Charleston attorney and civil rights activist dies

Local NewsBy Morgan PembertonOctober 3, 2025

CHARLESTON, W.Va. –Beloved attorney, civil rights activist, and West Virginia native Katherine ‘Kitty’ Dooley has died. Dooley was born in Fairmont and graduated from Marshall University in 1980 before serving in the U.S. Army as a Second Lieutenant. After leaving the Army, she earned her law degree from the WVU College of Law. She practiced law…

Charleston teenager pleads not guilty in deadly gas station shooting

Local NewsBy Morgan PembertonOctober 3, 2025

CHARLESTON, W.Va. –A Charleston teenager who is accused in connection with a deadly gas station shooting entering a not guilty plea in court on Friday morning. Jacob Fields, 18, pleaded not guilty to the murder of Tiffany Clorenia Adkins, 42, of Marmet. Fields was arrested and charged with murder two days after Adkins was shot in…