CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Police are searching for the driver of a tractor trailer damaged part of the Spring Hill Cemetery in Charleston Investigators say that the tractor trailer drove into a very narrow, dead-end road on Sunday, leaving behind tracks in the grass and wall damage. Several headstones were also overturned. The driver abandoned the…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Council members approved a resolution Monday to change the time when parking will be prohibited for street sweeping. Beginning on April 1, 2026, anytime there is a street sweeping prohibition for parking, it will now be from noon until 2 p.m., as opposed to 9 a.m. until noon. Council members also approved…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Charleston fire crews contained a fire at a Charleston apartment building Monday evening. A call came in from the Aracoma Apartments on Virginia Street where a fire broke out in a laundry room. Firefighters with the Charleston Fire Department confirmed that the blaze was extinguished before it damaged any units within the…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Kanawha County Commission is recognizing two beneficial county-wide clean-up operations from the spring. The county put on two clean-ups, one in Cabin Creek on April 12, and the other in Sissonville on April 26. The county typically does three clean-ups per season but scaled back this year due to budget reasons.…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. –– The Kanawha County Board of Education wants to move forward with legal help in determining what to do if a student enrolls in a Kanawha County School without the mandatory vaccinations. The state law currently does not allow for religious exemptions to the vaccine mandate and lawmakers recently rejected a proposed bill…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A Charleston man has been sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to harming a newborn. David Allen Davis, 23, was sentenced Wednesday to a maximum of five years in prison, followed by 50 years of extended supervision on charges of child neglect creating a substantial risk of injury or death. Prosecutors say…
HURRICANE, W.Va. –A few dozen people turned out for the first West Virginia Department of Human Services Child Welfare Listening Session at the Valley Park Conference Center in Hurricane Monday evening. The listening sessions aim to bring out foster families, case workers, and a range of others on the front line of the childcare crisis in…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Officials with the West Virginia Department of Highways announced Monday that they will be expediting a project that will replace a bridge in Charleston. On April 29, a 20-foot bridge on Woodward Drive in North Charleston closed. The DOH has filed an emergency order for steel and the old span has been…
JACKSON COUNTY, W.Va. — Interstate 77 North is shut down in part of Jackson County after a dump truck reportedly caught fire. The fire was reported at around 3:15 Monday near mile marker 131. That is close to the Fairplain exit. Dispatchers say that State Police and fire crews responded. They also confirmed at the…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. –Two people are dead and two others are seriously injured after a single-vehicle accident on Interstate 64 in Charleston. The crash was reported at around 4:20 Sunday morning in westbound lanes right past the Interstate 77 split. According to the Charleston Police Department, the vehicle struck the cement barrier wall and left the…