MASON COUNTY, W.Va. –A Mason County man has pleaded guilty in the death of a woman in February 2024. According to a news release from the Mason County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, Ryan K. Marshall, 40, of Point Pleasant pleaded guilty Thursday to murder in connection to the death of Sarah Smith, 54. He was arrested in…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A man is dead after members of the Charleston Police Department were forced to open fire when he pulled a gun on them outside of a store on the city’s West Side Thursday afternoon. CPD Chief of Detectives Lieutenant Tony Hazelett told MetroNews that the suspect was identified as Disnime Mitchell, 23,…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Police officers shot a man Thursday afternoon. It happened at around 12:40 p.m. on Rebecca Street on the city’s West Side. There wasn’t a lot information released initially.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Charleston Dirty Birds have announced their promotional schedule for the upcoming 2025 season. This schedule includes over 20 specialty nights, post-game fireworks, and giveaways. “This ballpark is such an amazing thing for our community where it is affordable, families can come here and have fun and they know that it is safe.”…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — BridgeValley Community and Technical College welcomes a group of professors from the Dundalk Institute of Technology in Ireland as part of an exchange program to strengthen workforce development. “So we went into a partnership with Marshall University interested in learning from some of our colleagues about how do we do more workforce development,…
HURRICANE, W.Va. — A Putnam County man pleaded guilty Wednesday after withholding over $250,000 in taxes from the IRS, according to the Department of Justice. Dean E. Dawson, 65, of Hurricane, operated RPC Group LLC, which was a real estate appraisal business in Hurricane. From 2015-2022, Dawson withheld employment taxes from the business’ employees and…
KANAWHA COUNTY, W.Va. –More than 2,400 Kanawha County residents are without power Wednesday evening. According to Appalachian Power website map, 1,360 customers dealing with outages are in the area along U.S. 119 from Trace Ford Road to Little Coal River Road. AEP estimates restoration for some customers to be 12:30 a.m. Thursday.
Leslie Watterson, (Photo: WCHS-TV) MASON COUNTY, W.Va. –Mason County school bus operator accused of driving while intoxicated has been indicted by a grand jury. Leslie M. Watterson, 54, was a substitute bus driver and was arrested in May 2024 after reports were made that she was driving in the wrong lane, making incorrect turns and falling…
HURRICANE, W.Va. — A new recycling center will be coming to Hurricane. Hurricane officials and the Putnam County Solid Waste Authority have partnered up to have a new center put on some property that the town had. The new center would be located at 1000 Midland Trail, which is a little past Hurricane Fire and Rescue.…
HURRICANE, W.Va. — The Putnam County Solid Waste Authority and Hurricane city officials are partnering to provide a new recycling drop-off area to the city. The new center will be located at 100 Midland Trail. According to the Putnam County Solid Waste Authority’s Facebook page, the new drop-off site will be equipped with a woodchipper…