CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Circuit Judge Richard Lindsay is looking back on his inaugural year serving Kanawha County citizens. He says he’s enjoyed the adjustment and is thankful for a well-rounded staff. “I like my job. I like being a judge. As far as a takeaway, I think that the judges here in the circuit court…
BICKMORE, W.Va. — State Police have charged a Clay County mother after her teenage son allegedly shot and killed his father in a domestic incident. Misty Winebrenner, 48, of Bickmore, has been charged with child neglect and failure to report abuse and neglect. The shooting was reported on Tuesday at a home in the Bickmore…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — After over 70 years in business, every Fruth store in West Virginia and Ohio has shut its doors. Fruth announced the sale of its pharmacy practices to Walgreens in November. By December 3, all pharmacies were closed and the front-end stores officially shut down on Wednesday. The local chain began when Jack…
GORDON, W.Va. — A man is in jail after he went on an alleged violent spree in Boone County. Charles Douglas Loftis II, 49, of Huntington, has been charged with domestic assault, assault on a police officer, obstruction of an officer, attempting to commit arson, brandishing a deadly weapon and unlawful restraint. The charges stem…
UPDATE 12:45 p.m. — Reports say the driver is in stable condition. CHARLESTON, W.Va. — One person is in the hospital after a vehicle went off the Interstate 77 overpass in Charleston Tuesday morning. The single-vehicle accident was reported near mile marker 96 in northbound lanes just after 8 o’clock. The vehicle came off the…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The case of a Sissonville man accused of murdering his wife will be considered by a grand jury. Jason Phillips, 46, allegedly shot and killed Joanna Phillips, 46, at a home on Allens Fork Road on December 20. He called 911 and told dispatchers he shot his wife after she “pushed him…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Over 1,000 children in the area will have gifts to open on Christmas thanks to the Charleston Police Department. CPD’s Citizens’ Academy, which is the non-profit arm of the department, finished distributing toys from the Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center early Friday afternoon, though the effort was supposed to last until the…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A Lincoln County man is facing charges after police say he shot his girlfriend’s children. Anthony Lee Volpitta, 56, was apprehended late Saturday night near Oakwood Road on U.S. Route 119. State Police and Charleston Police helped make the arrest. According to State Police, the girlfriend was in the vehicle with the…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Charleston Mayor Amy Shuler Goodwin has announced that more than half a million dollars of opioid settlement funds will be going to over a dozen programs and initiatives in the city. The grants will go towards the investment in evidence-based treatment, prevention, and recovery efforts. “These investments represent a meaningful step forward…
BANCROFT, W.Va. — West Virginia State Police are investigating after a body was found in Putnam County Thursday. The body of an adult man was found by gas company employees in the Bancroft area near Plymouth Hollow off Route 62. Putnam County Sheriff Bobby Eggleton said that State Police investigators do not believe there are…