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Lens Creek Road repairs set to begin after landslide
LENS CREEK, WV (WOWK) – After a landslide took out part of the roadway, repairs on Lens Creek Road are set to begin Monday, April 29, according to Boone County Delegate Josh Holstein (R). There is no current timeline for when the project will be finished. The landslide happened April 12 just past where Kanawha […]
April’s Jan Dils Golden Apple Award Winner is Nicki Foggin
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (WTAP) - Nicki Foggin is the Jan Dils Golden Apple Award Winner for April. Foggin is a speech therapist at Madison Elementary. Nicki has been at Madison for about five years and has helped many students with their speech and language abilities. “I have a lot of kids...
Charleston Sternwheel Regatta concert lineup announced
CHARLESTON, WV (LOOTPRESS) – The 2024 Charleston Sternwheel Regatta concert lineup has officially been announced. Wednesday, July 3, 2024: Shaggy Thursday, July 4, 2024: The Fab 4 Friday, July 5, 2024: Montgomery Gentry Saturday, July 6, 2024: I Love The 90s Tour featuring Vanilla Ice, Treach of Naughty by Nature, Tone Loc, and Young MC.
First Alert Weather | Thursday Forecast
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) - ). Thursday brings a bolder sunshine at least the the last couple of days. Though we’ll still stay largely in the 60s in the afternoon, it will feel better with the direct sunshine on the skin. High pressure comes through just in time for the home opener of the Charleston Dirty Birds, with sunshine at the first pitch and clear skies in the evening. Friday morning will start in the 40s too, but we’ll jump to the mid 70s as the winds now turn around out of the more favorable south. This warming trend will continue into the weekend.
Justice Calls For More CPS Reporting, Funding In Wake Of Child’s Death
Reports surfaced last week of the death of a 14-year-old girl found emaciated, and of her mother’s subsequent arrest. Gov. Jim Justice said Tuesday that this was not a Child Protective Services (CPS) case. According to reporting from Eyewitness News, Julie Anne Stone Miller, 49, of Morrisvale in Boone...
Russian doctor wanted for illegal distribution of drugs in Charleston arrested
CHARLESTON, WV (WOAY) – A Russian doctor wanted for alleged fraudulent distributing drugs in Charleston has been arrested by international police and extradited back to the United States. Dr. Alexander Vladimirovich Otellin, a 54-year-old doctor who previously worked in Charleston, was arrested in Armenia earlier this week. He was...
Man in West Virginia confessed to killing a missing woman and daughter; He died just hours before the bodies were found
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A confession by a suspect in failing health led authorities to what they believe are the remains of a long-missing woman and her daughter who were buried in the backyard of a southern West Virginia home. Susan Carter and her daughter, Natasha “Alex” Carter, have not been seen since Aug. 8, […]
Former Macy’s at Charleston Town Center torn down to make way for new sports center
UPDATE: (1 P.M. April 25) – City officials are giving an update on the demolition of the old Macy’s at the Charleston Town Center and plans for the new Capital Sports Center. CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) – The former Macy’s building at the Charleston Town Center is coming down. Demolition began Thursday to remove the building, […]
Simulator creates awareness for impaired driving prevention
BOONE COUNTY, WV (WOWK) – The importance of driving sober was on display Wednesday in Boone County. Students a Scott High School in Madison had the chance to see the dangers of driving while impaired firsthand through UNITE’s “Arrive Alive” tour bus. The tour bus includes the first and only marijuana driving simulator in the […]
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