Members of the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office said goodbye this week to a K-9 officer. The bloodhound named Alibi served with the sheriff’s office for five years before being forced into retirement due to health problems, according to a Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office Facebook post. Veteranarians agreed that the dog couldn’t be kept pain-free, and … Read more
Kanawha County schools have a new support bus that aims to help with mental health issues. The bus is able to travel among all forty two elementary schools and it gives recommended kids the chance to play and color with the staff and that leads to conversations in a safe environment. The opioid crisis is … Read more
Police are looking for four suspects who stole more than 13-thousand-dollars’ worth of cell phones from the South Ridge Sam’s Club. Three women and a man stole more than a dozen phone and were seen driving away in a white minivan.
The state Senate approved a bill making animal abuse and neglect a felony in West Virginia. The measure creates an “Aggravated Cruelty to Animals” charge for seriously hurting an animal or withholding food, shelter, or medical treatment.
The West Virginia House of Delegates rejected a bill to push back the start of the school year. The bill called for the school year to start no earlier than September 1st, and end no later than June 7th. Delegates against the say it should be left up to the counties to decide.
West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin says there are witnesses with pertinent information and they should be called to testify in President Trump’s impeachment trial. Manchin says he hasn’t decided how he will vote. He’s viewed as moderate democrat in the Senate.
Authorities are looking for an inmate who escaped from the Parkersburg Correction Center. Twenty-eight-year-old Jeremey Johnson removed his ankle monitor while he was out on a pass. Johnson is serving up to 40-years for breaking and entering.
A stolen West Virginia State Police Humvee was found in the garage of an abandoned home in Campbell’s Creek. Troopers are trying to determine if the vehicle was sold as surplus, and the markings were never removed, or if it was stolen from a detachment.
The suspect in a shooting at Kulture Hookah Bar during a New Year’s Eve party is facing a federal indictment. Thirty-year-old Kymonie Davis is charged with malicious wounding and wanton endangerment, and a felon in possession of ammunition. Seven people were shot and injured at the Huntington bar.
The Kanawha County School Board has a new superintendent. Dr. Tom Williams will take over are current superintendent, Dr. Ron Duerring, retires in June. Williams has been deputy superintendent for six years.