UPDATE 1/16/2025 7:20–The afternoon of day three in the trial for the Sissonville couple charged with 20 counts of child abuse and neglect, opened up with the last two surveillance footage. In the first video was from October 2, 2023, the day that Jeanne Whitefeather and Donald Lantz were arrested, showed the four children, two…
A mother will serve time in prison after a Cabell County child went missing in 2022, which led to an Amber Alert and police chase. Shana Carf, 39, was sentenced to one to three years in prison Wednesday. She previously pleaded guilty to attempted kidnapping. Carf was arrested in December 2022 in Winchester, Kentucky after…
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — A Huntington Police patrol boat is currently fully underwater in the Ohio River. The boat, Isaac H. Mitchell, was discovered listing Wednesday morning during a routine inspection. The vessel was fully submerged shortly after. The now submerged boat was docked at Adam’s Landing Marina in the Guyandotte community. The department will utilize…
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — A fire destroyed a house in Huntington Wednesday afternoon. The blaze was reported in the 100 block of Rotary Road around 4:30 p.m. Heavy smoke came from the home when crews arrived. According to Huntington Fire Department firefighters, one person inside the home and multiple pets got our safely with no injuries,…
UPDATE 1/15/2025, 6:30 –The trial of Jeanne Whitefeather and Donald Lantz, the Sissonville couple charged with 20 counts of child trafficking, forced labor, civil rights violations and gross child neglect resumed Wednesday afternoon with the testimony of another law enforcement officer. A.C. Pile, a Detective with the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Department took the stand after…
CHARLESTON, W.Va.— The HOPE Family Drug Summit aims to bring resources on how to combat drug addiction to those who have suffered from substance abuse disorder or to those families who have lost loved ones to a drug addiction. The Healing, Opportunities, and Possibilities to Empower summit, was held at the University of Charleston in…
NITRO, W.Va. — Seth Skiles, a music teacher at Rock Branch Elementary School in Putnam County, now has a brand new ride after being named West Virginia’s 2025 Teacher of the Year. Skiles was given the keys to a 2025 Toyota RAV4 Tuesday morning at a ceremony at his school. Skiles says representing all educators…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Kanawha County Commissioner Lance Wheeler is ready to try his hand at the State Senate. Wheeler, who served as Commission President for much of 2024, is looking to succeed Mark Hunt in the role of Senator for the 8th Senatorial district. Hunt recently moved up to be the State Auditor. Wheeler, the…
UPDATE: 1/14/2025, 7:28– Judge Maryclaire Akers and the 12-member jury continued hearing state witnesses’ testimony after they reconvened after lunch Tuesday afternoon. After they reconvened, the first state witness, Joyce Bailey continued her testimony answering questions from Jeanne Whitefeather’s attorney Michael Plants and Donald Lantz’s attorney John Balenovich. After the cross-examination of Bailey, the state…
KANAWHA COUNTY, W.Va. — A Kanawha County man has been arrested in relation to an accidental shooting incident from November. Kanawha County Sheriff’s Deputies apprehended Henon Wesley Snodgrass, 42, Tuesday afternoon at a residence on Falcon Drive. Snodgrass was charged with two counts of being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm after James…