UPDATE 03/21/2025 1:30— The person who was shot in Huntington Thursday evening has died. Police say that the male, 33, of Huntington, died at the hospital as a result of his injuries. “This is our city’s first murder since I took office—and one is one too many. It’s a stark reminder of the challenges we…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — As the U.S. Department of Education gets put on the chopping block, state education officials worry about the impact the move will leave behind. President Trump Thursday signed an executive order to eliminate the U.S. Department of Education and leave the education system in the hands of individual states. However, West Virginia…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Kanawha County Board of Education met Thursday, and on their agenda was discussion surrounding the new elementary school coming to the Dupont City area in the eastern part of the county. The school will consist of students from the current Belle, Malden, Mary Ingles, and Midland Trail Elementary schools. The board…
ST. ALBANS, W.Va. — A man has been arrested in relation to a shooting investigation from earlier in the month. According to a release from the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office, Kenneth D. Allen was arrested at a residence on Morris Street in St. Albans. He is accused of shooting a 39-year-old homeless man at a…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. –A South Charleston woman receiving a maximum of ten years in a state correctional facility for being a prohibited person carrying a firearm. Lydia Spencer, 34, was sentenced by Judge Jennifer Bailey Thursday afternoon. She was a prohibited person with a firearm, because of a prior felony conviction of being in possession with the…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Local postal union members and supporters say President Donald Trump’s move to privatize the U.S. Postal Service would upend how people get their critical mail. In coordination with its national headquarters, the American Postal Workers Union Local 133 in Charleston held an informational rally outside of the main post office in Charleston…
NITRO, W.Va. update: 3/20/2025 11:25 –Multiple crews from Kanawha and Putnam Counties responded to an electrical fire that caused smoke to be seen from the building, in Nitro Wednesday morning. According to Nitro officials the call came in around 10 a.m. at 54 Nitro Market Pl, where T-Mobile, AT&T, Honey Baked Hams and Cricket are…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. –Residents of Charleston’s East End didn’t have to go far Wednesday evening to speak with leaders in local departments and organizations. The “Here to Serve” event brought out officers from the Charleston Police Department, firefighters from the Charleston Fire Department, and representatives from city organizations. The event, which took place at the Roosevelt…
INSTITUTE, W.Va. –West Virginia State University is the first higher education institution in the state to open a Cybersecurity Clinic. WVSU officials, faculty and students gathered Wednesday afternoon to hold a ribbon cutting for the clinic, which is located on the fourth floor of Wallace Hall on the university’s campus. WVSU President Ericke Cage said that…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A Sissonville couple convicted on 31 of 35 counts of child abuse and neglect, forced labor, and human trafficking charges got the maximum sentence Wednesday. Sentencing for Jeanne Kay Whitefeather, 63, and Donald Ray Lantz, 62, was held before Kanawha County Circuit Judge Maryclaire Akers. Whitefeather was sentenced to 215 years in…