NITRO, W.Va. — Seth Skiles, a music teacher at Rock Branch Elementary School in Putnam County, now has a brand new ride after being named West Virginia’s 2025 Teacher of the Year. Skiles was given the keys to a 2025 Toyota RAV4 Tuesday morning at a ceremony at his school. Skiles says representing all educators…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Kanawha County Commissioner Lance Wheeler is ready to try his hand at the State Senate. Wheeler, who served as Commission President for much of 2024, is looking to succeed Mark Hunt in the role of Senator for the 8th Senatorial district. Hunt recently moved up to be the State Auditor. Wheeler, the…
UPDATE: 1/14/2025, 7:28– Judge Maryclaire Akers and the 12-member jury continued hearing state witnesses’ testimony after they reconvened after lunch Tuesday afternoon. After they reconvened, the first state witness, Joyce Bailey continued her testimony answering questions from Jeanne Whitefeather’s attorney Michael Plants and Donald Lantz’s attorney John Balenovich. After the cross-examination of Bailey, the state…
KANAWHA COUNTY, W.Va. — A Kanawha County man has been arrested in relation to an accidental shooting incident from November. Kanawha County Sheriff’s Deputies apprehended Henon Wesley Snodgrass, 42, Tuesday afternoon at a residence on Falcon Drive. Snodgrass was charged with two counts of being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm after James…
WINFIELD, W.Va. — The Putnam County Commission has filled its vacancy. The commission choosing Doug Pierson finish the term of former commissioner Steve Deweese during the commission’s Tuesday morning meeting. Pierson will fill the seat through the 2026 election. The county commission also considered Mark Drennan and Ron Stone for the vacancy. Deweese resigned in…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A man was found dead in a fire early Tuesday morning in Charleston. The blaze was at a house on Red Oak Street on the city’s West Side at 3 a.m. Authorities said the house was thought to be abandoned. Charleston firefighters kept the fire from spreading to a nearby house. Photo…