CHELYAN, W.Va. –A Kanawha County home was destroyed Friday evening after a fire broke out. According to emergency dispatchers, the blaze was reported shortly before 8 p.m. along Madison Street, which is just off Saxton Street. When crews arrived the house was fully engulfed in flames. Two people inside the home were able to get out…
CHARLESTON, W.Va – State lawmakers looking to increase regulations on nicotine vaping products got a look inside the industry and West Virginia’s enforcement of current regulations during interim committee meetings earlier this week. A panel discussion held before the legislature’s Joint Committee on Health shed light on issues like underage use of vapes, the sale…
ELK CITY, W.Va. –OktoberWest, the state’s largest, and only, German Oktoberfest and craft beer festival, is set to take place this Saturday. The festival, coordinated by Charleston Urban Works, is now in its 17th year. Charleston Urban Works Executive Director Ric Cavender and Event Coordinator Lauren Hatcher appeared on 580 Live with Dave Allen on Wednesday…
CHARLESTON, W.Va – The stakes for April’s University of Charleston Marathon just increased. The university, along with the city of Charleston and the Charleston Convention and Visitors Bureau, announced Thursday that the marathon gained certified status with USA Track and Field, meaning that it serves as a qualifier for major races like the Boston, New…
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. –Marshall University President Brad Smith told the university’s Board of Governors that the school has seen a significant increase in enrollment for the third consecutive year. “We’re just up over 20% percent over the past three years, having reversed more than a decade plus decline,” Smith said during the board’s meeting Wednesday afternoon. Smith…
KANAWHA COUNTY, W.Va. –Some new rules are coming to the Shawnee Sports Complex in Dunbar. The Kanawha County Commission voted to approve rules aimed at enhancing the facility’s safety and curbing disruptive or violent behavior. Commission President Ben Salango said there have been a few recent incidents involving rowdy parents. “We’ve had some parents who got…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. –A Sissonville man who was convicted of raping a child received the maximum prison sentence Wednesday. Nicholas Quade, 25, was sentenced to 60 to 185 years in prison by Kanawha County Circuit Court Judge Tera Salango. In August, Quade pleaded guilty to five charges, which included first-degree sexual assault, sexual abuse by a parent,…
CHARLESTON, W.Va – A Charleston teenager will spend the rest of his life in prison, with the possibility of parole, after being sentenced for the murder of tobacco store clerk Caden Martin. Barack Williams, 15, received the automatic sentence of life in prison with mercy, meaning he will be resentenced when he turns 18 and is…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Senator Mike Stuart has resigned his seat in the state Senate. Mike Stuart Stuart’s resignation will take effect Thursday morning after he was confirmed Tuesday by the U.S. Senate to be the next general counsel for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services after being nominated by President Donald Trump. Stuart, R-Kanawha,…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A Kanawha County jury found a man not guilty Wednesday in connection with a gun fight near the Shawnee Sports Complex last year. Kaden Bowman (WVRJA) Kaden Bowman was charged with two counts of wanton endangerment with a firearm. The jury found him not guilty on both charges. The 12-member panel deliberated…