CHARLESTON, W.Va. — MultiFest has kicked off in Charleston for a 34th year. The Multi-Cultural Festival got started at Haddad Riverfront Park along Kanawha Boulevard Thursday evening with live music featuring Chuck Brown Band, a band based out of Washington D.C. MultiFest Board member David Fryson says the event is becoming a national draw. “We…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Some West Virginia University fans prepared themselves for the upcoming 2024 football campaign with a Thursday evening event to hear Tony Caridi speak. The fundraiser event, called “Inside the Huddle,” took place at the Ball Toyota Event Center at Patrick Street Plaza, and was sponsored by the United Way of Central West…
LOUDENDALE, W.Va. — The Loudendale Volunteer Department in Kanawha County is closed temporarily. The station closed yesterday as a result of failure to maintain workers compensation coverage. In order to operate, stations in West Virginia must provide workers compensation for all service members. For the time being, other stations will help respond to calls in…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A Kanawha County circuit judge had ordered a second 14-year-old Charleston boy to be tried as an adult in connection with a January murder and robbery at a Charleston tobacco shop. Barack Williams (CPD) Circuit Judge Maryclaire Akers has signed the order in the case of Barack Howard Williams. Williams is charged…
FAYETTEVILLE, W.Va. — The Fayette County Commission appointed Chief Deputy Shannon Morris as temporary sheriff in a special meeting Thursday. Morris replaces two-term Sheriff Mike Fridley who resigned this week to take a security officer’s job in the Fayette County school system. The county commission also decided Thursday to take applications until Aug. 6 and…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A Nitro woman will be sentenced later this month after admitting to biting and abusing her children in Oct. 2022. Jennifer Clark, 43, appeared before Kanawha County Circuit Judge Dave Hardy Thursday morning where she pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of child abuse creating risk of bodily injury. Investigators found bite…