CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Manna Meal, a meal service and food pantry based out of Charleston, will be pausing services at one of its locations to improve efficiency. The services for Manna Meal’s indoor community dining room, which is located at the former Garnet Career Center on 422 Dickinson Street, will be paused beginning on April…
Story by Chris Lawrence SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The southern coalfields weren’t the only area impacted by the heavy rainfall of Feb. 15-16. The new wall is designed to hold back the hillside. (Photo/DOH) The rain in Kanawha County that weekend loosened up the material on the hillside above the new Jefferson Road widening project…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Evidence surrounding the gunshots allegedly fired by a Kanawha County man charged with fatally shooting his girlfriend’s mother and brother in February of last year is being presented on the stand for thorough examination. Experts from the state Medical Examiners Office and the West Virginia State Police Forensic Laboratory were among the…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — 70 West Virginia teachers were honored Tuesday evening after earning their National Board Certification, with many of them walking across the stage of the state Culture Center in Charleston. The West Virginia Department of Education hosted the ceremony, which also recognized 77 teachers that maintained their certification. “It’s something they deserve,” said…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. –Kanawha County Commission President Ben Salango says there waiting for funding from the federal government in order to move forward with the Capitol Sports Center. Salango appeared on 580 Live with Dave Allen Tuesday morning where he discussed the project. The center will be located where the old Macy’s building was in downtown Charleston.…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A Kanawha County man has been arrested after allegedly kidnapping and sexually assaulting a woman on Monday. Danny Lee Sanders Jr., 43, of Elkview, is charged with felony kidnapping, felony malicious assault, and felony sexual assault in the first degree. According to the Kananwha County Sheriff’s Department, Sanders allegedely struck the woman…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — “It was murder, plain and simple,” Kanawha County Prosecuting Attorney for the state Kenneth Bannon says during opening statements in the trial of 32-year-old Markus Guy. Guy is convicted on four counts for allegedly killing his girlfriend’s mother and brother at a home on 35 Sapphire Drive in St. Albans on February…
INSTITUTE, W.Va. — Investigators with the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Department say a tractor-trailer driver may have suffered a medical episode that caused him to lose control of his truck Monday night on Interstate 64 in Kanawha County. The wreck claimed the truck driver’s life. Deputies said the truck was heading east between Institute and Cross…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Opening statements will get underway Tuesday morning in the trial for a Kanawha County man convicted of killing two of his girlfriend’s family members last February. Jury selection wrapped up Monday in the trial for Markus Guy, 32, of Charleston. A 14-member jury will sit in on the trial that could go…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Hundreds of West Virginians are gathering together again in aim to increase civic engagement and raise policy awareness for black and marginalized communities. It was the fourth annual Black Policy Day at the state Capitol Monday. Community leaders, advocates, and students across the state came to engage with legislators about some of…