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…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. –“Buzzed Driving is Drunk Driving” is the message the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration urges residents to remember as they plan to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. According to the NHTSA, between 2018 and 2022, 38% of the traffic fatalities that occurred during the holiday drunk drivers were involved. Sgt. and…
CLENDENIN, W.Va. — Kanawha County deputies have charged a man with shooting his neighbor. Deputies said Rex Olive, 56, of Morris Creek Road in Clendenin, was in a fight with his neighbor Friday night as part of an ongoing neighborhood dispute. Olive allegedly shot his neighbor, 35, in the thigh. Olive is charged with four…
CROSS LANES, W.Va. — A manhunt for a suspect wanted in Kanawha County results in an arrest. The Kanawha County Sheriff’s Department confirmed the overnight arrest of Tyler Leach, 25, of Charleston. Deputies along with members of the West Virginia State Police searched the Cooper’s Creek area of Kanawha County most of Friday after Leach…
CROSS LANES, W.Va. –Three people were injured in a two-vehicle crash Friday afternoon in Cross Lanes. According to the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office the crash happened at the intersection of Big Tyler Road and AJ Road. The extent of the injuries is unknown. Drivers are asked to avoid the area.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. A Charleston man has been convicted on two counts of murder after being accused in a February 2024 Kanawha County fatal shooting. The trial for Markus Guy, 32, of Charleston that started Monday wrapped up in Kanawha County Circuit Court Friday afternoon when the 12-member jury found Guy guilty on second-degree murder for…
NITRO, W.Va. –Multiple crews responded to a brush fire in Nitro Friday afternoon. The fire was reported at around 1:20 p.m. near Greyhound Point at Lakeview Drive. The fire spanned three acres. Nitro spokesperson Joe Stevens was told by Nitro fire officials that a family was out riding there side-by-side and it caught fire. “Side-by-side overheated,…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A man charged in a Kanawha County double murder case says it was self-defense, but evidence presented by a number of expert witnesses say otherwise. Closing arguments got underway in the fourth day of trial for Markus Guy, 32, of Charleston who faces two counts of first-degree murder and two counts of…
HURRICANE, W.Va. — Someone purchased a Powerball ticket worth $1 million at the Par Mar store on Main Street in Hurricane. The West Virginia Lottery said it was purchased before the Wednesday night drawing. The ticket matched all five numbers but not the Powerball. The player also did not choose the Power Play option. Wednesday’s…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A South Charleston man posing to be a millionaire real estate personality is in jail after scamming people out of money with fraudulent investment schemes. Theodore “Teddy” Miller, 34, also known as, “The Wolf of West Virginia,” pleaded guilty to two counts of wire fraud Wednesday. Miller admitted to defrauding more than…