Beginning May 7, Charleston is bringing back Food Truck Fridays and they’ll be bigger than before. Kanawha Boulevard will be closed from Capitol Street to Court Street each Friday from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. To operate in Charleston city limits, food truck owners have to submit a plan review to the health department and … Read more
There are 63 national parks in the United States, and the newest one is along the New River Gorge. The newly formed New River Gorge National Park and Preserve is West Virginia’s only national park and became one after being approved by Congress at the end of last year. Recreation including whitewater rafting, fishing, hiking … Read more
Charleston police have arrested a woman they said was an accessory after the fact in the murder of a Charleston man last week. Ariel Waldorf of Sissonville is charged with one count of accessory after the fact in the murder of Charles “CJ” Thaxton. Beau Hodge of Clendenin has already been charged with first-degree murder … Read more
One of the first big events to get canceled at the beginning of the pandemic is returning this week to the Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center. The much-anticipated West Virginia state high school basketball tournaments started Tuesday. The girls tournament runs through Saturday and the boys tournament will start next week. City officials are looking … Read more
It’s tournament time at the Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center. It’s been more than a year since the state high school basketball tournament was abruptly ended because of the pandemic. Fans will be allowed in the stands this year with masks and social distancing. The girls tournament starts today through May 1st, and the boy’ … Read more
Former state Supreme Court Justice John McCuskey is donating one-and-a-half-million-dollars to his alma mater, West Virginia Wesleyan College. The donation will be part of the McCuskey Family Fellowship, and will be awarded annually to two incoming freshman and one rising sophomore.
A cargo plane landed safely at Yeager Airport after losing hydraulics in the air. The plane had to be towed from the runway after it touched down. Two pilots were onboard, and no one was hurt.
The U.S. Census Bureau is releasing data from the 2020 Census, and it shows that West Virginia’s population dropped over three-percent. That’s the largest decline in the country. The decline will cost the Mountain State one of its three seats in the U.S. House of Representatives.
A Scioto County couple is pleading guilty to the death of their granddaughter, and abusing two other grandchildren. Richard and Sonja Greene will both spend life in prison.
Two people are under arrest for firing shots at officers during a police chase in Sissonville. One deputy was hurt when he crashed his cruiser into another car. Shots hit the windshield of another deputy’s car, but the officer wasn’t hurt.