Alum Creek, WV

SOUTH CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK)—A man in South Charleston is facing animal cruelty charges. On July 20, 2021, South Charleston Police responded to a welfare check on the 1200 block of E Village Drive in South Charleston after a phone call request from the defendant’s sister. Officers met the defendant, 20-year-old...

SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) - A man is facing animal cruelty charges after confessing to officers he decapitated his pet cat and dismembered its body. According to the South Charleston Police Department, they were called to the home along E Village Drive on July 20 for a welfare check requested by Gabriel Kekel’s sister.

SOUTH CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK)—A man in South Charleston is facing animal cruelty charges. On July 20, 2021, South Charleston Police responded to a welfare check on the 1200 block of E Village Drive in South Charleston after a phone call request from the defendant’s sister. Officers met the defendant, 20-year-old...

MONTGOMERY, W.Va. (WSAZ) - Construction work is underway for a major bridge that goes into the city of Montgomery, leaving drivers frustrated with delays and police officers having to patrol the work area. “The city really doesn’t have anything involved in the bridge repair other than trying to police the...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) - A new vaccine booster study will begin immediately in the State of West Virginia, Gov. Jim Justice announced Thursday. During a press conference, the governor said his administration has learned that antibodies used to fight the coronavirus may have diminished for those who were vaccinated early on in the pandemic.

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) -The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) reports as of July 29, 2021, there have been 3,115,799 total laboratory results received for COVID-19, with 166,748 total cases and 2,944 deaths. DHHR has confirmed the deaths of a 75-year old male from Randolph County, a...

HURRICANE, W.Va. (WSAZ) – A new restaurant is on its way to Hurricane. Connolly’s Irish Pub will open in September on Main Street, Mayor Scott Edwards posted on social media. He said it will be located on the first floor of the building formerly occupied by Hidden Creek Mercantile. The...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WCHS) — The next era of Capital High School football officially began Wednesday. The Kanawha County Board of Education approved Mark Mason as the next head coach of the Cougars program. Mason takes over for Jon Carpenter, who stepped down at the end of June after 11 years...

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Mayor Steve Williams says he will always be grateful for the city’s and Cabell County’s day in court when it comes to the opioid epidemic. Closing arguments in the trial between the City of Huntington and Cabell County and the ‘Big 3’ drug distributors wrapped up Wednesday afternoon. The attorneys for the plaintiffs laid out a case focused on 81 million opioid pills sent into a community of fewer than 100,000 people by AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health and McKesson.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WCHS) — UPDATED, 12:01 p.m. 7/29/21. Expressing concern about a jump in the number of delta variant cases and hospitalizations in West Virginia, Gov. Jim Justice said the state will conduct a voluntary program to test the antibodies of older residents to see if they need a coronavirus booster shot.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WCHS) — More than half of West Virginia now finds itself out of the green on the county alert map as 29 counties are in red, gold or yellow. State Department of Health and Human Resources’ officials posted the map Thursday that shows an increase in non-green counties for the fourth consecutive day this week. The map was based on Wednesday’s data.

CHARLESTON, WV (WOAY) – ​The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) reports as of July 29, 2021, there have been 3,115,799 total confirmed laboratory results received for COVID-19, with 166,748 total cases and 2,944 deaths. CountiesConfirmed CasesRecoveredActive CasesDeaths. Fayette2,9722,8987483. Greenbrier2,0191,9922765. McDowell1,2821,2453727. Mercer3,5103,44862129. Monroe1,0351,0211418. Nicholas1,3841,3444024. Pocahontas416410612. Raleigh5,1565,08769101. Summers731728322.