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Huntington Police are investigating after a body was found in a car on 10th Avenue. The car belongs to a missing person. The state Medical Examiner’s Office is working to make a positive ID.

Former Delegate John Mandt admits to using anti-gay slurs and disparaging remarks on Facebook Messenger. He says the messages were written more than a year ago, and were taken out of context. Mandt resigned over the weekend. His name will still be on the ballot, and he says he will serve should he win back … Read more

The Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a Campbells Creek woman. Thirty-year-old Samantha Jo Carte was last seen two days ago on Dry Branch Road. Carte is a white female, around 5-feet, 3-inches tall and weighing about 100 pounds. She has black hair and blue eyes. Call the sheriff’s office at 304-357-0169 if you … Read more

Governor Justice announced an over two-mile road paving project that will start next week on First Avenue in Nitro. The over eight-hundred-thousand-dollar project will be funded through the governor’s Roads to Prosperity program.

Charleston police are investigating a crash Monday morning after a vehicle struck a home. Around 3:45 a.m. Monday, a 2012 Dodge Caravan crashed into a home on Delaware Avenue. Charleston Police said the driver, April Curasi of Charleston, was taken to Charleston Area Medical Center General Hospital for non-life threatening injuries. No one inside the … Read more

Marshall University’s annual winter commencement will be virtual this semester. The ceremony scheduled for Dec. 12 will be livestreamed during two separate ceremonies – one at 9 a.m. and the other at noon. Marshall’s 9 a.m. ceremony will be for spring 2020 graduates, and summer 2020 and winter 2020 graduates will be recognized at noon. … Read more

The West Virginia Education Association said it filed an injunction Monday morning in Kanawha County Circuit Court, challenging the safety of West Virginia’s school re-entry map. President Dale Lee called attenention to changes made to the map and said the only way to restore confidence in the process is to adopt a new system. The … Read more

As students head back to class in person this week, police send the reminder to drivers to slow down in school zones. It’s been months since there’s been steady traffic around schools during drop-off and pick-up times, and Hurricane police are among the agencies sending the reminder. Officers are noticing a problem at several schools … Read more

West Virginia forestry officials said a couple has been indicted in connection with wildfires that burned 55 acres in Boone County. Katie Jean Holstine and Lovell Ruben Holstine, who live in Emmons on the Kanawha-Boone county line, were indicted on one count each for setting fires to land of another and conspiracy. The state Division … Read more

A car involved in a police chase in South Point, Ohio destroyed the backyards of at least five homes. The suspect smashed through fences in the Miller Court neighborhood. The driver is still on the run.