MASON COUNTY, W.Va. –A Tennessee man is in jail after allegedly beating two people with a hammer in Mason County. Kenneth Connell, 45, of Brush Creek has been charged with two counts of attempted murder after the two victims were found. According to the criminal complaint, on Sunday April 12, the assault was reported along Tribble…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. –A resolution was passed Monday evening to reduce the speed on Kanawha Boulevard at the conclusion of the Capital Connector Project. City councils, Planning, Streets, and Traffic Committee voted to pass the resolution that would change the speed from 40 mph to 30 mph. In the resolution it states that when the project is…
RIPLEY, W.Va. — Mayor Carolyn Rader says the passing of a longtime council member John McGinley leaves behind a major void in the City of Ripley. “A definite, a big loss, a big loss to our city,” Ripley Mayor Rader said on MetroNews Midday Monday. McGinley’s daughter, Jennifer McCafferty announced her father’s passing on Facebook.…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Small Business Liaison for the City of Charleston Audrey Conn says the city’s local small business climate continues to be on the rise. Conn joined City Councilman Emmett Pepper on 580 Live Monday. She said she’s been busy lately following up with all of the small business opportunities that keep pouring into…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A worker with the West Virginia Parkways Authority died after being struck by a tractor-trailer in a work zone Monday morning on the West Virginia Turnpike just south of Charleston. The collision happened right around 11 a.m. in the southbound lanes of Interstate 77. An official with the West Virginia Parkways Authority…