CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A Charleston man received his sentencing today after being convicted of multiple theft-related crimes. Vernon Tyler Davis, 29, was sentenced to a maximum of 20 years in prison after previously being convicted of grand larceny and breaking and entering. Court documents show that Davis cut a lock on a storage unit at…
HURRICANE, W.Va. — A man died Wednesday after a single-car crash in Hurricane. A 25-year-old man died after striking a telephone pole at the intersection of state Route 34 and Lynn Street just before 6 p.m. Life-saving measures were performed at the scene, and the man was pronounced dead at the hospital. An investigation is…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A Charleston man accused of beating a woman to death has a trial date. Izak Michael Surface, 22, has been indicted on a first-degree murder charge. He is accused of killing 36-year-old Lora Farley last January. Farley’s body was found on Chandler Drive on January 15, 2024, and an autopsy revealed the…
BARBOURVILLE, W.Va. — A man was successfully rescued from high waters in Cabell County Tuesday afternoon. First responders said that an SUV was stuck in high water along 4H Camp Road in Barboursville after 2 p.m. They said that they had to use a larger vehicle to get the stranded SUV and the driver to safety.…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The southern portions of the Mountain State will now have to brace for snow and ice impacts settling on top of the already high water and flood devastation they’ve been dealing with for the past couple of days. Charleston-based National Weather Service Meteorologist Megan Kiebler said they expect the snow storm to…
LOGAN, W.Va. — Water is flowing from an old mine in Logan County. Logan County emergency officials received calls around 5:30 Monday evening near Holden Road and Orange Creek Avenue. Heavy amounts of weekend rain in the area caused the pressure of the water inside the abandoned mine to blow out a portion of the…
SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. –South Charleston Mayor Frank Mullens says that the South Charleston Community Center fortunately did not flood and had no damages after the center decided to close down Saturday to prepare for the potential flooding of Davis Creek. “It did not get into the building, it got right within a couple of feet of…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Over 16,000 Appalachian Power Company customers in West Virginia are without power due to flash flooding and the winter storm that blew through the state this past weekend. AEP spokesperson Debby Pannell says that their main challenge has been flooding, which has restricted access to some areas. “Many of our neighbors and…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Jamal Boustany says around 12 to 15 inches of standing water is now soaking through the floor of his Capitol Convenience Store basement. This comes after a West Virginia American Water main burst in downtown Charleston Sunday near the intersection of Capitol and Lee Street, flooding parts of both streets and into…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Two busy streets in downtown Charleston were flooded following a water main break Sunday afternoon. The break occurred near the Capitol Street/Lee Street intersection. Parts of both streets were flooded. It was initially unclear if any water had gotten into the businesses that line both streets.