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A Delbarton woman is accused of duct taping a five-year-olds mouth and wrists so the child couldn’t make noise. Nineteen-year-old Elizabeth Russell is charged with child abuse.

Huntington police are looking for a group of male suspects who beat up a 17-year-old boy while he was changing a flat tire on 10th Street. The victim is in critical condition at St. Mary’s Medical Center.

The Kanawha Board of Education is condemning the actions of a teacher and two aides who are accused of abusing special needs students at Horace Mann Middle School. The board says school administrators are working with law enforcement to bring justice for the families.

Requirements for high school seniors to receive West Virginia’s Promise Scholarship have been reduced. The Higher Education Policy Commission board approved the reductions to qualify for the $4,750-per-year Promise Scholarship, setting a 1080 combined score on the SAT or a 21 composite ACT score as the marker. The Gazette-Mail reported 2,500 students were awarded the … Read more

West Virginia legislative leaders have named the committees in charge of the state’s redistricting process. Members of the Senate and House redistricting committees will host public hearings across the state this summer to hear feedback on redrawing political lines. Lawmakers will decide on how to split the state into two congressional districts, down from the … Read more

The Logan County Sheriff’s Office said a man with five active DUIs and a revoked license was arrested in Logan County after he was found driving. Clifton Belcher was pulled over Sunday after a deputy noticed a pickup truck traveling on state Route 10 in the Big Creek area with no registration, according to a … Read more

West Virginia’s Greenbrier River Trail has been designated as a national recreation trail. The federal Interior Department said the trail adds more 78 miles to the National Trails System, and that’s already a network of more than 1,300 existing trails across the U.S. The Greenbrier River Trail is a former railroad that’s now used for … Read more

West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is warning the public of scams aimed at senior citizens. Scammers are calling senior citizens pretending to be their grandchildren, and some claim to be law enforcement with news about grandkids in another state in need of money because of an emergency. Morrisey advises asking the caller something only … Read more

There is still time to sign-up for the CAMC Foundations “Run for Your Life” run and walk. It’s starts Saturday morning at Haddad Riverfront Park.

Charleston’s FestivALL is back with a mix of in-person and virtual event. The multi-arts festival showcases a mix of music, theater, dance, and visual arts and will run through June 27th.