The Cabell-Huntington Board of Health unanimously approved an indoor vaping ban. It eliminates electronic smoking devices in public places. The Kanawha-Charleston Board of Health passed a similar policy last week.
Riverside High School basketball player, 14-year-old Braydin Ward, went in for a dunk and shattered the backboard at Tuesday night’s junior varsity game with George Washington. No glass fell, but the game was canceled as a precaution.
Five more years will be added to Todd Boyes sentence. He’s the inmate who walked out of the South Central Regional Jail in 2017 and was recaptured a few days later trying to cross the border into Mexico. Boyes is already serving up to 25-years for attempted murder.
Three teenagers are facing charges in a shooting that injured a man in Lesage. The victim was checking on his father’s property when the suspects fired three shots into his vehicle and hit him in the arm. One suspect is charged with malicious wounding.
Three men are under arrest for breaking into several cell tower sites in Cabin Creek. The men stole copper wire and did thousands of dollars in damage, knocking out cell service on the Turnpike. All three suspects are charged with breaking and entering.
Kanawha County deputies said three men face charges in an investigation of seven break-ins at cell tower sites in Cabin Creek that cost cell phone companies thousands of dollars. 22-year old James Canfield, 28-year old Jeremy Powers, and 30-year old Johnnie Boggess III of Miami face charges after the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office said a … Read more
The City of Charleston’s next public art project is in the works, and it honors the life of Martin Luther King Jr. Drivers on the interstate will be able to see the mural on the side of the Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center. Community members and students can help by painting a panel that … Read more
In the middle of Tuesday night’s junior varsity game with George Washington, a Riverside High School boys basketball player rebounded a ball, came down for a dunk and the backboard shattered. Glass didn’t fall because of break protection, but the remainder of the game was canceled. 14-year-old Braydin Ward made the dunk.
West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey filed for reelection Tuesday, highlighting his work on the opioid crisis, church sex abuse and opposition to the Affordable Care Act. Morrisey said the opioid epidemic is devastating for our state and that will be a top priority in his re-election campaing. As the state’s top prosecutor, Morrisey has … Read more
A West Virginia senator is inviting the National Rifle Association to move here as lawmakers pursue gun-control measures in neighboring Virginia, where the group now has its headquarters. The invitation came in a Monday letter from Republican Sen. Randy Smith to NRA leadership that said his home state lets residents carry guns without permits and … Read more