Story by Chris Lawrence A paramedic sleeping at the Teays Valley fire station in Putnam County got an alarming wakeup around 3 a.m. Thursday. “He awoke to smoke and heard popping sounds downstairs,” said Joey Puterbaugh, deputy chief of the Teays Valley Fire Department. Turns out the department’s utility truck had a fire in the…
WAYNE COUNTY, W.Va. — Two Wayne County men pleaded guilty on Wednesday to crimes relating to a 2023 incident where timber was stolen from public land. Ronald Lee Frye, 33, of Wayne, pleaded guilty to unlawful destruction of timber. Eugene Luther Cochran, 36, of Genoa, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to remove timber from public lands.…
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. –Students at Marshall University will be seeing an increase in their tuition and fee rates next fiscal year. Wednesday MU’s Board of Governors approved a 2.5% increase for resident under-graduate and graduate students Wednesday during their meeting. The university also approved a 2.6% increase in housing rates, 4% increase in dining rates, a rate…
SUMMERSVILLE, W.Va. — State School Superintendent Michele Blatt says a special circumstance review team will be sent to Nicholas County Schools to look into a conflict regarding the hiring of an employee with a previous criminal record. The controversy arose after it was made known that Nicholas County School Superintendent Terrence Beam hired his grandson,…
PUTNAM COUNTY, W.Va. — Libraries across the country are celebrating National Library Week. Megan Tarbett, President of the West Virginia Library Association was on 580Live with Dave Allen to talk about the Putnam County Library. Tarbett highlighted that the Putnam County Libraries have five locations in Teays Valley, Buffalo, Eleanor, Hurricane and Poca. The branches…
WOOD COUNTY, W.Va. — A Wood County man has been charged in connection to a deadly crash from last November. Ernest Bill Vandal, 40, of Walker, has been charged with DUI causing death. He was allegedly driving under the influence at the time of the wreck along the Staunton Turnpike in Walker. The wreck left…
UPDATE 04/08/2025 –A man is in custody after he attempted to rob a bank in Charleston Tuesday afternoon. According to a release from the Charleston Police Department, Bobby Ross, 56, of Charleston, entered Truist Bank on Tennessee Avenue and inquired about putting money on a gift card. The teller that was helping Ross told him that…
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Huntington Mayor Patrick Farrell says a new low-barrier overnight shelter in the city will bring a fresh approach to how they’re handling the homeless problem. Farrell said the new shelter will not only give people a safer space to sleep, but open up a gateway toward lasting stability. “I mean this, at…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — With the expansion of this year’s USA Cycling championship races in the Capitol City comes a need for more volunteers. The Pro Road National Championships being presented by the law offices of Spilman Thomas & Battle are set for May 19 -26 in Charleston this year, two days longer than the national…
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. –A petition that was filed to prevent the release of convicted murderer in Cabell County was granted Tuesday morning. Cherylethia “Bunny” Holmes was set to be released Wednesday April 9, after a parole board last month granted her the release. Holmes was convicted in 2004 of ordering the death of Wendy Morgan in Huntington.…