Visitors to the 2025 Ohio State Fair may have noticed significant construction around the fairgrounds. The work being done is part of a massive overhaul known as the 2050 Master Plan. The total project budget is $460 million. Some of the extensive renovations are scheduled to be completed by 2026. The Ohio Agriculture Center will … Read more
A former coffee shop owner who pleaded guilty to three felony charges regarding solicitation and taking sexually explicit photos of underage girls learned his sentence this week. Michael Cline was sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to two felony counts of distribution and exhibition of material depicting minors engaged in sexually explicit … Read more
Newfound Gap Road (US441) in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park is closed until further notice due to road damage. A landslide happened over the weekend on Newfound Gap Road between mile markers 12 and 13 on the Tennessee side of the park. The National Park Service says it is working in collaboration with the … Read more
A former Ravenswood Middle School assistant track coach who admitted to filming an underage girl in a changing room was sentenced on Saturday. 30-year old Thomas Haines was given a suspended sentence of six months in jail and two years of unsupervised probation. Haines was first accused of filming an underage girl in a changing … Read more
Loudendale Volunteer Fire Department is one of the first lines of defense if there is ever an emergency in or around Kanawha State Forest. Eyewitness News said low numbers of firefighters in the department has been an issue in the past but there’s been a recent surge in volunteers signing. Less than a year ago … Read more
An early Monday morning crash on Interstate 79 resulted in one fatality. Deputies with the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office responded to the single-vehicle crash near the 7-mile marker on I-79 and found a Dodge pickup truck overturned in the median. The driver, who was ejected from the vehicle during the crash, was pronounced dead at … Read more
A Clay County man has been charged after troopers said he admitted to setting a church on fire. 78-year old William Stephenson of Hartland is charged with first-degree arson, according to a criminal complaint filed in Clay County Magistrate Court. Troopers were dispatched to Sycamore Street in Clay about an arson report. Stephenson’s ex-wife said … Read more
Marshal County Sheriff Mike Dougherty confirmed that four individuals reported missing from Buffalo, New York, have been found dead following a vehicle crash in West Virginia. The Divan family was on its way to the Palace of Gold. Their vehicle was discovered on Saturday, August 2 off a steep embankment along Big Wheeling Creek Road. … Read more
A train derailed in St. Albans late Saturday night. According to the St. Albans Fire Department, the train was hauling 220 cars and nine of them overturned. They were each carrying around 100 tons of coal.. Eyewitness News said no one was injured, but several crossings are closed while the cleanup is happening. No estimated … Read more
Capitol Market has teamed up with Patriot Guardens to introduce a new mini-market featuring a rotation of products from veteran-owned businesses and veteran-grown farms. The Patriot Pop-Up will have its grand opening on Aug. 6 at 1 p.m. to kick off National Farmers Market Week. It will be located across from the Capitol Market kitchen … Read more