Former WVU women’s basketball standout dies

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) - A new partnership between the West Virginia Department of Homeland Security and Marshall University is aiming to put students into jobs at the state level. “How great is it to say that they’re going to have the Department of Homeland Security on their resume? It’s a...

Bryan Keith McClain, 59, of Long Run, departed this life Monday, February 6, 2023, at Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, WV. He was born May 31, 1963, in Cleveland, OH, a son of the late Jessie Willard and Gloria Sue (Jarrel) McClain. Bryan was a member of the New Life...

Christopher “Cody” Easter was born in Huntington, West Virginia, on October 17, 1986. He was born to David and Lisa Easter; Cody grew up in Indiana, he played high school football; Cody loved music, especially the drums, and guitar, even a little piano. He played drums in a band with a buddy (Matt Sumner) when he was 13. Then began playing at church in the praise band.

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) - Huntington Police Chief Karl Colder has resigned, effective immediately, Mayor Steve Williams announced Monday, Feb. 6. “Mr. Colder indicated that he was resigning due to family matters,” Williams said. “Out of respect to him and his family, I will have no further comment.”. Williams...

MASON COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) – The search for a missing contractor at the ICL facility in Gallipolis Ferry entered its fifth day Tuesday. Monday, the Mason County Sheriff confirmed the man fell into a pond onsite at the plant in Mason County. The following statement was released Tuesday on...

POINT PLEASANT , W.Va. (WSAZ) - A man convicted of killing a man and attempting to hide the body in the bed of a truck was sentenced to prison. Anthony Yester, of Leon, was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter and concealment of a deceased human body in Nov. 2022. The...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) - Body cam footage captured the struggled that ensued moments before the would-be fatal shooting of Charleston Police Officer Cassie Johnson in December 2021. More than a year later, jurors found the shooting lacked elements of first-degree murder and spared the defendant a life sentence. That reality...