CHARLESTON, W.V.a. — On Thursday, August 1, the United Way of Central West Virginia will host its annual “Inside the Huddle” event at the Ball Toyota Event Center at Patrick Street Plaza. The event is a fundraiser for United Way of Central West Virginia. Inside the Huddle will begin at 5:30 p.m., and will feature…
SISSONVILLE, W.Va. — Police have identified the man that barricaded himself in a Sissonville home Wednesday afternoon. Joshua Allen Patterson, 37, of Sissonville, is charged with wanton endangerment involving a firearm after he allegedly fired multiple shots from a residence in the Sissonville are close to Tate Hollow Road and Fields Lane. No injuries were…
FAYETTEVILLE, W.Va. — Two-term Fayette County Sheriff Mike Fridley is stepping down before his second and final term comes to an end. Mike Fridley Fridley has handed in his resignation and has taken a job as a security officer in the Fayette County school system. The resignation takes effect Thursday. Fridley, who was set to…
UPDATE 2:30 p.m. Deputies led man away from the scene in handcuffs. SISSONVILLE, W.Va. — The Kanawha County Sheriff’s Department SWAT team is on the scene where a man has barricaded himself inside a home. A disturbance was reported Wednesday afternoon at the residence in the Sissonville are close to Tate Hollow Road and Fields Lane.…
SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. — In order to be better prepared to handle real-life emergencies, local police, fire and EMS personnel came together Wednesday for joint training exercises in Kanawha County. WVU Medicine Thomas Hospitals was the only healthcare system to participate in the drill. A number of hospital employees were at the South Charleston campus…
CHARLESTON, W.V.a — One of the three suspects in the May drive-by shooting near the Shawnee Sports Complex, was out of jail on an improper bond, according to a judge on Tuesday. Zion Clark, 23, of Dunbar, was charged in connection to the May 19 shooting that happened close to the athletic complex while a…
CHARLESTON, W.Va.–Dozens of emergency vehicles rushed to Virginia Street in Charleston Tuesday evening to attend to a fire at the Cavalier Apartment building. Cavalier Apartments is owned by Patriot Services Group West Virginia, the same company that owned the Regal Apartment building that saw a major fire last year. Dispatchers received the call just before…
INSTITUTE, W.Va. — Longtime Kanawha County emergency response official Mike Oakley says he’s never seen interest quite like it is now in the area of first responder training. Oakley said he had no difficulty getting 100 first responders to sign-up for three days of training with top professors from LSU in the area of counter-terrorism…
Story by Chris Lawrence CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia School Building Authority has approved the financial plan for the Putnam County Board of Education for a proposed school construction bond. The board signed off the plan, which was presented to the SBA Tuesday. The plan calls for asking the SBA for $25 million to…
BARBOURSVILLE, W.Va. — Police are looking for the driver of a pick-up truck that hit a tractor-trailer driver as he sped away from an accident scene on Interstate 64 Tuesday morning. According to Barboursville police, there was a wreck involving a newer model white Chevrolet Silverado pick-up truck and a tractor-trailer in the eastbound lanes…