OAK HILL, W.Va. — The proposed demolition of nearly 20 historic structures within the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve is being brought back up on the table for discussion. The New River Gorge National Park Service will hold a meeting Tuesday evening in Oak Hill to provide the public with more information about…
BELLE, W.Va. — The Kanawha County Board of Education voted unanimously Monday evening to close Malden Elementary School. Malden is now the third elementary school to have been voted to close as part of a consolidation plan that has Malden Elementary, Belle Elementary, Mary Ingles Elementary and Midland Trail Elementary combining into one, new school…
SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va.— Union Carbide Workers in South Charleston went on strike Monday to demand for higher wages after their previous contract ended Sunday, October 20. International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) District 54 President and Directing Business Representee T. Dean Wright Jr. released a statement regarding IAM Local 598 members on strike…
CHARLESTON, W.Va.— A man was sentenced Monday on a violent crime, in Kanawha County Circuit Court after a virtue of a guilty plea. Joey Randall Butler, II, 41, of Charleston was sentenced to the statutory maximum of one to five years confined in a state correctional facility. He was previously convicted of unlawful wounding on…
ST. ALBANS, W.Va. — The Saint Albans High School Soccer program says they can’t believe the incredible response from the community stepping up to help after a fire broke out at Crawford Field’s ticket booth Friday night causing significant damage to their equipment. St. Albans Boys’ Soccer Coach Marc Adkins told MetroNews that at first,…
CHARLESTON, W.Va.— Three men pleaded not guilty at their arraignment in Kanawha County Circuit Court Monday in connection to a shooting near Shawnee Sports Complex. Kaden Bowman, Zion Clark both 24 and Antonio Jacobs,19, were charged with wanton endangerment following the May shooting incident at a Smoot Avenue apartment. Investigators said the shots were fired…
CHARLESTON, W.Va.-— A St. Albans father pleaded not guilty to a child neglect charge at his arraignment in Kanawha County Circuit Court Monday. According to court records, David Mallo was criminally charged after a 5-month- old baby was found unresponsive and had methamphetamine in its system. In June, the baby was taken to CAMC Women…
INSTITUTE, W.Va. — The West Virginia State University Board of Governors has given approval to President Ericke Cage to negotiate a deal for a possible naming opportunity. Ericke Cage WVSU’s Capital Campaign will begin soon and there’s apparently some interest from someone in having the naming rights. The WVSU BOG met in special session Monday…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Police are making progress on a shots-fired investigation in Charleston. Tony Hazelett More than two dozen shots were fired in an exchange on 7th Avenue in North Charleston Sunday evening. Chief of Detectives Lt. Tony Hazelett said the shots were coming from those inside a silver car and a Penske rental truck.…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Investigators are working on the sequence of events in connection with an attack and stabbing death on Charleston’s East End Saturday afternoon. Mark Kreaps (WVRJA) Police said they responded to a burglary call at an apartment complex in the 1500 block of Virginia Street East Saturday where, upon arrival, the victims told…