Charleston News

The upcoming sentencings of two key former Mingo County public officials are an opportunity for a southern West Virginia coal mining community shaken by corruption to start bouncing back, U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin said.

The City of Charleston has been shelling out thousands of dollars over the past few years to host groups that hold walks and runs around town.

Even though there are some heated political campaigns already underway for West Virginia's 2014 primary and general election, the most interesting campaign news last week was the word from U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., that he may run for governor in 2016 when Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin's second term is over.

Marshall University will serve as host of the 2014 Appalachian Institute of Digital Evidence Conference, a four-day event focusing on investigations with digital evidence, information security, open source intelligence, cell phone seizure certification and electronic discovery.

As I wandered around the Capitol Market for the Mac 'N' Cheese Cookoff held in early April as a fundraiser for the Childhood Language Center, I couldn't help but be in awe.

Voters in Kanawha County's 35th House of Delegate District, both Republican and Democrat, have many good choices for candidates.

It took nine hours to get most of the people to the interstate across the river when the zombies closed in on Charleston, W.Va.

Fred Jay Krieg, Ph.D., 67, of Yeadon, Pa., formerly of West Virginia, died March 27, 2014, at LifeCare Hospital of Chester County.

Four prisoners and four correctional officers are charged with trying to kill an inmate at the Western Regional Jail.

Charleston police are searching for the driver of a truck who fled on foot after a crash.

It is refreshing, at least for me, to learn about a business that is succeeding again after falling on difficult times.

As a typical Guy, I've complained loudly about the deadliness of another Guy's gas.

The 13th and 15th House of Delegates districts are about midway between Charleston and Huntington, with the 13th extending north to Ravenswood.

Charleston police are taking technology to the streets and hoping a new security camera will curb crime at a west side convenience store at the center of a lot of problems.

The state Division of Tourism will have more money to spend on advertising West Virginia in the wake of the Jan. 9 chemical spill and water emergency in parts of nine counties.

In this week's Behind The Kitchen Door, the IHOP on MacCorkle Avenue in Charleston received eight critical and four non-critical violations from the Kanawha-Charleston Health Department.

Tuesday's arrest of a suspected methamphetamine maker was the first involving a clandestine laboratory in northern Hancock County in more than 10 years, a drug task force official said.

Bob Wojcieszak/Daily Mail University of Charleston running back Josef Hinnant breaks for open field Thursday at the University of Charleston Stadium.

Frustrated by the ways of Washington and often at odds with leaders of his own party, Sen. Joe Manchin is leaving his options open - including a possible run for his old job as West Virginia governor in 2016.

Firefighters and police officers in South Charleston will see their salaries go up a little more each year.