WAYNE COUNTY, W.Va. — A man is facing charges or murder and arson after home burned down in Wayne County, killing a man. Daryl Riggs, 19, is charged with second-degree murder and arson in connection to an incident on October 28 on Mill Creek Road in Fort Gay. Last Wednesday, Riggs made a confession in…
CHARLESTON, W.Va.— Ahead of Veteran’s Day, CAMC Memorial Hospital is honoring their employee veterans. On Wednesday, the hospital held a flag ceremony, that saw the previous flag that had been hanging on their flagpole for the past year given to one of their employee veterans, Jason Henderson. After he was presented with the flag, a…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The newest-elected Kanawha County Commissioner Natalie Tennant said her Tuesday night victory hasn’t even truly sunk in yet following the confusion caused from a corrupted data stick that delayed the election results. In a Wednesday morning statement, the Kanawha County Commission said they, alongside the County Clerk’s Office finalized the results just…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The state Public Service Commission says it will consider a settlement reached between PSC Staff and West Virginia American Water Company on the utility’s 2025 Distribution System Improvement Charge. A evidentiary hearing on a proposed increase of that annual surcharge was originally set for Wednesday but was cancelled because of the proposed settlement.…
PUTNAM COUNTY, W.Va. — Putnam County voters approved a school construction bond that will see a new Hurricane Middle School be built. Nearly 65% of voters voted in favor of the $75 million bond issue, which would have $64.6 million of that total going towards the new school, and the rest being dedicated to new…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Kanawha County history is being made Tuesday night as Republican candidate Debra Rusnak wins as first female Prosecuting Attorney in the county. Rusnak beat out her Democratic challenger for the Prosecuting Attorney role in Kanawha County John Mitchell Jr. by a 2 to 1 margin. She told MetroNews Tuesday night after the…