CHARLESTON, W.Va. — There is now a civil forfeiture case in connection with a Sissonville couple charged with locking their two adoptive children in a shed and forcing them to work last year. Donald Ray Lantz, 63, and Jeanne Whitefeather, 62, appeared before Kanawha County Circuit Court Judge Maryclaire Akers Thursday morning where the judge…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Ceremonies took place at the state Culture Center in Charleston Tuesday for 8th grade students who were honored with the Goldon Horseshoe award. The state Department of Education inducted 227 students. The award recognizes students who have excelled in West Virginia history and received a high score on their Golden Horseshoe test.…
NITRO, W.Va. — Fresh off his re-election, Nitro Mayor Dave Casebolt announced Tuesday that his next term will be his final four years in office. Casebolt, who ran unopposed in last week’s election, said there is more work to be done before his time is up. “We do have quite a few projects that we’re…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — James Beard Award winner Chef Paul Smith says the prestigious honor he received for his culinary skills is really putting West Virginia on the map. “Now everybody knows who West Virginia is. Now everybody knows we are a forced to be reckoned with in tourism, in the culinary world and I’m just…
ST. ALBANS, W.Va. — A popular two-day festival returns to St. Albans this weekend. Yak Fest will be held this Friday and Saturday along Main Street in downtown St. Albans. The event features live music, art, food, craft beer, fishing, and other recreational activities. Tour De Coal, the nation’s largest flatwater kayak event, begins at…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A 14-year-old boy who allegedly shot and killed a tobacco store clerk in Charleston earlier this year is set to be arraigned on murder and robbery charges later this year. Bre’jaun Williams-Hampton, of Charleston, was set to enter a plea agreement Monday morning before Kanawha County Circuit Judge Maryclaire Akers, but instead…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Charleston community plans to cheer on a local chef who is nominated for the James Beard Award for a second year in a row. A watch party for Chef Paul Smith, the owner at 1010 Bridge, Ellen’s Ice Cream and The Pitch of WV, will be held from 6-9 p.m. Monday…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Ripley resident Veronica Lewis says she’s visited 40 of the state’s 43 waterfalls that make up the West Virginia Waterfall Trail. “I live in the mid-Ohio Valley and felt like I needed to get out and explore the state a little bit more and see what the different areas have to offer,”…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Former Charleston Mayor Danny Jones says he first heard of John Hutchinson while he was serving in the Vietnam War. Hutchinson was elected as the city’s youngest mayor at the time at the age of 36 in 1971. He died Friday at the age of 89. Jones said he and his dad…
WEST SIDE, W.Va. — A woman is hospitalized after suffering serious burn injuries in a house fire early Thursday morning in Kanawha County. It happened at a house in the 200 block of Winfield Road in the West Side community outside of St. Albans. The woman suffered second and third degree burns to 40-percent of her…