Friday, May 24 2013 12:33 PM EDT2013-05-24 16:33:24 GMT
Smith Street between Morris and Ruffner Avenue is closed after a crash sent the utility pole down. The immediate area is blocked as a result.Emergency crews responded to the crash after a man driving
Driver flees crash scene after crash knocks down utility pole in Charleston
Tuesday, May 21 2013 12:18 PM EDT2013-05-21 16:18:28 GMT
Three people were inside this burning home but managed to get out safely.
Firefighters are battling a massive fire in East Bank in Kanawha County. A house on Walnut Street went up in flames around 5:15 a.m. Firefighters said two people were home at the time but managed to
Three escape massive fire in a home on Walnut Street in Kanawha County
A pretty significant find on Friday by the West Virginia State Police.
Troopers said they were performing aerial surveillance when they came across 1,700 marijuana plants. Each plant is estimated to be worth about $2,500. That's equals more than $4 million in plants, according to troopers.
Officials said no arrests have been made, yet. "I don't know if you are ever going to totally eradicate or totally defeat it or anything like that, but what you do is you basically disrupt the flow and you decrease the amount of drug availability that's out there," said Sgt. Michael Smith with the West Virginia State Police.
Sgt Smith said prescription drug abuse continues to be the biggest problem in West Virginia.
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