CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A Kanawha County sheriff’s deputy is in custody after allegedly sexually assaulting a female inmate at the Kanawha County Judicial Building in downtown Charleston. Cass Close, 54, of Quick, who has served as a court bailiff, was arraigned Thursday morning on the charge of imposition of sexual acts on persons incarcerated, detained…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. –The Kanawha County Board of Education approved the hiring of former Horace Mann Middle School Principal Jon Anderson as the new principal at Capital High School during its personnel meeting on Wednesday. Anderson replaces Larry Bailey who recently resigned. The school board also accepted Bailey’s resignation during the meeting. Bailey had been the…
Story by Chris Lawrence A Kanawha County woman faces a charge of DUI causing injury for a car wreck on I-79 which involved a Kanawha County Sheriff’s Department cruiser. Hollie Anderson, 29, of Elkview was arrested Wednesday morning after turning herself in for the charge stemming from the July 22nd accident at Mink Shoals. There,…
BECKLEY, W.Va. — The West Virginia Parkways Authority has a five-step response following an eight-hour traffic stoppage last month when the northbound lanes flooded near the Sharon exit in Kanawha County backing up traffic for 12 miles stranding thousands of motorists. Chuck Smith Parkways Authority Executive Director Chuck Smith read the plan at the beginning…
MIAMI, W.Va. — Kanawha County sheriff’s deputies are investigating an apparent murder-suicide. Deputies said a woman called Kanawha County Metro 911 at about 1:22 a.m. Saturday and said her son was on her front porch in the Miami area of Cabin Creek with a gunshot wound. Deputies arrived and found the adult son dead and…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Side Neighborhood Association will have a cleanup event Saturday in Charleston. Those interested are asked to come to St. Anthony Catholic Church on 6th Street beginning at 9 a.m. “Come ready to work and we’ll feed you,” organizer Samantha Nygaard said. The cleanup goes until noon when food will be…
Story by Chris Lawrence CROSS LANES, W.Va. — The contractor working to widen Big Tyler Road through Cross Lanes is resuming the job. The project slowed last October as utilities were being relocated. The process took way longer than anybody expected. Kanawha County Delegate Andy Shamblin said he, along with Senator Glen Jefferies, were getting…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — There’s no guarantee that more potholes won’t stall traffic on the I-64 Eugene A. Carter Memorial Bridge in Charleston in the months to come but the state Division of Highways has a three-step plan it hopes will keep the traffic delays to a minimum. Brent Walker The state’s busiest bridge has been…
Update 2 p.m. Wednesday The state Division of Highways says the fast lane to open at around 3 p.m. Steel plate will be put over the pothole in the middle lane. Crews will return Wednesday night to finish the job. Middle lane will still be closed during morning rush hour Thursday as concrete cures. The…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A Kanawha County circuit judge issued a capias warrant Tuesday for a woman who failed to show up for a court hearing. Amanda Holstein, 35, who was charged with stealing an ambulance in November 2023, was scheduled to appear for a status hearing Tuesday morning on a psychological examination. She didn’t show…