CROSS LANES, W.Va. – A long-awaited Kanawha County roads project is marking a major milestone as a newly widened section of Big Tyler Road in Cross Lanes is open. The stretch of road from Andrew Jackson Middle School to the intersection of US Routes 62 and 622 opened with four lanes on Monday, completing a…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. –With Christmas three days away, families across the area are spending the final days before the holiday preparing meals while also finding time to be together. Some families chose to spend part of their week at Light the Night at GoMart Ballpark in Charleston, which features a 2.5 million-light display, carnival rides, games, and…
SISSONVILLE, W.Va. — Domestic violence victim advocates say tragically what happened in a Sissonville residence early Saturday morning has happened before—way too many times. “This didn’t have to happen,” Charleston YWCA Resolve Family Abuse Program Executive Director Julie Britton said about the shooting death of Joanna Phillips. Julie Britton The 46-year-old Phillips was allegedly shot…
NITRO, W.Va. – Around 300 residents of Nitro were without water on Sunday after one of West Virginia American Water’s main lines in the city broke, resulting in several homes and businesses becoming flooded. According to Nitro spokesperson Joe Stevens, the break occurred Sunday morning, and both the Nitro Fire Department and WVAWC utility workers…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Organizations battling the opioid epidemic are receiving a boost from the city of Charleston, with more than half a million dollars in settlement funds being allocated for local groups. Those grants were guided by the city’s Opioid Community Council, and according to Mayor Amy Shuler Goodwin, the council was organized to make…
SISSONVILLE, W.Va. — A Kanawha County man is charged with first degree murder after he allegedly shot and killed his wife early Saturday morning at the couple’s home in Sissonville. Jason Phillips (KCSD) Kanawha County sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to a residence on Allens Fork Road in at 3 a.m. after Jason Phillips, 46, of Sissonville,…
Story by Morgan Pemberton CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The state’s consolidated laboratory project is moving forward as construction goes out for bid and the facility receives a new name. Adam Krason The 285,000-square-foot building, now called the West Virginia Center for Laboratory Sciences, will be located at the West Virginia Regional Technology Park in South Charleston and…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Over 1,000 children in the area will have gifts to open on Christmas thanks to the Charleston Police Department. CPD’s Citizens’ Academy, which is the non-profit arm of the department, finished distributing toys from the Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center early Friday afternoon, though the effort was supposed to last until the…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A Lincoln County man is facing charges after police say he shot his girlfriend’s children. Anthony Lee Volpitta, 56, was apprehended late Saturday night near Oakwood Road on U.S. Route 119. State Police and Charleston Police helped make the arrest. According to State Police, the girlfriend was in the vehicle with the…
CROSS LANES, W.Va. — Kanawha County sheriff’s deputies are looking for a man who made a brazen heist from a rental business in Cross Lanes. Video surveillance shows the man breaking into United Rentals on New Goff Mountain Road early Friday morning. The man stole a Ford F-550 pick-up truck, two Polaris Side-by-Side vehicles, a…