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
Friday, May 24 2013 10:36 AM EDT2013-05-24 14:36:25 GMT
Inmates at West Virginia's minimum- and medium-security prisons soon will sow seeds and tend plants as part of an initiative to grow produce for the state's largest food bank.
Inmates at West Virginia's minimum- and medium-security prisons soon will sow seeds and tend plants as part of an initiative to grow produce for the state's largest food bank.
Thursday, May 23 2013 1:11 PM EDT2013-05-23 17:11:37 GMT
A federal judge in the northern district of West Virginia has withdrawn her order certifying a question to the state Supreme Court in a case dealing with horizontal wells.
A federal judge in the northern district of West Virginia has withdrawn her order certifying a question to the state Supreme Court in a case dealing with horizontal wells.
Tuesday, May 21 2013 1:30 PM EDT2013-05-21 17:30:42 GMT
WAYNE, WV (AP) — About 20 Wayne High School students are barred from the school's graduation ceremony because of a senior prank that damaged the building.
WAYNE, WV (AP) — About 20 Wayne High School students are barred from the school's graduation ceremony because of a senior prank that damaged the building.
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) —
The former executive director of the Huntington Area Food Bank is facing
charges that she embezzled more than $23,000 from the organization.
Authorities
say Leigh Anne Zappin was arrested Friday and charged with one count of
embezzlement and eight counts each of forgery and uttering follow an
investigation by the West Virginia State Police.
The
Herald-Dispatch reports that the 56-year-old had
worked at the food bank since 2008, first under a community service
program for a prior embezzlement conviction and then as its leader from
fall 2010 to Oct. 3, 2012. The nonprofit food bank helps the needy in 17
counties in Ohio, Kentucky, and West Virginia.
Zappin's attorney,
Chad Hatcher, declined to comment on the case. The Cabell County
Prosecutor's office also declined to comment.
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