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RAVENSWOOD, WV (LOOTPRESS) – A man is being charged with First-Degree Attempted Murder after stabbing a sleeping woman several times in the neck on Tuesday. According to the Ravenswood Police Department, on Tuesday, May 30, 2023, at approximately 10:24am, authorities were dispatched to a stabbing incident which occurred at 170 Joe Short Drive in Ravenswood, […]

PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (WTAP) - Former Nelsonville officials are being sued for alleged civil rights violations. Scott Fitch, who currently serves as Meigs County Sheriff, has been named along with others in a lawsuit concerning the civil rights of a couple seeking millions in damages. The lawsuit was filed in the...

CHARLESTON, WV. (WSAZ) - In a 3-0 victory over Keyser, the Winfield Generals won the Class AA State Championship at GoMart Ballpark on Saturday. Dylan Kuhl pitched seven shut out innings to help propel the Generals to their third state championship in program history.

MEIGS COUNTY, Ohio (WSAZ) - It has been more than three weeks since Billie Long and other Frontier Customers on Trouble Creek Road in Meigs County have been without phone and internet services. Since the services went out, she said she has often to go 2 to 3 miles from...

CHARLESTON, WV. (WSAZ) - The Wahama White Falcons captured the Class A State Championship beating Tyler Consolidated 10-0 on Saturday. Bryce Zuspan pitched six shutout innings to help the White Falcons win their 5th state championship in program history.

BELLE, W.Va. — Disaster loans have been made available for residents of West Virginia counties affected by the flooding last August. The U.S. Small Business Administration made Business Physical Disaster Loans, Economic Injury Disaster Loans and Home Disaster Loans available to businesses and residents in the counties of Boone, Clay, Fayette, Jackson, Kanawha, Lincoln, Nicholas, Putnam, Raleigh and Roane that were affected by the flooding from August 14-15, 2022.

RAVENSWOOD, WV (LOOTPRESS) – Two brothers were arrested earlier this month after police were dispatched to a trailer park where an individual had reportedly been stabbed. According to the Ravenswood Police Department, on Friday, May 19, 2023, at approximately 12:22am, an assault was reported at Hutton’s Trailer Park prompting officer response. Upon arrival at the […]

Kennedy Hughes not only got the pitching win in the circle for Heritage Christian Academy, but she also had the walk-off hit in the sixth inning that clinched the school’s fifth KCAA state softball title. Watch Hughes walk it off and earn this Max’s Moment.

DeJohn Funeral Homes & Crematory recently announced it will be hosting its annual Flag Retirement & Remembrance Ceremony at 2 p.m. June 24 at the DeJohn Funeral Homes & Celebrations Center, 12811 Chillicothe Road in Chester Township. DeJohn Funeral Homes plans to honor a military veteran or service man/woman from...

UPDATE (6:10 p.m. Tuesday, May 30, 2023): Hope Center Ministries has released a statement regarding after two people overdosed at a Jackson County facility last week, one of whom was pronounced dead at a hospital. The company tells WOWK 13 News two residents of the facility two people were found unresponsive at their facility in […]

PUTNAM COUNTY, W.Va. (WCHS) — An arrest has been made in connection with a hit-and-run that left a man severely injured in Putnam County. William Shrader, 54, of Scott Depot is charged with failure to render aid, leaving the scene of an accident and driving on a suspended license, according to Putnam County Sheriff Bobby Eggleton.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — After starting up 11 years ago, a program is once again working with area schools to stuff backpacks with food in an effort to feed kids during the summertime. The Backpack Buddies program is returning across six West Virginia counties, including all of Putnam and Boone...

Charleston – Winfield shocked many around the state when it knocked off two-time defending state champion Logan in the regional tournament. Saturday afternoon at Go-Mart Park, the Generals proved the win was no fluke. One day removed from knocking out Lewis County in the semifinals of the state baseball tournament, the Generals shutout Keyser, 3-0, […]

It did not take Heritage Christian Academy long to find their new boys’ soccer coach. Just days after the retirement of former head coach Clinton Willis, HCA Athletic Director Matt McGowan announced Thursday afternoon that Lloyd Young would be promoted from within to take over the varsity team and to oversee the entire soccer program at the school.

JACKSON COUNTY, WV (WOWK) – Authorities are investigating the death of a man in connection to a rehabilitation facility in Jackson County, West Virginia. This morning, May 29, 2023, the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office says the death happened last week, and authorities then executed a search warrant at Hope Center Ministries in Sandyville. The sheriff’s […]

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Throughout the 2023 season, Winfield baseball coach Will Isaacs relied heavily on senior Dylan Kuhl for production and leadership. So when Kuhl got off to a rocky start in Saturday’s Class AA title game against Keyser, there was no panic from the top seed Generals, nor their skipper.

During the global pandemic senior centers all across West Virginia expanded their nutritional programs with the help of federal dollars. But with the official end of the COVID state of emergency on May 11 that extra money is no longer coming to the state.

BUFFALO, W.Va. — Toyota West Virginia is putting the automaker’s mission in motion as officials announce three donations to improve mobility in the western Mountain State. The donations are the result of a research study of transportation challenges in the region. According to David Rosier, president of Toyota...

POMEROY — The Pomeroy Firemen’s Association will host a chicken barbecue fundraiser Sunday at the fire hall, 125 Butternut Ave. “We look forward to seeing everyone Sunday morning and thank you for your continued support of the firemen’s association,” Pomeroy Volunteer Fire Department Chief Derek Miller said. “The community enjoys the chicken barbecues, and anytime they can come into the fire department and see the trucks and equipment, it’s a win-win situation. The community support allows us to provide the level of protection that our...

Heaven gained another believer on May 25, 2023, when James Manning Arnold drew his final breath. Jim was born to Laura Ruth Bradbury Arnold and James Franklin Arnold in the family house at 625 Chestnut Street in Middleport, OH on May 4, 1929. Jimmy, as he was then known, was raised by his maternal grandmother, Nanny, in a home on Powell Street, also in Middleport. He attended the Middleport Schools, obtaining a letterman’s jacket in high school and graduating with a class of twenty-nine students in 1947.