CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The state Public Service Commission has scheduled an evidentiary hearing for next June on Appalachian Power Company’s request for a 14 percent increase in its base rate that could up the average customer’s power bill by $24 a month. Energy Efficient West Virginia Policy Director Emmett Pepper, who is also a member of…
KANAWHA COUNTY, W.Va. — Firefighters are investigating the cause of fire that destroyed a home in Kanawha County early Saturday morning. Firefighters with the Sissonville Fire Department say the home where the blaze broke out along the 3100 block of Falcon Drive is a total loss. They responded to the call around 5:30 Saturday morning.…
KANAWHA COUNTY, W.Va. — Police have issued a warrant for the suspect in a Friday convenience store robbery in Kanawha County. A felony arrest warrant has been issued for Michael Allen Stone, 38, of Malden. Stone is accused of robbing the Speedway on Campbell’s Creek Drive at around 5 o’clock Friday morning, as authorities recently…
CABELL COUNTY, W.Va. — A man has been arrested in Cabell County after multiple shoplifting incidents. Nicholas Trent White turned himself Friday at the Cabell County Courthouse, and is now charged with with six counts of felony third-offense shoplifting and one misdemeanor charge of shoplifting. White allegedly stole more than $3,000 worth of merchandise from…
PUTNAM COUNTY, W.Va. — A Putnam County woman has been arrested after allegedly sexually assaulting a minor. Annika Chapman, 38, is accused of sexually abusing a boy in 2022. Court documents show the boy’s guardian reported the assault to police. The boy, who was 13 years old at the time of the incident, reported to…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — U.S. Senator Joe Manchin says President Joe Biden should not have commuted the death sentences of Chad Fulks and Brandon Basham in the 2002 kidnapping and murder of Marshall University co-ed Samantha Burns. Joe Manchin Manchin said Friday on MetroNews “Talkline” that Biden should have considered the feelings of Burns’ parents who…
POCA, W.Va.— Brady Paxton, former West Virginia delegate, veteran, coach and teacher died Christmas evening at the age of 78. According to his obituary with Harding Family Group, Paxton served on the WV House of Delegates for 15 years, from 1999 to 2014. He taught in the Putnam County School system for 30 years and…
CAMPBELLS CREEK, W.Va. — A Kanawha County convenience store was robbed Friday morning. Emergency dispatchers say the incident occurred just after 5 a.m. at a Speedway along Campbells Creek Drive. Deputies said a man entered the store carrying a firearm and then fled the scene in a van with an undetermined amount of money. They are…
One of the Mega Millions’ largest jackpots in its history is set to be drawn on Friday. The drawing for a jackpot is currently estimated to be worth $1.15 billion, which would make it the fifth largest drawing in Mega Millions history. No ticket matched all six numbers on the Christmas Eve drawing, which bolstered…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — U.S. Senator Joe Manchin is using his final days as a representative of the Mountain State to stand up for one of its daughters who was kidnapped and murdered. Manchin took to X (formerly Twitter) Thursday, speaking on President Joe Biden’s recent decision to commute the sentences of 37 of the 40…