CRIME & SAFETY
New records show CPS knew of Boone County girl more than a year before her death
BOONE COUNTY, W.Va. (WCHS) — New public records provided to Eyewitness News show that West Virginia State Police referred the case of Kyneddi Miller to Child Protective Services in March 2023. A West Virginia State Police call log shows troopers responded to the home on Cameo Road in Morrisvale,...
Man wanted, woman arrested in connection to Boone County stabbing
BOONE COUNTY, WV (WOWK) – A man is in stable condition and another is wanted after a stabbing Thursday in Boone County. According to West Virginia State Police Senior Trooper A. Workman, the stabbing happened around 4:30 p.m. Thursday in the 600 block of Meadow Fork Road in Hewett. Troopers say the victim, an adult […]
Vehicle crashes into Sissonville ditch, one injured
SISSONVILLE, WV (WOWK) — A person was transported after a vehicle crashed into a ditch in Sissonville Friday night. According to Metro 911, the crash was reported around 11:30 p.m. The state of the injured person is not known at this time. The Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office was on...
Two injured in Kanawha County crash
CROSS LANES, W.Va. (WCHS) — Two people were injured in a crash Friday morning in Cross Lanes, officials said. The two-vehicle crash was reported near Shannon Drive and Washington Street West, according to Metro 911. The road was closed for about 30 minutes but has since reopened. Both drivers...
West Virginia State Police urges compliance after multiple violent incidents this week
SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WCHS) — After Lincoln County Senior State Trooper Travis Hurley was stabbed multiple times and hospitalized by a suspect who ran from a traffic stop, State Police Superintendent Col. Jack Chambers said this just adds to a troubling trend within the past year. Even within the past week, a man was killed in Greenbrier County after troopers said he refused to drop a knife.
Car rolls over on Corridor G, 1 taken to hospital
KANAWHA COUNTY, WV (WOWK) — One person was taken to the hospital after a crash in the southbound lanes of Corridor G, dispatchers say. Photos sent to 13 News show a car flipped over on Corridor G just before Trace Fork Boulevard. The extent of the person’s injuries is unknown at this time. The road […]
Police investigating ‘shots fired’ in Charleston
UPDATE: (2:17 P.M. May 9) – According to Kanawha County Schools, the precautionary lockdown at Mary C. Snow Elementary has been lifted. CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) – The Charleston Police Department is investigating a report of possible shots fired on the city’s West Side. According to the CPD, the call came in around 1:45 p.m. from […]
West Virginia Supreme Court grants hearing for man seeking appeal in 2008 Taco Bell murder
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WCHS) — The West Virginia Supreme Court says a man serving a lifetime sentence with no chance at parole for murdering his girlfriend at a Charleston Taco Bell will get a hearing in circuit court that he was initially denied by a judge. The hearing is needed to pave the way for an appeal he wants to pursue.
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