CHARLESTON, W.Va. –The West Virginia Department of Human Services will now have a monitor for an improvement period in order to address the improper placement of foster children in hotels and 4-H camps. Kanawha County Judge Maryclaire Akers appointed Cindy Largent-Hill, the Director of the Division of Children Service’s for the Supreme Court of Appeals, to…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Come out and support your local farmers in Charleston this weekend and buy the goods they produce across the Mountain State. The Winter Blues Farmers Market will be held at the Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. State Agriculture Commissioner Kent Leonhardt said it’s the 16th…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. –The Sissonville couple who was recently found guilty of the abuse and human trafficking of their adopted children are being sued by one those children. The suit against, Jeanne Whitefeather and Donald Lantz, was filed in Kanawha County Circuit Court Thursday. In the complaint it said the adopted child “experienced shocking and severe physical…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Hundreds of cyclists from across the nation will be hitting their bikes to pavement for the second year in the Capitol City. The City of Charleston and the Charleston Convention and Visitors Bureau drew in the crowd Thursday morning to announce the return of the USA Cycling Pro Road National Championships. Now…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — WVRC Media, in partnership with Union Mission West Virginia, Members Choice Federal Credit Union, and the Charleston Dirty Birds, hosted the Disaster Relief Bucket Drop Wednesday to aid victims from the major flooding in the southern part of the state. Residents donated items and money in a drive-thru style to help fill…
SILVERTON, W.Va. — A driver is dead, and a horse has been killed in a two-vehicle crash on Interstate 77 in Jackson County. The accident was reported around 4:20 Wednesday afternoon near Silverton. According to reports, the driver of a truck carrying horse trailer was flown from the scene for treatment but died on the…
SUMERCO, W.Va. — A man died Tuesday after crashing an ATV, according to State Police. Arthur McCormick, 75, of Sumerco, died after rolling the ATV in a wooded area on private property. McCormick was found by a family member who was helping him cut firewood before the wreck. No further information was released.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — An additional $800,000 is now going toward West Virginia International Yeager Airport’s major $60 million dollar renovation and terminal development project– CRW NEXT. The board at Yeager approved the $800,000 dollar grant through the West Virginia Water Development Authority during its monthly meeting Wednesday. CRW Chief Development Officer Andrew Gunnoe said the…
Photo/West Virginia Legislature, Photo by Will Price CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The state Senate paused Wednesday to remember the life of longtime administrative assistant Wanda Casto. Casto, a Cross Lanes resident, died last May. She worked at the Senate as a part-time secretary/administrative assistant for 34 years. The resolution that was read during Wednesday’s floor session…
SCOTT DEPOT, W.Va. — The West Virginia Department of Transportation held an informational meeting Tuesday for the public regarding the potential Teays Valley Road widening project. Residents came into Teays Valley Christian School to ask engineers questions about the project that aims to widen the busy corridor from Great Teays Boulevard to Apple Lane. The…