A bill known as the Alex Miller Law has been introduced in the West Virginia Legislature. The bill would require an automated external defibrillator to be present at all high school and middle school athletic events. Miller died during a Roane County High School football game.
Boone County Deputies are looking for a thief who stole a purse out a car in a church parking lot. It happened Sunday morning at the Bloomingrose Church of Christ.
A former Wayne County teacher’s aid is charged with battery. Donna Davis is accused of slapping, pushing, and using clothespins to pinch a six-year-old special needs student at Kellogg Elementary.
A Huntington woman is under arrest for a shooting in a domestic incident that sent two people to the hospital. Twenty-six-year-old Brandy Hairston is charged with malicious wounding and wanton endangerment.
A suspect fleeing the scene of a domestic dispute in Cross Lanes hit a police cruiser and led police on a chase that ended with another crash in Sissonville. One person was injured, and the suspect is in custody.
A new football league is starting in February and former Marshall quarterback Chase Litton will play. Litton was traded Thursday from the XFL’s Seattle Dragons to the Tampa Bay Vipers after being nitially assigned to the Dragons as part of the second round of quarterback assignments for the league’s teams. Litton went undrafted in the … Read more
Hurricane residents voted overwhelmingly in favor of a continuation levy Saturday. More than 200 people voted in support of funding for paving projects and police programs. The levy was first introduced more than 70 years ago and provides the city with more than $400,000 annually. Hurricane Mayor Scott Edwards said the levy does not increase … Read more
A bill introduced in the West Virginia Legislature is designed to honor Alex Miller, the Roane County high school football player who died during a football game. The law would require an automated external defibrillator device be present at all high school or middle school athletic events, and that all school sports personnel be trained … Read more
A new report from the state Department of Health and Human Resources shows that vaping rate among young people is increasing at an alarming rate. More than one in three West Virginia high school students say they use e-cigarettes. That’s up 150-percent in the last two years, and it doesn’t stop there. One-in-six middle schoolers … Read more
The Kanawha County School Board held a special session on Friday to begin the process of replacing longtime superintendent Dr. Ron Duerring, who announced his retirement earlier this month. The board hopes to name his replacement by May, so Duerring can help with the transition. Duerring’s final day is June 30th.