CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The City of Charleston will be allocating $6.2 million from its unassigned fund balance towards a multitude of city projects. City council members voted to approve General Fund Budget Amendment No. 5 Tuesday evening, which will aid in many projects that were brought up during Mayor Amy Shuler Goodwin’s State of the…
CHARLESTON, W.Va.— One of the defendants in the Sissonville abuse case trial testified Tuesday after the state rested its case. Jeanne Whitefeather said she and co-defendant Donald Lantz never forced the children into doing any physical labor and did not lock them up inside a shed. “I’ll just get some questions out of the way,…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A man wanted for sex trafficking is now in state custody after a five month long investigation. United States Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia Will Thompson held a press conference Tuesday afternoon to announce the arrest of Tiwan Robert Bailey, 48, of Charleston. Bailey, who also went by the…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The prosecution rested its case late Tuesday morning in the child abuse, human trafficking trial of a Kanawha County couple. Jeanne Whitefeather (WVRJA) Jeanne Kay Whitefeather and Donald Ray Lantz allegedly mistreated their adopted children including forcing them to work. Two children were found locked in a shed in October 2023. Kanawha…
Tuesday 11:30 a.m. update All lanes have reopened. CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Authorities closed four of six lanes of Interstate 64 near the Oakwood Road exit in Charleston Tuesday morning after a tractor trailer lost part of its load that caused a crash in the opposite lanes of traffic. The tractor trailer lost two large metal…
LETART, W.Va. — The state Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating a deadly fire that occurred Monday morning near Letart in Mason County. Investigators with the state Fire Marshal’s Office involved a father and his son. The son in his 50s died in the blaze. The father, in his 80s, is being treated at the burn…