CHARLESTON, W.Va. –Charleston City Council members voted unanimously Monday night to pass the city’s budget for fiscal year 2026. The $113 million budget will see that all critical services and operations in the city be maintained and does not include any new taxes or increases to current city taxes. The budget also maintains active employee…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office promoted Lieutenant Ana Pile to Chief of Detectives Monday, making her the first female in the county to hold the position. Pile will now be responsible for leading criminal investigative section and the Kanawha Bureau of Investigations. Pile has been serving with the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Department…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A Charleston man convicted on two separate murder charges has been granted mercy. The trial for Markus Deron Guy, 33, entered the mercy phase Monday. Guy will now be considered eligible for parole after 15 years following the decision made by the 12-member jury in the trial. On Friday, the jury found…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Public Service Commission announced Monday that it would be opening a general investigation into Waste Management of West Virginia. The filing accuses Waste Management of missing pickup days, as well as having incomplete pickups and providing “little to no notification of changes in service schedule.” Delegate Andy Shamblin, R-Kanawha,…
INSTITUTE, W.Va. –West Virginia State University President Ericke Cage says that the university will continue evolving despite the current challenges that university’s face around the country. Cage was asked questions by WVSU Board of Governor chairman Mark Kelly Monday afternoon in the P. Ahmad Williams Auditorium in Ferrell Hall for the Conversation on the State of…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — An 82-year-old man died in a UTV wreck in Kanawha County Saturday afternoon. The Kanawha County Sheriff’s Department said Joseph Teel, 82, of Coopers Creek, lost control of the machine negotiating a left-hand curve coming down a driveway on Bens Fork Road. The UTV ran off the driveway, struck a rock and…