CHARLESTON, W.Va.—– The new Kanawha County sheriff and chief deputy were sworn in Thursday afternoon by the Honorable Maryclaire Akers. Joe Crawford is the new sheriff after serving three years as chief deputy. He won in the primaries in May and ran unopposed in the November election. Crawford says if he didn’t have the three-year…
PUTNAM COUNTY, W.Va.—— A woman was sentenced Thursday morning in Putnam County Court to three to 15 years for the death of her two-year-old son. Megan Kincaid, was indicted in July on child neglect resulting in death and child neglect resulting in serious bodily injury. In October, she plead guilty to child neglect resulting in…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A $25.6 million dollar project is transforming a 73-year-old aircraft hanger into a new, cutting-edge facility. Members of the 130th Airlift Wing at the McLaughlin Air National Guard Base in Charleston unveiled a newly-renovated building Thursday, Building 107, which was first completed in 1951 and was originally home to the Wing’s first…
CHARLESTON, W.Va.——-WVU has a familiar face stepping in as its 36th head football coach. Rich Rodriquez was announced as the program’s head coach Thursday morning after news broke Wednesday evening that Rodriguez . Rodriquez previously served as the university’s 32nd head coach from 2001-2007, where he racked up four Big East Conference championships, a Sugar…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Santa Clause will be arriving in the Capitol City later today to help bring in the crowd for the Charleston Police Department’s fifth annual Wonderland and Toy Drive. The two-day donation event started up Wednesday and will last through Thursday until 7 p.m. on the parking lot of the Beni Kedem Temple.…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Charleston Mayor Amy Shuler Goodwin says the WVSSAC High School Football Championship games have left the Capital City almost completely booked on both hotel accommodations and restaurant reservations. “That’s music to any mayor’s ears when you hear hotels are at capacity and it’s going to be really hard to get a supper…
CABELL COUNTY, W.Va. — An Ohio man has been sentenced to prison after causing an accident while impaired that left a Huntington teenager dead. Joshua Wilson, 23, of Middleport, Ohio, was sentenced to between three and 15 years for DUI causing death and between two and 10 years for DUI causing serious bodily injury. Wilson…
BOONE COUNTY, W.Va.—– The former maintenance director at Boone County Schools is in custody after a federal grand jury returned an 18-count indictment Tuesday that alleges the director defrauded the county’s Board of Education out of $3.4 million. Michael David Barker, 47, has been charged with one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud, 11…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Former state Attorney General, Supreme Court Justice Darrell McGraw will be remembered in a public memorial service next week. McGraw died last weekend at the age of 88. The service will be held at state Culture Center Tuesday afternoon. Visitation will go from noon until 2 p.m. followed by the memorial service. McGraw…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia’s Capital City is gearing up to host the four different WVSSAC high school football championship games at UC Stadium at Laidley Field. The state championship games will be hosted by Charleston for the first time in 30 years, as Wheeling Island Stadium in Wheeling has been the host since 1994.…