The Governor’s Highway Safety Program is once again part of the national Click It or Ticket high-visibility seat belt enforcement effort. The statewide seat belt campaign runs through Monday, May 27 to relay the message that buckling up is the simplest thing you can do to limit injury or save your life during a crash. … Read more
Steps are being taken now to replace Kanawha County Commissioner Kent Carper, who resigned earlier this month. The Kanawha County Commission’s two remaning members have thirty days to fill the vacant seat and it must be a Democrat, since that was Carper’s affiliation. They’ve vowed full transparency during the process and ensured that any interested … Read more
The special session came to an end Tuesday and all requested bills from Governor Jim Justice passed, including one that provides extra funding to the Department of Health and the Department of Human Services. An amendment that will send money to the Intellectual and Developmental Disability (IDD) Waiver Program was approved. State lawmakers also approved … Read more
The grandparents of a 14-year-old Boone County girl who was found in a “skeletal state” have been charged in the investigation. Jerry and Donna Stone are charged with child neglect causing death. A criminal complaint filed Monday alleges the Stones failed to “exercise a minimum degree of care” to assure the 14-year-old’s safety. The arrests … Read more
A mother and daughter accused in a child and animal neglect investigation in Mingo County are making their way through the court process. 63-year old Sharon Simpson and 37-year old Christi Hatfield, both of Williamson were arrested May 7 at an apartment building on West 4th Avenue. The mother and daughter lived in separate apartments … Read more
Three parking garages in prime downtown Charleston are going up for auction next month. The three garages host over 4,000 parking spaces and they’ll be auctioned off on June 27. The live auction will be held at the entrance of the Quarrier Street parking garage at noon with registration and inspections beginning at 11 a.m. … Read more
Live on the Levee will begin this Friday with First Responder & Military Night. The free concert series takes place on the Schoenbaum Stage at Haddad Riverfront Park starting at 6:30 p.m. on Friday evenings through the summer. Groove Marmalade will play this Friday evening and there will be fireworks afterward. Food, ice cream, and … Read more
Testing is being done on the Mountain Valley Pipeline, which runs the length of West Virginia into Virginia. Crews are doing the testing with water instead of natural gas, and after one recent test near Bent Mountain, Virginia, neighbors noticed more sediment in streams. It was a burst in the pipeline during the pressure test … Read more
A drive-by shooting was reported in a neighborhood near the Shawnee Sports Complex in Kanawha County Sunday afternoon. Deputies responded to scene of the shooting at the 200 block of Smoot Avenue in Dunbar and later arrested Kaden Bowman, Antonio Jacobs, and Zion Clark. They’ve been charged with wanton endangerment and police are still investigating. … Read more
Madison Volunteer Fire Department Chief Joey Smith says he has 24 volunteer firefighters on his roster, but only about eight run one or more calls per month. The department responds to between 35 and 50 calls every month, according to Smith. He tells Eyewitness News the majority of the Madison VFD firefighters have a nine … Read more