BELLE, W.Va. — The Kanawha County Board of Education voted unanimously Thursday evening to close Mary Ingles Elementary School as part of a school consolidation plan. The board voted 5-0 in favor of consolidation after hearing from members of the public at a hearing at Riverside High School. Tom Williams The consolidation proposal, which came…
KANAWHA COUNTY, W.Va. — A Kanawha County man has been apprehended by the US Marshal Fugitive Taskforce for his potential involvement in multiple crimes. Leo Antonio Smith, 21, was apprehended and taken into custody last Friday, October 11, following a warrant being issued by a Kanawha County Circuit Court judge. According to a statement from…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A Kanawha County circuit judge has set a January 2025 trial date in a high-profile child neglect case involving a Sissonville couple who allegedly locked two of their four adopted children in a shed on their property and forced them to work. Jeanne Whitefeather (WVRJA) Jeanne Kay Whitefeather and Donald Ray Lantz…
CHARLESTON, W.Va.— Less than a month ago KRT’s Board voted to get rid of Sunday services and change the frequency of how many times the buses run on 11 of their routes, and now they’re behind the scenes trying to make sure that the buses still run when it’s convenient for their riders. KRT Executive…
Story by Emyah Fortenberry CHARLESTON, W.Va. — There was a lot of splatting going on at GoMart Ballpark in Charleston Thursday with the 25th annual BridgeValley Community and Technical College Pumpkin Drop. Students from 25 different schools made up 40 different teams to try and get their pumpkin from a Appalachian Power bucket truck down…
WINFIELD, W.Va. — A Putnam County woman faces 3 to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty Thursday to charges connected to her young son’s death Megan Kincaid admitted to child neglect resulting in the Nov. 10, 2022 fire related death of her two-year-old son at a house in Eleanor. Prosecutors said Kincaid had taken…
SISSONVILLE, W.Va. — An early morning blaze has caused damage to an empty home in Kanawha County this morning. The blaze was reported around 5:15 a.m. Thursday on Vinewood Road near Kanawha Two Mile Road. Firefighters from Sissonville and Malden Volunteer Fire Departments along with the Charleston Fire Department all responded to the scene. It’s…
FAYETTEVILLE, W.Va. — A hundred thousand or so visitors will again be making their way out to the iconic New River Gorge Bridge this Saturday for the 45th annual Bridge Day event. Tim Naylor with the New River Gorge Convention and Visitors Bureau says it’s surreal that Bridge Day is nearly a half a century…