CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A former member of the House of Delegates has been appointed by Gov. Patrick Morrisey to fill an open seat in the state Senate. Zack Maynard Morrisey has chosen Zack Maynard for the opening created with the resignation of former Senator Mike Stuart. Stuart left the legislature after being confirmed recently by…
Story by Chris Lawrence The Charleston public works crews are preparing for a seasonal transition. Mechanics and snowplow drivers got to do a dry run of how to handle a snowstorm on Thursday morning. The equipment is put through the paces to make sure everything is in working order and crews got a chance to…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Kanawha County Commission President Ben Salango says the decision to move trick-or-treat to Friday night was decision based on safety. Salango said Thursday is supposed to be a rainy day and it would put to many people at risk. “There’s like a 90 percent for rain and a chance for high winds.…
OAK HILL, W.Va. — A former Fayette County school administrator is free on bond after being named in more than two dozen criminal counts linked to alleged fraud and embezzlement. West Virginia State Police troopers have charged former Oak Hill Middle School Principal Chad Quesenberry. He’s charged with 13 counts of access of device fraud.…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The City of Charleston’s Municipal Beautification Commission is continuing its efforts to plant 1,000 trees in the Capital City with the planting of cherry blossom trees outside the Governor’s Mansion. Members of the commission, Gov. Patrick Morrisey and first lady Denise Morrisey took part in a ceremony Tuesday morning. The commission is…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A pizza restaurant worker is in jail after Charleston police say he shot a customer through the drive-thru window. Jahtique Farmer (WVRJA) Police charged Jahtique Farmer, 20, of Charleston with malicious wounding after the Thursday night shooting at Little Ceasars at the Patrick Street Plaza. According to a criminal complaint, Farmer fired…
KANAWHA CITY, W.Va. — A year-long project begins Monday to repair the three-story headquarters of the state Department of Environmental Protection building in Charleston’s Kanawha City. Terry Fletcher The state is paying a contractor $9.7 million to replace the building’s HVAC system, repair the roof, reseal the dozens of windows in the building and fix…
SCOTT DEPOT, W.Va. — There will be no widening project on busy Teays Valley Road in Putnam County. The state Division of Highways announced Friday that it is cancelling the project after it proved to be “divisive among local residents and business owners.” Stephen Todd Rumbaugh “I have directed the West Virginia Division of Highways to…
Story by MetroNews Statewide Correspondent Brad McElhinny Kanawha Circuit Judge Richard Lindsay cut through a couple of layers of confusion to issue a verbal order denying a family’s religious exemptions claim to school vaccination requirements, with the judge concluding that the state has a compelling health interest in suppressing the spread of disease. The first…
Photo by Jerry Waters SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. — One driver died and a second driver was seriously injured after a head-on crash Wednesday morning on Corridor G (U.S. Route 119) in South Charleston. According to South Charleston police, a driver heading north near Childress Road at around 10 a.m. went across the median and slammed…