CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Kanawha County Board of Education has voted to approve a policy banning cell phones in the classroom. This comes after Governor Patrick Morrisey signed a HB 2003 into law back in April, which mandates each county school system to have a policy in place before the 2025-2026 school year prohibiting electronics…
SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. — New West Virginia University President Michael T. Benson stopped by South Charleston Wednesday evening to get a glimpse of the West Virginia Regional Technology Park and speak with officials and supporters. Benson, who began his duties last week, has been traveling the Mountain State as part of the “Welcome Home Tour.”…
MIAMI, W.Va. — The Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office has released the names of the father and son that died over the weekend in a murder-suicide. William Charles Moles, 50, fatally shot his son, Charles Anthony Moles, 33, on the front porch of a residence on Geneva Lane in the Miami part of eastern Kanawha County…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A Charleston attorney has been arrested on a fugitive from justice warrant after allegedly exposing himself to a child in Virginia last year. James Barber, 65, of Charleston, was arrested Tuesday at his downtown office. He’s been charged with exposing sexual genital parts to a child under the age of 15. The…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — FestivALL, Charleston’s annual event displaying art, theater, dance, and music, has a new leader. Zack Harold, a writer and digital storyteller, has been selected to succeed Interim CEO Brittant Javins. Harold was most recently a multimedia specialist with West Virginia University Extension. Throughout his career, Harold has served as the Life and…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A Charleston man has pleaded guilty to escape after he did not return to a federal re-entry facility in Kanawha County. Ronald Edward Tinsley, 52, pleaded guilty on Thursday. He failed to return from an approved work pass to the Dismas Charities Inc. residential re-entry facility in St. Albans back in March…
NITRO, W.Va. — Contractors are ready to remove all traffic signs close to the bridge near the Nitro exit on Interstate 64 East. Motorists have noticed a significant dip at the end of the bridge not long after the Division of Highways finished up a widening project on I-64 from the Scott Depot exit to…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Metro 911 reports that a Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office cruiser was struck by a vehicle on Interstate 79 Tuesday evening. The crash was reported at around 7:45 at mile marker 3. The incident shut down southbound lanes. According to KCSO, a driver struck the cruiser while it was parked with a captain…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A Charleston man that led police on a high-speed chase last year is heading to prison. Antwaun Winbush, 45, was sentenced Tuesday to 12 years and seven months in prison for possession with intent to distribute a mixture containing methamphetamine. Police attempted to conduct a traffic stop for Winbush on U.S. Route…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A woman suffered minor injuries after a reported stabbing Tuesday afternoon in Charleston. Charleston Police reported that the woman was stabbed in the shoulder just before 4 p.m. at the 7-Eleven on Charleston’s West Side. The victim alleged that two men stabbed her at the gas station. Police have not yet named…