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Regatta Commission announces schedule of 2023 event
News

Regatta Commission announces schedule of 2023 event

  • By Lori Kersey lori.kersey@hdmediallc.com
Man originally charged with murder pleads guilty to conspiracy charge
News

Man originally charged with murder pleads guilty to conspiracy charge

  • By Lori Kersey lori.kersey@hdmediallc.com
Manna Meal begins serving meals from food truck
News

Manna Meal begins serving meals from food truck

  • By Lori Kersey lori.kersey@hdmediallc.com
'Dog Town': 'People just like to remember the way it used to be'
News

'Dog Town': 'People just like to remember the way it used to be'

  • By Greg Stone gstone@hdmediallc.com
Man sentenced to prison time for DUI causing death
News

Man sentenced to prison time for DUI causing death

  • Staff reports
Culvert blamed for Greenbrier Street flooding to be repaired, officials say
Kanawha County

Culvert blamed for Greenbrier Street flooding to be repaired, officials say

  • By Lori Kersey lori.kersey@hdmediallc.com
  • Mar 28, 2023
  • Comments

A culvert blamed for flooding affecting several houses on Greenbrier Street in Charleston will be repaired, Kanawha officials announced Tuesday.

Charleston police seek help identifying body found on Greenbrier Street
Kanawha County

Charleston police seek help identifying body found on Greenbrier Street

  • Staff reports
  • Feb 23, 2023
  • Comments

The Charleston Police Department is asking for the public’s help identifying a dead woman found on the side of Greenbrier Street earlier this week.

Kanawha County

Warming center to open Friday, Saturday nights during extreme cold

  • By Lori Kersey lori.kersey@hdmediallc.com
  • Dec 21, 2022
  • Comments

With extremely cold temperatures in the forecast for Charleston this week, a shelter will be open at least two nights for people with nowhere else to keep warm.

Longtime Kanawha magistrate admonished, resigns
Kanawha County

Longtime Kanawha magistrate admonished, resigns

  • By Lori Kersey lori.kersey@hdmediallc.com
  • Dec 16, 2022
  • Comments

A long-time Kanawha County magistrate has resigned and agreed to never again seek judicial office after the West Virginia Judicial Investigation Commission found probable cause that he violated rules of the Code of Judicial Conduct.

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West Side community center gets makeover, TV room
Kanawha County

West Side community center gets makeover, TV room

  • By Lori Kersey lori.kersey@hdmediallc.com
  • Dec 2, 2022
  • Comments

For the children and staff at a West Side community center, Christmas came a little early this year.

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PHOTOS: It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas at Coonskin Park
Kanawha County

PHOTOS: It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas at Coonskin Park

  • Dec 1, 2022
  • Comments

Kanawha County kicked off the Coonskin Festival of Lights with the Christmas at Coonskin event Thursday evening at Coonskin Park. The festivities included rides on Hoppy’s Little Express, a Christmas tree lighting, various family activities, and a visit from Santa Claus. The event was held i…

Officials: 'No significant changes' to race totals after Kanawha canvass
Kanawha County

Officials: 'No significant changes' to race totals after Kanawha canvass

  • By Lori Kersey lori.kersey@hdmediallc.com
  • Nov 14, 2022
  • Comments

Monday’s canvass of provisional and absentee ballots from Kanawha County’s general election last week produced “no significant changes” in race totals, officials said.

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Charleston elects five candidates with "Can't Wait" organization
News

Charleston elects five candidates with "Can't Wait" organization

  • By Lori Kersey lori.kersey@hdmediallc.com
  • Nov 10, 2022
  • Comments

A grassroots, progressive political organization with a platform that includes decriminalizing harm reduction efforts and cannabis, among other things, saw some success in Charleston Tuesday night.

WV school board approves $380K Communities in Schools expansion on West Side
Education

WV school board approves $380K Communities in Schools expansion on West Side

  • By Ryan Quinn ryan.quinn@hdmediallc.com
  • Nov 10, 2022
  • Comments

The West Virginia Board of Education approved Wednesday paying $380,000 to expand the Communities in Schools program on Charleston’s West Side.

Takubo, Wood square off in Senate 17 race
Kanawha County

Takubo, Wood square off in Senate 17 race

  • By Lacie Pierson lacie.pierson@hdmediallc.com
  • Nov 1, 2022
  • Comments

The race for West Virginia Senate District 17 is between the Senate Majority Leader and a man seeking public office for the first time in his life.

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PHOTO: Kanawha vote-count tests in progress
Kanawha County

PHOTO: Kanawha vote-count tests in progress

  • Nov 1, 2022
  • Comments

Kanawha County Clerk Vera McCormick tested voting machines Tuesday at the Kanawha County Voter Registration office in Charleston. Secretary of State Mac Warner was on hand to watch the test.

WVSU president suggests internal audit office after board hears accounting problems
Education

WVSU president suggests internal audit office after board hears accounting problems

  • By Ryan Quinn ryan.quinn@hdmediallc.com
  • Oct 31, 2022
  • Comments

West Virginia State University President Ericke Cage said last week that he wants to establish an internal audit office — after the school’s Board of Governors discussed multiple accounting problems.

Kanawha school excess levy renewal on the ballot
Election 2022

Kanawha school excess levy renewal on the ballot

  • By Ryan Quinn ryan.quinn@hdmediallc.com
  • Oct 25, 2022
  • Comments

Kanawha County voters have the choice this election to extend or end the excess levy supporting local public schools.

WV school board president promises vote on $50K for West Side schools program
Education

WV school board president promises vote on $50K for West Side schools program

  • By Ryan Quinn ryan.quinn@hdmediallc.com
  • Oct 12, 2022
  • Comments

Showing up to speak publicly at government meetings in West Virginia can pay off.

WV hasn't studied what 'thorough, efficient education' costs
Education

WV hasn't studied what 'thorough, efficient education' costs

  • By Ryan Quinn ryan.quinn@hdmediallc.com
  • Oct 10, 2022
  • Comments

A Virginia-based lawyer stood Oct. 4 before West Virginia’s Supreme Court and said: “No one contends the Legislature is failing to provide thorough and efficient schools.”

Lawsuit accuses John Adams Middle band director of raping Logan High student in early 2000s
Education

Lawsuit accuses John Adams Middle band director of raping Logan High student in early 2000s

  • By Ryan Quinn ryan.quinn@hdmediallc.com
  • Oct 6, 2022
  • Comments

A lawsuit filed Wednesday accuses John Adams Middle School’s band director of raping a Logan County High student in 2005, back when he worked there.

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Estep-Burton takes on McCormick in Kanawha County Clerk race
Election 2022

Estep-Burton takes on McCormick in Kanawha County Clerk race

  • By Lori Kersey lori.kersey@hdmediallc.com
  • Oct 3, 2022
  • Comments

A former West Virginia lawmaker will challenge the longtime Kanawha County Clerk in this year’s general election.

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GW High wins grand champion band, Hoover senior Miss Kanawha Majorette in festival's 75th anniversary
Education

GW High wins grand champion band, Hoover senior Miss Kanawha Majorette in festival's 75th anniversary

  • By Ryan Quinn ryan.quinn@hdmediallc.com
  • Sep 28, 2022
  • Comments

Herbert Hoover High senior Caroline Dysart became the 75th Miss Kanawha Majorette Tuesday night, while the second-smallest band competing, George Washington High, won Festival Grand Champion.

Sissonville High leader named Kanawha's Principal of the Year
Education

Sissonville High leader named Kanawha's Principal of the Year

  • Staff reports
  • Sep 15, 2022
  • Comments

Sissonville High Principal Gene Smith is the Kanawha County school system’s Principal of the Year.

News

Elkview man gets 18 years in cellmate's death

  • By Lori Kersey lori.kersey@hdmediallc.com
  • Aug 31, 2022
  • Comments

An Elkview man was sentenced Wednesday to nearly two decades in prison for killing his cellmate at the South Central Regional Jail in 2018.

Man wanted for homicide turns himself in
Kanawha County

Man wanted for homicide turns himself in

  • Staff reports
  • Aug 29, 2022
  • Comments

A man wanted for a shooting that left a Charleston man dead turned himself into law enforcement over the weekend.

Kanawha mulls cost of this month's flood damage, response
Kanawha County

Kanawha mulls cost of this month's flood damage, response

  • By Lori Kersey lori.kersey@hdmediallc.com
  • Aug 26, 2022
  • Comments

Kanawha County officials are still tallying the costs of flash-floods that affected more than 300 households in the county earlier this month.

Kanawha, Cabell, Mercer counties get to try out electric buses
Education

Kanawha, Cabell, Mercer counties get to try out electric buses

  • By Ryan Quinn ryan.quinn@hdmediallc.com
  • Aug 18, 2022
  • Comments

The Kanawha, Cabell and Mercer county school systems will be the first in West Virginia to test electric school buses under a pilot program kicking off soon.

Excess levy proposal to include funds for security at Kanawha schools
News

Excess levy proposal to include funds for security at Kanawha schools

  • By Greg Stone gstone@hdmediallc.com
  • Jul 21, 2022
  • Comments

The Kanawha County Board of Education unanimously voted Thursday evening to approve approximately $11 million in spending on three security measures, provided that November’s excess levy passes.

Charleston council approves $108 million budget for 2022-2023
Kanawha County

Charleston council approves $108 million budget for 2022-2023

  • By Lori Kersey lori.kersey@hdmediallc.com
  • Mar 22, 2022
  • Comments

Under Charleston’s 2023 budget, city employees will get 7% cost-of-living increase.

Kanawha Commission awards ARP money for new cyber security program at WV State
News

Kanawha Commission awards ARP money for new cyber security program at WV State

  • By Lori Kersey lori.kersey@hdmediallc.com
  • Mar 18, 2022
  • Comments

The Kanawha County Commission has awarded federal coronavirus relief funds for the establishment of a new cyber security program at West Virginia State University.

Police seek information about McKee Avenue shooting death
News

Police seek information about McKee Avenue shooting death

  • Staff reports
  • Mar 18, 2022
  • Comments

Charleston police say they’re investigating a homicide in the city’s far East End.

Eastern Kanawha residents asking school system to save Cedar Grove Middle gym
Education

Eastern Kanawha residents asking school system to save Cedar Grove Middle gym

  • By Ryan Quinn ryan.quinn@hdmediallc.com
  • Mar 18, 2022
  • Comments

Eastern Kanawha County residents are asking the county school system to spare Cedar Grove Middle’s gym from destruction.

Warner's office asks Morrisey for legal opinion on Kanawha County defying legislative rule on early voting location
Kanawha County

Warner's office asks Morrisey for legal opinion on Kanawha County defying legislative rule on early voting location

  • By Lori Kersey lori.kersey@hdmediallc.com
  • Mar 11, 2022
  • Comments

The West Virginia Secretary of State’s Office will ask the Attorney General’s Office for an opinion about a legislative rule the Kanawha County Commission defied last month when it voted to move forward with an early voting location on Charleston’s West Side.

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WVSU names 3 presidential finalists, including current interim leader
Education

WVSU names 3 presidential finalists, including current interim leader

  • By Ryan Quinn ryan.quinn@hdmediallc.com
  • Mar 9, 2022
  • Comments

The West Virginia State University Presidential Search Committee has announced three finalists.

News

Woman faces charges after wrong-way crash kills two

  • Staff reports
  • Mar 7, 2022
  • Comments

The driver of a vehicle involved in a collision that killed two people in Charleston last month has been charged with two counts of driving under the influence causing death.

UC president not chosen to lead Winthrop University
Education

UC president not chosen to lead Winthrop University

  • By Ryan Quinn ryan.quinn@hdmediallc.com
  • Feb 18, 2022
  • Comments

University of Charleston President Marty Roth will not become Winthrop University’s president.

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Commission to move ahead with West Side community voting site
News

Commission to move ahead with West Side community voting site

  • By Lori Kersey lori.kersey@hdmediallc.com
  • Feb 18, 2022
  • Comments

Over opposition from the Kanawha County Republican Executive Committee, the Kanawha County Commission voted unanimously Thursday to move ahead with a plan to put an in-person early voting site on Charleston’s West Side during this year’s election.

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A place "to grow and prosper": Nonprofit opens community center on West Side
News

A place "to grow and prosper": Nonprofit opens community center on West Side

  • By Lori Kersey lori.kersey@hdmediallc.com
  • Feb 17, 2022
  • Comments

Growing up on Charleston’s West Side, Turan Rush and his friends used athletics as an escape from what they faced in the rest of their lives.

Crawford relative is new Kanawha facilities planning executive director
Education

Crawford relative is new Kanawha facilities planning executive director

  • By Ryan Quinn ryan.quinn@hdmediallc.com
  • Feb 15, 2022
  • Comments

Andrew Crawford has been promoted to be Kanawha County’s facilities planning executive director.

Guardsman hopes her case helps others
News

Guardsman hopes her case helps others

  • By Joe Severino joe.severino@hdmediallc.com
  • Updated Feb 6, 2023
  • Comments

Kristin Kingery says she spent more than a decade serving her country before one man decided she didn’t belong within the ranks.

3 Kanawha schools offering rapid COVID-19 tests in the new year
Education

3 Kanawha schools offering rapid COVID-19 tests in the new year

  • Staff report
  • Dec 31, 2021
  • Comments

Three Kanawha County schools are hosting free, walk-in, rapid COVID-19 tests in the new year, according to a news release from the county school system.

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City renames wing of MLK Center in honor of late Charleston officer
News

City renames wing of MLK Center in honor of late Charleston officer

  • By Lori Kersey lori.kersey@hdmediallc.com
  • Dec 23, 2021
  • Comments

A portion of a Charleston community center now bears the name of a late city patrolman known as the “father of after-school programs.”

Christmas parade to affect Charleston traffic Thursday
News

Christmas parade to affect Charleston traffic Thursday

  • Staff reports
  • Dec 7, 2021
  • Comments

The Charleston Christmas parade, scheduled for Thursday, will close several streets that day, the city announced Tuesday.

Charleston council supports Health Right syringe services program
News

Charleston council supports Health Right syringe services program

  • By Lori Kersey lori.kersey@hdmediallc.com
  • Dec 7, 2021
  • Comments

The city of Charleston will support West Virginia Health Right in the continuation of its syringe services program.

In WV, both sides eagerly await Supreme Court's abortion decision
 Around WV

In WV, both sides eagerly await Supreme Court's abortion decision

  • By Caity Coyne caity.coyne@hdmediallc.com
  • Dec 4, 2021
  • Comments

Set on Charleston’s West Side, the Women’s Health Center of West Virginia — the state’s lone abortion provider — has weathered challenges before, but none like the storm looming in Washington.

Man accused of killing Charleston officer wants trial moved out of Kanawha
News

Man accused of killing Charleston officer wants trial moved out of Kanawha

  • By Lori Kersey lori.kersey@hdmediallc.com
  • Dec 1, 2021
  • Comments

A defense attorney representing the man accused of killing a Charleston police officer last year has asked a judge to move the man’s trial out of Kanawha County.

Former WV elementary school counselor of the year pleads not guilty to possessing child pornography
Education

Former WV elementary school counselor of the year pleads not guilty to possessing child pornography

  • By Ryan Quinn ryan.quinn@hdmediallc.com
  • Nov 29, 2021
  • Comments

The now-former Kanawha County elementary school counselor recently accused of possessing child pornography has pleaded not guilty.

Former Holz teacher now accused of sweeping trash onto child, making her eat out of sink, slamming her head into desk
Education

Former Holz teacher now accused of sweeping trash onto child, making her eat out of sink, slamming her head into desk

  • By Ryan Quinn ryan.quinn@hdmediallc.com
  • Nov 23, 2021
  • Comments

The latest lawsuit against a former Holz Elementary teacher accuses her of making a special education student repeatedly eat out of the sink, forcing her to stand in a garbage can, sweeping trash onto her, cutting her lip by slamming her head into a desk and repeatedly verbally abusing her.

City council holds public forum for Health Right syringe services
Health

City council holds public forum for Health Right syringe services

  • By Caity Coyne caity.coyne@hdmediallc.com
  • Nov 19, 2021
  • Comments

After holding public forums Thursday, Charleston City Council will soon vote on whether to support West Virginia Health Right’s bid to continue offering syringe services at its Covenant House and East End clinics.

Former Holz Elementary teacher indicted for allegedly abusing 3 children
Education

Former Holz Elementary teacher indicted for allegedly abusing 3 children

  • By Ryan Quinn ryan.quinn@hdmediallc.com
  • Nov 18, 2021
  • Comments

A Kanawha County grand jury has indicted a former Holz Elementary School teacher for allegedly harming three special education children, including striking one with a file cabinet door, jerking her by her hair and throwing her to the floor.

Parents sue former Holz Elem. teacher for allegedly hitting child with disabilities
Education

Parents sue former Holz Elem. teacher for allegedly hitting child with disabilities

  • By Ryan Quinn ryan.quinn@hdmediallc.com
  • Nov 11, 2021
  • Comments

The parents of a special education student are suing the Kanawha County school system and a former Holz Elementary teacher over the employee allegedly hitting their son.

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One company could run half of WV's first charter schools. Ohio doesn't rank it highly.
Education

One company could run half of WV's first charter schools. Ohio doesn't rank it highly.

  • By Ryan Quinn ryan.quinn@hdmediallc.com
  • Nov 4, 2021
  • Comments

CHARLES TOWN — Accel Schools says it serves schools in seven states. West Virginia could be the eighth.

BridgeValley seeks to ditch 5 buildings in Montgomery, all originally from WVU
Education

BridgeValley seeks to ditch 5 buildings in Montgomery, all originally from WVU

  • By Ryan Quinn ryan.quinn@hdmediallc.com
  • Oct 15, 2021
  • Comments

BridgeValley Community and Technical College officials are seeking to unload five buildings in Montgomery, a move that would slash the school’s footprint there by two-thirds.

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