FAYETTE COUNTY, W.Va. –The Fayette County Commission will take over all budgeting for their fire departments after they recently voted to reduce the public safety levy. The commission met Wednesday afternoon to discuss the fire departments budget and assure them that they would still be getting funding, it would just look a little different. This comes…
KANAWHA COUNTY, W.Va. — A woman previously charged in a 2022 hit-and-run crash that killed a man in Kanawha City was sentenced on Wednesday. Sandra Cooper, 85, has been sentenced to serve five years of supervised release time, which included six months of home confinement. Authorities say Cooper struck and killed Danny Ray Bonhman along…
BOONE COUNTY, W.Va. –A murder trial for the parents and grandparents accused of the apparent starvation of 14-year-old Kyneddi Miller has once again been pushed back as the court awaits competency evaluations and treatments for two of the three defendants. On Wednesday a status hearing was held for Julie Miller, the mother of Kyneddi Miller and…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Kanawha County Commission President Ben Salango says the future construction of the Capital Sports Center in downtown Charleston is being put on pause for now as they look into how to maneuver around a $7 million dollar budget gap. Salango said on 580 Live with Dave Allen Wednesday that the City of…
SISSONVILLE, W.Va. — A teenager is in jail and a Kanawha County Sheriff’s deputy is in the hospital after a high-speed chase Wednesday afternoon. Just before 2 o’clock, deputies attempted to conduct a traffic stop on Route 21 in Sissonville for a vehicle traveling at high speeds. The driver, a 17-year-old male, refused to stop…
BARBOURSVILLE, W.Va. –A person is in custody after allegedly stabbing another individual Wednesday morning in Barboursville. According to Barboursville Police, an emergency call was reported around 7:30 a.m. Officers said that there was a significant amount of blood between storage units across from a dog park. Evidence would later lead investigators to a garage apartment at…
Story by Chris Lawrence Charleston Police confirm a body of a female has been recovered from the Kanawha River this afternoon. It’s believed the victim was in a car which entered the water at the Frontier Boat Ramp earlier today. Police are not releasing any further information until they can notify next of kin. CHARLESTON,…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — More than 1300 ninth and tenth grade students from 11 counties across West Virginia gathered today at the Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center ft the West Virginia GEAR UP Career Academy. The event was hosted by West Virginia GEAR UP in partnership with Education Alliance. The event focused on career exploration and inspiring…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A man was shot in the back while attempting to make a drug deal in Charleston early Wednesday morning, police said. Charleston police said the man was in the parking lot of the Kroger store along U.S. Route 119 at around 1 a.m. when he was shot. The man walked into CAMC…
NITRO, W.Va. — A person is in the hospital recovering from injuries due to a wreck Wednesday morning in Nitro. Traffic was stopped at the 100 block of 40th Street after a single vehicle roll over accident that occurred at approximately 7:25 a.m. Wednesday. According to officials, the vehicle hit an embankment, causing the truck…