GALLAGHER, W.Va. — Two people are dead following a two-vehicle crash in eastern Kanawha County. The crash happened at Gallagher on Paint Creek Road at about 7:45 a.m. Monday. Police closed down the road for more than three hours in connection with the investigation. The names of the victims were not immediately released.
SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Workers at the South Charleston Public Library have 40,000 books to organize and re-shelve. Todd Duncan The April 2 storm, which produced several tornadoes in West Virginia, ripped off part of the library’s roof and that sent workers scrambling toward the books as the heavy rains came in, SC Public Library…
(Photo by Jerry Waters) CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A man is in custody after allegedly shooting at a neighbor and then sheriff’s deputies at just before noon Friday in Kanawha County. Chase Nelson, 32, of Charleston is charged with three counts of wanton endangerment. He’s been arraigned in Kanawha County Magistrate Court. The Kanawha County Sheriff’s…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A Kanawha County circuit judge has denied a motion to reduce bond for one of the three men charged in a shots fired incident near Shawnee Park. Kaden Bowman (WVRJA) Attorneys for Kaden Bowman, 24, of Dunbar, asked Circuit Judge Maryclaire Akers during a Thursday hearing to reduce Bowman’s $100,000 bond. Akers…
RIPLEY, W.Va. — Jackson County is now the 28th county in West Virginia to have information online on how public funds are being spent through the wvCheckbook program operated by the office of state Auditor J.B. McCuskey. J.B. McCuskey The Jackson County Commission launched the site Wednesday in Ripley. Through the program anyone in the public can…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A grieving mother believes there are people who know the man who shot and killed her son at restaurant and grill on the West Side of Charleston on Memorial Day weekend. Alvernita Coleman said Charleston police have had little cooperation from dozens of people who were at the site along Railroad Ave.…
NITRO, W.Va. — Tuesday is election day in Nitro. There’s only one contested race. Four candidates are seeking three at-large-council seats. Three of the four candidates are incumbents. Mayor Dave Casebolt is running unopposed. Casebolt will be elected to his fourth four-year term in office. Local businessman Rich Hively is running unopposed for recorder. Longtime…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A Kanawha County circuit judge has ruled a woman accused in a January 2023 murder competent to stand trial. Amber Wymer Circuit Judge Kenneth Ballard made the ruling Monday after reviewing a sealed report following a mental health evaluation of Amber Wymer. Wymer, 43, of Charleston, is charged in the stabbing death…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The old Casci building in downtown Charleston will start coming down later this week. Well-known demolition business Rodney Loftis & Son has the contract to tear down the old structure which will be about the third tallest building the contractor demolished. “You can’t use a typical configuration on an excavator because of…
AMANDAVILLE, W.Va. — A man was struck and killed on U.S. Route 60 west of St. Albans in Kanawha County late Sunday night. Kanawha County deputies said Joshua Miller, 39, of St. Albans walked into traffic near the Amandaville Memorial Bridge at just before 11 a.m. Deputies said Miller was struck by a vehicle driven…