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…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — It’s all hands on deck for TSA workers and other staff members at West Virginia Yeager Airport as Christmas and New Year’s quickly approaches. Airport director and CEO Dominque Ranieri says enplanements are up right now, which is to be expected. “We’re experiencing higher passenger volumes, which is a great problem to…
INSTITUTE, W.Va. — The West Virginia University men’s basketball program is mourning the loss of junior guard Ishmael Smith. Smith was found dead in his dormitory by teammates on Sunday. A release from West Virginia State athletics reads: Smith, a junior guard from Riverdale, Maryland, was a leader within the Yellow Jackets program and the…
SISSONVILLE, W.Va. — A large fire took out a home in Sissonville Friday night. The blaze was report just after 10 p.m. in the 1600 block of White Oak Drive. Crews at the scene confirmed that nobody was injured from the fire. Firefighters did say that the home was declared a total loss. There is…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia’s Capital City will be turned into a “Tinsel Town” Thursday during the annual Christmas parade. “Tinsel Town” is the theme for the parade, which is slated to kick off at 7 p.m. Charleston city officials are expecting thousands of residents and guests to be in the city, and streets will…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Charleston Police say the man who allegedly shot and killed another man on Sunday is in custody. Jack Rolfe, 33, of St. Albans, is set to be charged with first degree murder in connection to the death of 31-year-old Joshua Walls. Rolfe had been on the run since the incident early Sunday…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — It was no simple process for the Kanawha County Ambulance Authority and Highmark Blue/Cross/BlueShield to make a deal. It was announced last week that the two had finally reached a contract agreement on Highmark’s reimbursements for ambulance services. Prior to the agreement, KCEAA announced that it was going to cancel its contract…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. –– West Virginia International Yeager Airport is looking to stay ahead of the trends in aviation. The CRW Authority Board entered an agreement last week with BETA Technologies for an eVTOL charging station and EV charging station. An eVOL (electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft) is designed to take off from the ground…