Loudendale Volunteer Fire Department is one of the first lines of defense if there is ever an emergency in or around Kanawha State Forest. Eyewitness News said low numbers of firefighters in the department has been an issue in the past but there’s been a recent surge in volunteers signing. Less than a year ago … Read more
An early Monday morning crash on Interstate 79 resulted in one fatality. Deputies with the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office responded to the single-vehicle crash near the 7-mile marker on I-79 and found a Dodge pickup truck overturned in the median. The driver, who was ejected from the vehicle during the crash, was pronounced dead at … Read more
A Clay County man has been charged after troopers said he admitted to setting a church on fire. 78-year old William Stephenson of Hartland is charged with first-degree arson, according to a criminal complaint filed in Clay County Magistrate Court. Troopers were dispatched to Sycamore Street in Clay about an arson report. Stephenson’s ex-wife said … Read more
Marshal County Sheriff Mike Dougherty confirmed that four individuals reported missing from Buffalo, New York, have been found dead following a vehicle crash in West Virginia. The Divan family was on its way to the Palace of Gold. Their vehicle was discovered on Saturday, August 2 off a steep embankment along Big Wheeling Creek Road. … Read more
A train derailed in St. Albans late Saturday night. According to the St. Albans Fire Department, the train was hauling 220 cars and nine of them overturned. They were each carrying around 100 tons of coal.. Eyewitness News said no one was injured, but several crossings are closed while the cleanup is happening. No estimated … Read more
Capitol Market has teamed up with Patriot Guardens to introduce a new mini-market featuring a rotation of products from veteran-owned businesses and veteran-grown farms. The Patriot Pop-Up will have its grand opening on Aug. 6 at 1 p.m. to kick off National Farmers Market Week. It will be located across from the Capitol Market kitchen … Read more
The West Virginia Department of Transportation announced temporary lane closures between today (Monday) and Wednesday, Aug. 6. These lane closures will take place on Interstate 64 between Exit 53 to Dunbar and Exit 50 to Institute for the Academy Drive and Finney Road bridge rehabilitation projects, according to a news release from WVDOT. Work will … Read more
A woman was being held at the South Central Regional Jail on an outstanding warrant from another state, and she’s been moved out of the jail. A judge agreed to allow her to stay on home confinement until authorities come to pick her up for extradition. This comes after she told state police that a … Read more
A deadly crash in Lawrence County, Ohio, killed two people, including a 6-year-old. It happened just after 2 p.m. on Friday on State Route 7 in Union Township, according to a news release from Ohio State Highway Patrol. Investigators believe an SUV driven by Heather D. Reger of Proctorville, drove her SUV off the right … Read more
A large fire that broke out around 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, destroyed a vacant hotel in Clay County and was still burning Thursday remains under active investigation.The old Henry Clay Hotel is a total loss, and two businesses in the building next door had water damage from firefighting efforts to keep the blaze from spreading, … Read more