A Charleston teenager accused in the fatal shooting of a tobacco shop employee appeared in court Wednesday. 15-year old Barack Williams was charged in the January murder of 19-year-old Caden Martin, who was working at the north Charleston store when Bre’juan Williams-Hampton shot him following a robbery. Williams is accused of serving as a lookout. … Read more
An arrest has been made in a Scioto County homicide investigation. 33-year old James Ruggles has been charged with murder, arson, assault, tampering with evidence, resisting arrest and obstruction, according to a news release from the Scioto County Sheriff’s Office. A homicide investigation was launched Monday after the body of 59-year-old Rocky Jordan was found … Read more
Tensions boiled over once again at the Milton City Council meeting Tuesday night as the battle over who should lead the city’s police department continues. Council members failed to agree on appointing Officer Cass McMillian as the next police chief. A motion to table the vote—pushed by members who said it’s too soon to replace … Read more
Codenames is a popular game that has sold about 14 million copies since 2015. Czech Games Edition and Marshall University has collaborated for a Marshall University edition. This is the first collab CGE has done with a university. They gave out 500 of the games on Tuesday at the Memorial Student Center. CGE was on … Read more
Over the summer, the Charleston YWCA announced they would cancel their annual Girls Night Out event, which had been running for thirty years and raised money for their Resolve Family Abuse Program. The replacement event – a new version of Girls Night Out – may not happen either. The YWCA had planned to have open-house … Read more
Sissonville High School has a new policy for every Indians home football game. In the past, parents could drop their children off at Indians games and pick them up later, but that is changing. Now, middle and elementary school students have to buy a ticket and be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian at … Read more
Investigators have identified a Kanawha County man who died in a single-vehicle rollover crash. 50-year old Marvin Smith Jr. of Rand, died after a Jeep he was operating left a Glasgow roadway, struck a utility pole and overturned beside a set of railroad tracks, according to a social media post from the Kanawha County Sheriff’s … Read more
Public services were held Tuesday evening for West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Tim Armstead. He died last Tuesday after a brief time in the hospital at just 60 years old. A judicial day of mourning was also honored Tuesday to coincide with Armstead’s services, meaning all judicial offices were closed. Armstead was elected to keep … Read more
West Virginia State Treasurer Larry Pack visited the University of Charleston recently, and presented a sizeable unclaimed property check to UC President Marty Roth. The check, valued at more than $28,000 in unclaimed property funds were located during a search of the State Treasurer’s Office Unclaimed Property online database. The money came from insurance proceeds … Read more
An annual fall festival is bringing several days of visual and performing arts to downtown Charleston. FesitvALL has been scheduled for Oct. 7-12, starting the the Full Moon Drum Circle at Slack Plaza on the first evening of the event. Among the highlights: storytelling at Capitol Market, a LEGO Printing Workshop at Base Camp Printing, … Read more