charleston’s West Side crime problems will soon become a community grocery store. Work is now underway on Ruby’s Corner Market at Park and Central in the former Park Place Bar. Eyewitness News said the city provided about $360,000 in American Rescue Plan money and renovations for … Read more
Investigators are working to identify human remains found by a group of kayakers in the Hocking River Saturday evening. Deputies responded to River Road in Guysville, Ohio and found the human remains after a search, according to a news release from the Athens County Sheriff’s Office.Firefighters from Richland and Rome were able to recover the … Read more
The mother of a man killed last month is asking for help finding her son’s killer. Dimitri Coleman died May 25 after someone walked up and grabbed him from behind, and shot him four times. It happened in the 400 block of Railroad Avenue in Charleston.Dimitri’s monther, Alvernita Coleman, spoke with Eyewitness News and wants … Read more