After nearly two years of planning and delays, construction is now underway on Portsmouth’s long-anticipated riverfront development. The $34 million project recently cleared a significant hurdle, allowing work to begin just weeks ago. The project secured the necessary permits from the Army Corps of Engineers before construction moved forward. “I know the contractor has plans … Read more
Troopers have charged a man after he allegedly sold drugs to a woman who later overdosed and died in Logan County. Jimmy Dale Conley Jr., 56, faces charges of drug delivery resulting in death and possession with intent to deliver methamphetamine following an incident last week in Chapmanville, according to a news release from the … Read more
Authorities arrested a Kanawha County man accused of abandoning a pregnant dog inside a camper, according to court records. David Manville McKean, 43, of St. Albans, faces a charge of animal cruelty, according to a criminal complaint filed in Kanawha County Magistrate Court. Deputies said they received a complaint in mid-January about an abandoned dog. … Read more
A West Virginia state trooper rescued an elderly man in Pocahontas County last week after he spent several days trapped between his bed and a wall. Law enforcement conducted a welfare check Friday at a home on Sheets Lane in Marlinton, where they found the 83-year-old man stuck in his bedroom, according to a news … Read more
Investigators in Mingo County arrested a man Monday after accusing him of sexually abusing two girls in his care. Dakota Ryan Hatfield, 30, faces two counts of sexual abuse by a parent, guardian, custodian or person in a position of trust to a child, according to a news release from the West Virginia State Police. … Read more
The West Virginia Senate on Tuesday overwhelmingly passed a bill that would allow 18- to 20-year-olds to carry concealed weapons without a permit. Lawmakers approved a committee substitute for Senate Bill 30 by a 33-1 vote after four days of consideration and three readings. Current law prohibits anyone under 21 from carrying a deadly weapon without a … Read more
An inmate at West Virginia’s only maximum-security prison received a life sentence after a conviction in the killing of another inmate, prosecutors said. Paul Thompson, 56, pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and received his sentence during a hearing Tuesday, according to a news release from the Fayette County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office. Prosecutors said Thompson was … Read more
Federal authorities have released the first surveillance images showing a “potential subject” as investigators continue searching for Nancy Guthrie, the mother of “TODAY” show host Savannah Guthrie, in what authorities describe as a disappearance and alleged kidnapping case. FBI Director Kash Patel shared the photos and two videos in a post on X Tuesday afternoon. … Read more
The West Virginia House of Delegates on Tuesday passed legislation that would revise a state law governing the confidentiality of certain court files and law-enforcement records. House Bill 4468, sponsored by Delegates Elias Coop-Gonzalez, R-Randolph; JB Akers, R-Kanawha; Joe Parsons, R-Jackson; and Pat McGeehan, R-Hancock, seeks to repeal a law that currently restricts access to … Read more
A Sissonville man found guilty in the death of a woman whose body was dumped in a well received his prison sentence Tuesday. A judge sentenced Michael Wayne Smith, 46, to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 15 years under the state’s recidivist trial. He also received 40 years for second-degree murder, … Read more