BLOOMINGROSE, W.Va. — Two people died in a structure fire in Boone County Saturday morning. The blaze was reported at around 10:30 a.m. at a residence in the Bloomingrose community. Firefighters recovered two bodies in the structure. The state Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating the cause of the blaze.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Kanawha County sheriff’s deputies have charged a woman with murder in the February death of a Mink Shoals man. Brittany Hickman was arraigned Friday afternoon in Kanawha County Magistrate Court. Hickman is charged with shooting and killing Richard Crowder, 70. Crowder’s body was found inside his home on Feb. 13. Deputies say…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Rain finally came down in the form of a thunderstorm for some West Virginia areas Thursday evening, and it has left thousands without power. According to Appalachian Power’s outage map, more than 6,000 people in Kanawha and Wayne Counties are without power. In addition, 765 are without power in Putnam County, while…
KANAWHA COUNTY, W.Va. — Kanawha County Schools conducted its first emergency drill on Thursday. The drill was geared towards lockdown situations, and all schools in the county with PreK-12th grade students participated. Sgt. Ray Blake, the resource officer at Nitro High School and Nitro Elementary School, says doing a drill this early in the year…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Residents across eight Central West Virginia counties still working to pull themselves out of damages left behind by early April storms now have an extended time to receive disaster assistance. FEMA announced that the deadline for federal assistance from the April 11th and 12th floods, mudslides, and landslides has been extended to…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Vandalia Health President and CEO Dave Ramsey laid out an aggressive path for the health system in the months and years to come during his presentation Thursday at the annual West Virginia Business Summit hosted by the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce. Dave Ramsey Ramsey, speaking on the health system’s second anniversary,…
ST. ALBANS, W.Va. — A Charleston man wanted for his connection in a Huntington shooting death was arrested Wednesday in Kanawha County. Damarquis Dewayne Patterson, 20, of Charleston, was arrested around 4 o’clock Wednesday afternoon in St. Albans after a warrant was issued for his failure to appear in court in relation to the 2022…
KANAWHA COUNTY, W.Va. — A St. Albans woman is facing up to 10 years in prison after she pleaded guilty to receipt of stolen money. Jessica Nutter, 39, of St. Albans admitted Wednesday to a scheme to defraud the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) of COVID-19 relief funds from Small Business Administration (SBA) under the Coronavirus…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — As people across the Mountain State brace for record-breaking heat this week in the midst of ongoing risks of drought, emergency officials in Kanawha County are reflecting back on the intense flooding that took place across Kanawha and five other counties this time last year. Last August, floods affected parts of Eastern…
Story by Chris Lawrence CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A well-known Charleston businessman has died. Mike Green, the longtime manager of Green’s Feed and Seed, died early Wednesday morning at Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown. Green was the son of Earl Green, the founder of the store. Mike worked there from childhood until he retired a few…