CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Capital City is claiming an Olympic champion as one of its own. Kristen Faulkner, who won the gold medal in the women’s road race at the Paris Olympics over the weekend, was also a winner in the USA Cycling Professional Road National Championships held in Charleston back in May. “It so…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Appalachian Power and Wheeling Power are seeking a 15.4% rate increase from the state Public Service Commission. If approved, the increase would bring in $265 million from the utilities’ 460,000 customers in West Virginia. The average residential customer would see their monthly rates increase by $28.72. Aaron Walker According to the companies,…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Longtime Charleston family law attorney Lyne Ranson is the new national chair of the family law section of the American Bar Association. Lyne Ranson Ranson was sworn-in to the position Friday afternoon during a ceremony in Kanawha County Circuit Court. Ranson said it was important for her to take the oath in…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A Kanawha County circuit judge had ordered a second 14-year-old Charleston boy to be tried as an adult in connection with a January murder and robbery at a Charleston tobacco shop. Barack Williams (CPD) Circuit Judge Maryclaire Akers has signed the order in the case of Barack Howard Williams. Williams is charged…
FAYETTEVILLE, W.Va. — The Fayette County Commission appointed Chief Deputy Shannon Morris as temporary sheriff in a special meeting Thursday. Morris replaces two-term Sheriff Mike Fridley who resigned this week to take a security officer’s job in the Fayette County school system. The county commission also decided Thursday to take applications until Aug. 6 and…
FAYETTEVILLE, W.Va. — Two-term Fayette County Sheriff Mike Fridley is stepping down before his second and final term comes to an end. Mike Fridley Fridley has handed in his resignation and has taken a job as a security officer in the Fayette County school system. The resignation takes effect Thursday. Fridley, who was set to…
UPDATE 2:30 p.m. Deputies led man away from the scene in handcuffs. SISSONVILLE, W.Va. — The Kanawha County Sheriff’s Department SWAT team is on the scene where a man has barricaded himself inside a home. A disturbance was reported Wednesday afternoon at the residence in the Sissonville are close to Tate Hollow Road and Fields Lane.…
INSTITUTE, W.Va. — Longtime Kanawha County emergency response official Mike Oakley says he’s never seen interest quite like it is now in the area of first responder training. Oakley said he had no difficulty getting 100 first responders to sign-up for three days of training with top professors from LSU in the area of counter-terrorism…
Story by Chris Lawrence CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia School Building Authority has approved the financial plan for the Putnam County Board of Education for a proposed school construction bond. The board signed off the plan, which was presented to the SBA Tuesday. The plan calls for asking the SBA for $25 million to…
BARBOURSVILLE, W.Va. — Police are looking for the driver of a pick-up truck that hit a tractor-trailer driver as he sped away from an accident scene on Interstate 64 Tuesday morning. According to Barboursville police, there was a wreck involving a newer model white Chevrolet Silverado pick-up truck and a tractor-trailer in the eastbound lanes…