MARMET, W.Va. –A road in Marmet is closed due to a reported sinkhole. The hole, which is located in the 700 block of 98th Street, is revealing a storm water pipe. Motorists are being diverted to Route 94 to Cemetery Drive if they want to access 98th Street. No homes have been affected by the…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Governor Patrick Morrisey has appointed T. Kevan Bartlett to fill the vacancy in the state’s 8th Senatorial district, which covers part of Kanawha County. The seat was left vacant after Mark Hunt resigned after being elected State Auditor. Bartlett, the Sissonville native, served in the West Virginia House of Delegates on a…
BOONE COUNTY, W.Va. — A trial date has yet to be set in the case of Kyneddi Miller, the 14-year-old Boone County girl who was found dead in her Morrisvale home in 2024. A pre-trial hearing was held in Boone County Circuit Court Wednesday afternoon for Miller’s mother, Julie Miller, and grandparents Jerry and Donna…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — There weren’t many dry eyes outside of George Washington High School Wednesday evening, as an entire community celebrated the life of one of their own. Maddox Potter, 16, died last week after an over year-long battle with cancer. Potter made the decision to stop chemotherapy treatment when he realized the limitations on…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A 55-year-old coal miner died in a Wednesday morning accident in Boone County. “I’m deeply saddened to hear about the death of one of our brave coal miners, Steven Fields,” Gov. Patrick Morrisey said in a statement. “Steven tragically passed away after an accident at the Progress Surface Mine in Twilight, WV. All…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. –The jury for the Sissonville couple charged with child abuse, neglect and human trafficking will start deliberating the case Wednesday morning. The jury heard closing arguments Tuesday afternoon before deciding to go home, Kanawha County Circuit Judge Maryclaire Akers presented 60 pages of instructions Tuesday morning to the 12-member panel which has been considering…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A man has been indicted in relation to a deadly 2023 Kanawha County crash. Ryan Jones, 28, is accused of DUI causing death from the October 7, 2023, accident in Sissonville that left his passenger Dusty Myers, 26, dead. Jones was allegedly driving impaired when he ran his pickup truck off of…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Over a dozen restaurants across the Capital City will be participating in Charleston Restaurant Week. Restaurant week, which started Monday and spans through Saturday, is a way for restaurants to pick up business in a usually slow month of January by offering customers the chance to enjoy special three-course meals at a…
MARMET, W.Va. — A portion of MacCorkle Avenue in Kanawha County is closed after a pedestrian was struck by a vehicle. The incident was reported near the intersection of 99th Street in the Marmet area just after 7 o’clock Monday. There is no current word on the extend of the victim’s injuries. The Marmet Police…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A Fayette County man has been sentenced to the maximum of 25 years in prison for sex crimes he committed against a 13-year-old girl. Devon Lee Underwood, 58, of Mount Hope, was convicted in September of third-degree sexual assauly and sexual abuse by a parent, guardian, custodian, or person of trust. Underwood…