A mother will serve time in prison after a Cabell County child went missing in 2022, which led to an Amber Alert and police chase. Shana Carf, 39, was sentenced to one to three years in prison Wednesday. She previously pleaded guilty to attempted kidnapping. Carf was arrested in December 2022 in Winchester, Kentucky after…
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — A Huntington Police patrol boat is currently fully underwater in the Ohio River. The boat, Isaac H. Mitchell, was discovered listing Wednesday morning during a routine inspection. The vessel was fully submerged shortly after. The now submerged boat was docked at Adam’s Landing Marina in the Guyandotte community. The department will utilize…
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — A fire destroyed a house in Huntington Wednesday afternoon. The blaze was reported in the 100 block of Rotary Road around 4:30 p.m. Heavy smoke came from the home when crews arrived. According to Huntington Fire Department firefighters, one person inside the home and multiple pets got our safely with no injuries,…
NITRO, W.Va. — Seth Skiles, a music teacher at Rock Branch Elementary School in Putnam County, now has a brand new ride after being named West Virginia’s 2025 Teacher of the Year. Skiles was given the keys to a 2025 Toyota RAV4 Tuesday morning at a ceremony at his school. Skiles says representing all educators…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Kanawha County Commissioner Lance Wheeler is ready to try his hand at the State Senate. Wheeler, who served as Commission President for much of 2024, is looking to succeed Mark Hunt in the role of Senator for the 8th Senatorial district. Hunt recently moved up to be the State Auditor. Wheeler, the…
KANAWHA COUNTY, W.Va. — A Kanawha County man has been arrested in relation to an accidental shooting incident from November. Kanawha County Sheriff’s Deputies apprehended Henon Wesley Snodgrass, 42, Tuesday afternoon at a residence on Falcon Drive. Snodgrass was charged with two counts of being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm after James…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — New Kanawha County Commission President Ben Salango is ready to take the reins in 2025. Salango, who has been on the Kanawha County Commission for eight years, was named the president last week during the first meeting of the year. Salango says he doesn’t want to make the vote seem drastic. “Honestly,…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A Friday pre-trial hearing revealed new details in the case of Jeanne Whitefeather and Donald Lantz, a Sissonville couple accused of locking two of their adoptive children in a shed. Kanawha County Circuit Judge Maryclaire Akers denied the motion to sever the trial of Whitefeather and Lantz. The two, whose trial is…
DUNBAR, W.Va. — One person has been injured as a result of a shooting in Dunbar late Friday afternoon. The shooting was reported just before 5 o’clock along the 200 block of 18th Street. According to police, one person was reported to have been shot and taken to the hospital. No other information has been…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Charleston’s Mayor Amy Shuler Goodwin delivered her State of the City Address Thursday evening during Charleston’s City Council meeting. Goodwin says that this address highlighted the evolution of Charleston since she took office six years ago. “If I had to put a theme to this, it’s the story of Charleston, how it…