MARMET, W.Va. — A woman died from her injuries on the way to the hospital, after she was hit by a driver Monday night. That is according to Marmet Police Captain Paris Workman who says that Rebecca Estep was 47-years-old. Several witnesses told police she was walking in the area of 100th Street and MacCorkle…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Charleston Town Center Mall is losing its last anchor store. JCPenney has announced its closing its Charleston location on May 25. The store has been at the mall since the mall opened in 1983. A statement from the company said the decision to close the store was difficult to make. “The…
PRENTER, W.Va. — A man was died in a fire in Boone County Monday morning. The blaze was first reported at around 6:40 a.m. in the 4400 block of Prenter Road near Seth. Flames were showing when fire crews arrived on the scene. The victim’s name was not immediately released. The state Fire Marshal’s Office…
MT NEBO, W.Va. — The Nicholas County Sheriff’s Department is releasing information about a deadly crash from last Friday. In a Monday news release, deputies said it was a three-vehicle crash. including a tractor trailer, at the intersection of U.S. Route 19 and state Route 129 near Mt. Nebo. Deputies said Haley Short, 22, died at…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — On a cold January morning, the students at Holz Elementary School in Charleston awaited new state Treasurer Larry Pack to hear about talk the Smart 529 “When I Grow Up” essay contest. Larry Pack Pack, still in his first month in office, is continuing the program started by past treasurers. It gives…
(Photo/Rob Reel with SuperStar Country and listener at Thursday’s event) CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A simple pair of socks is making a big difference at WVRC Media’s Drop Your Socks Drive Thru event Thursday, an initiative aimed to provide warmth and comfort to those in need. This morning, Jason Quintrell, the director of Union Mission of West…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — On a day when temperatures were below zero to start the day Wednesday only one county across the state of West Virginia’s 55 made the call to have in-person classes. According to the West Virginia Department of Education website, Kanawha County students had classes on a two-hour delay. Every other county made…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The prosecution rested its case late Tuesday morning in the child abuse, human trafficking trial of a Kanawha County couple. Jeanne Whitefeather (WVRJA) Jeanne Kay Whitefeather and Donald Ray Lantz allegedly mistreated their adopted children including forcing them to work. Two children were found locked in a shed in October 2023. Kanawha…
Tuesday 11:30 a.m. update All lanes have reopened. CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Authorities closed four of six lanes of Interstate 64 near the Oakwood Road exit in Charleston Tuesday morning after a tractor trailer lost part of its load that caused a crash in the opposite lanes of traffic. The tractor trailer lost two large metal…
LETART, W.Va. — The state Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating a deadly fire that occurred Monday morning near Letart in Mason County. Investigators with the state Fire Marshal’s Office involved a father and his son. The son in his 50s died in the blaze. The father, in his 80s, is being treated at the burn…