A new Safe Haven Baby Box has opened in Boyd County Kentucky, offering a designated space for parents in crisis to leave an infant. The box, which is located at the Ashland Fire Department along Carter Avenue, was opened Thursday. Kentucky’s Safe Infant Act allows newborns to be anonymously surrendered to a police station, fire … Read more
A Lincoln County man is accused of punching a child in the chest last week. 31-year old Joshua Wilson of Hamlin was charged with child abuse resulting in injury after an incident Wednesday at a home in Hamlin, according to a criminal complaint filed in Lincoln County Magistrate Court. A woman said her daughter was … Read more
The West Virginia Division of Highways Transpiration Management Center is fully staffed today. The center houses the operations for West Virginia 511 which relays real-time traffic updates and videos for the public. The 169 traffic cameras spread out on major highways and interstates across the state can give the DOH a system to communicate and … Read more
Kanawha County is having “a crisis” when it comes to getting enough lawyers to take court-appointed defense work and child abuse and neglect cases, but the issue appears to be a problem statewide. Chief Kanawha County Circuit Judge Maryclaire Akers is waiting for lawyers to respond to her urgent call, saying only 11 lawyers are … Read more
There is a constant state of traffic congestion in the lot at the Pilot Travel Center in Nitro making it almost impossible for drivers unable to turn around. This not only affects truck drivers and travelers, but locals making their daily commutes. Putnam County Sheriff Bobby Eggleton said he’s talked with locals who want to … Read more
A man has been arrested in connection to an armed robbery that took place at a gas station in Kanawha County. Michael Allen Stone, 38, of Malden was taken into custody after being identified as the suspect in the armed robbery of a Speedway gas station that occurred about 5 a.m. on Dec. 27 in … Read more
A child died in a house fire overnight Friday in the Parkersburg area, investigators said. The 12-year-old boy was killed in the fire about 12:40 a.m. at a home on Elder Street, according to a news release from the West Virginia State Fire Marshal’s Office. Firefighters responded and extinguished the blaze when they found the … Read more
Sam Minardi, a Democrat that represented Ward 15, has announce he would resign from the Charleston City Council on Friday after serving more than 13 years in the Council Chamber. Minardi most recently won his bid for reelection in 2022. He is a small business owner and first joined the city council in 2011. Said … Read more
State officials confirmed a case of bird flu Friday in Pocahontas County. A case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza was found in a backyard flock, marking the second domestic case of HPAI since a global outbreak in early 2022, according to a news release from the West Virginia Division of Agriculture. HPIA is an airborne … Read more
Interstate 64 eastbound was reduced to one lane in Cabell County after three cars crashed Friday morning. Cabell County dispatchers said it happened near mile marker 11 close to the Hal Greer Boulevard exit around 5:40 a.m. Both the slow and middle lanes were closed while crews worked to get the cars off the road. … Read more