SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Division of Highways has awarded the project to replace three bridges at the Montrose Drive interchange. This project will replace the Montrose Drive Bridge over Interstate 64, as well as the First Avenue and Second Avenue bridges in South Charleston. Triton Construction was awarded the contract for $23,109,380.…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A body has been recovered from a culvert in Charleston. A woman called 911 at around 4 p.m. Tuesday near the 1200 block of MacCorkle Avenue Southeast reporting that she had saw what looked to be a body. According to Charleston Police Chief of Detectives Lt. Tony Hazelett, the body got washed…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The National Weather Service has placed parts of seven counties under a flash flood warning until 6:15 p.m. The warning includes Boone, Cabell, Kanawha, Lincoln, Mason, Putnam, and Wayne Counties. The National Weather Service says radar has indicated that between two and three inches of rain have already fallen in parts of…
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Two Mexican citizens, Jesus Eduardo Villeda-Villegas, 30, and Brigido Cayetano-Galvez, 29, pleaded guilty and were sentenced Monday for immigration crimes. The two pleaded guilty to re-entry of a removed alien, which is a felony. They were sentenced to time served. Law enforcement encountered Villeda-Villegas and Cayetano-Galvez in late April. ICE agents confirmed…
Before a pop-up thunderstorm hit Downtown Charleston, it was a pop-up antique car show that got hundreds of residents out to Haddad Riverfront Park. The Great Race classic car rally was held along Kanawha Boulevard in conjunction with Live on the Levee. The show, which is in a different state every day, offered dozens of…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Charleston Police have identified the suspect of a Thursday bank robbery. Authorities have issued a warrant for the arrest of the alleged bank robber, identified as Gary Lee Whitten, 60, of Charleston following an incident that happened Thursday morning at United Bank on MacCorkle Avenue in Kanawha City. Police learned that Whitten…
HURRICANE, W.Va. — Residents of Putnam County were able to get a look at the new proposed options for Appalachian Power Company’s Bancroft-Milton Transmission Line Rebuild Project. The project aims to build 20 miles worth of new lines in the county and is now set to miss the popular Meeks Mountain Trails in Hurricane. In…
SCOTT DEPOT, W.Va. — A Putnam County man is facing kidnapping charged after an incident in Scott Depot. Larry Edward Newberry, 57, was arrested on Sunday. Putnam County Sheriff’s Deputies were called to Circle Way last Friday by a woman who said there was screaming coming from a man at the house next to her.…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Kanawha Valley Regional Transportation Authority is hearing from the public on more changes they plan to roll out. The KRT, which serves as the Kanawha Valley’s main form of public transportation, plans to fully or partially replace six bus routes with new micro transits. These micro transits are through the KRTPlus…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — On June 24, 2019, an EF1 tornado was confirmed in Kanawha County near Charleston. According to the National Weather Service, the tornado touched down near the Kanawha County/Lincoln County line just southwest of Alum Creek along U.S. 119. It eventually dissipated near downtown Charleston. The NWS also reported that the EF1 tornado…