SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Police are revealing the identity of a man who’s body was found near the Criel Mound in South Charleston Sunday. The South Charleston Police Department said the deceased man has been identified as Gary Allen Anderson, 72, who was from the Alum Creek area. While an autopsy of Anderson’s body found…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A Kanawha Valley economic development organization says something must be done now about addressing the need for childcare after finding a deficit of over 5,000 childcare slots, affecting 32% of eligible children across the area. In response to this, Advantage Valley will host twelve childcare start-up business workshops from March to November…
PRATT, W.Va. –Pratt Mayor Andy Williams asked the Kanawha County Board of Education at their meeting Monday night to donate the property that sits across Pratt Elementary School to the city in order for them to carry out their plans. Williams says that they want to be able to be a part of the trail system…
ST. ALBANS, W.Va. — The Kanawha County Sherriff’s Office is investigating a shooting that took place early Tuesday morning in St. Albans that left one man injured. At approximately 3:13 a.m., deputies responded to the incident alongside the Saint Albans Police Department to a reported shooting at a Go Mart on MaCorkle Avenue. Upon arrival,…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Charleston Mayor Amy Shuler Goodwin presented her proposed $113 million budget Monday evening at a Charleston Finance Committee meeting. Goodwin, who appeared on “580” Live with Dave Allen Monday morning, laid out what she thought were the top priorities for the year. “What it has in there is our priorities. It’s safety,…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Over 50 people have been indicted in recent days by a Kanawha County jury. Michael Wayne Smith, 45, and Virginia Marie Smith, 33, were indicted Monday. They’re both charged with murder, concealing a dead body, use of a firearm during the commission of a felony and conspiracy to commit a felony. The…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Tuesday will be a solemn reminder of a tragic fire that took place in the City of Charleston 76 years ago. On Tuesday, a ceremony will be held for the 76th anniversary of the fire that took place at Charleston’s former Woolworth Department Store that killed seven firefighters and injured fifteen. “It’s…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — From election bills, budget losses and increases, to various other issues that county officials face from year to year, roughly 350 of them are coming together again to work through those matters. The West Virginia Association of Counties hosted its annual Conference of Counties Monday in Charleston. It was the second day…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Lisa Johnston has been named the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia, according to a release. Johnston, who held the position in 2021, will represent 23 counties. She’ll succeed Will Thompson, who finished his time in the role in February. Johnston, the Moundsville native and West Virginia…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. –Kanawha County Judge Maryclaire Akers says her decision to appoint a monitor to the Department of Human Services at Friday’s hearing was because housing children in hotels and 4-H camps is not safe and needs to be stopped. “It is supposed to be temporary, it is born out of necessity and emergency, I think…