WINFIELD, W.Va. –Those in and around Putnam County will have the chance to make memories on the Kanawha River this weekend during the Winfield Watersports Weekend. The two-day event on Friday and Saturday will host standup paddleboard and kayak races, paddle lessons, a rubber duck race, live music, food trucks, and more near the boat…
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Huntington Police say a recent raid of a home led to the arrests of two men and the seizure of drugs, guns, and cash. The Huntington Violent Crime Drug Task Force and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms executed search, and arrest warrants last Friday in the Highlawn neighborhood. During the…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — On Monday, Charleston city council received the work plan summary and approved a $1.25 million budget for the City Center Business Improvement District for the fiscal year. The City Center Business Improvement District, which was created in 2021, is consisted of business owners within six blocks of Slack Plaza and Summers Street.…
BOONE COUNTY, W.Va. — A man has been arrested after an incident where authorities say a woman was run over by a car and killed. Henry Ray Aliff, 65, is charged with murder in connection to the May 26 death of Sarah Callender, 61. Reports say the two had been in a relationship for multiple…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A Kanawha County man has been sentenced after he admitted to obstructing mail. Brice Allen Pomeroy, 26, of Hernshaw, was sentenced to two years of federal probation. Pomeroy was formerly employed by a United States Postal Service vendor as a mail handler in Charleston. While he was employed, Pomeroy knowingly disposed of…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has affirmed the murder conviction of the man who shot and killed a Charleston Police officer in 2020. Joshua Marcellus Phillips shot Officer Cassie Johnson, 28, along Garrison Avenue on December 3. 2020, after she had responded to a parking complaint. He was convicted of…
ST. ALBANS, W.Va. — The Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office is actively searching for a man who has recently used counterfeit $100 bills in the St. Albans area. Police say a black male is believed to have used the bills at several businesses along Route 817 and a convenience store on MacCorkle Avenue. After using the…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The class of 2025 for Winfield High School was honored Wednesday evening for the first of three ceremonies at the Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center for Putnam County. Tyler Peros, a four-year member of the Winfield boys’ basketball team, says the highlight of the night for him was tossing the hat in…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The two remaining high school graduating seniors in Kanawha County have officially walked across the stage. St. Albans and Sissonville High School’s Class of 2025 graduated Tuesday. St. Albans ‘ class of 2025 went first in the afternoon. During the ceremony, principal Dr. Jaclyn Swayne told the class that showing up is…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A Kanawha County man was sentenced Tuesday after previously pleading guilty to fraud. James Eugene Wells, 73, of Marmet, was sentenced to one year of federal probation after he withheld records in a bankruptcy from a United States Trustee. Wells oversaw the financial affairs of his wife’s business in Charleston but worked…