Charleston News

All the animals and performers of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey circus have arrived in Charleston, and they're ready to show you the Greatest Show on Earth.

Six new officers have joined the ranks of the Charleston Police Department. Mayor Danny Jones and Chief Brent Webster held a swearing in ceremony on Thursday for the new officers.

Court documents said a Detroit man who is being charged with a West Side murder was tracked down after a police chase and was identified by a witness.

The West Virginia House of Delegates recently honored a Lincoln County business, issuing a legislative citation in naming it a Mountaineer success story.

He was born October 18, 1936, in Charleston, WV, one of eight children born to the late O.B. and Flossye Thompson Cottrill of Morgantown, WV.

A search for a plane that some witnesses believed had crashed in the Marmet area has been called off.

One person was taken to the hospital after an accident involving a motorcycle in South Charleston on Wednesday.

Kanawha Circuit Judge Duke Bloom has ordered that Kanawha County Prosecutor Mark Plants and his office not prosecute certain cases.

Charleston police said a bystander was wounded on Wednesday during a shootout on the city's West Side.

Manners go out the window when these behemoths belly up to the buffet bar. The 16th Annual Pachyderm Picnic - featuring elephants from the Ringling Bros.

Eyewitness News hosted a second town hall meeting focusing on the water crisis at the historic Labelle Theater in south Charleston on Tuesday.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. Helping improve the health of our community is the goal of an area coalition.

Justin Townes Earle makes his third appearance on Mountain Stage , recorded live at the Culture Center Theater in Charleston, W.Va.

A Charleston attorney predicts the state Supreme Court's ruling will have a "chilling effect" on West Virginia's residents seeking public documents through FOIA requests.

Lawsuits against Freedom Industries Inc., whose leaky chemical tank polluted drinking water in West Virginia, were transferred from bankruptcy court to federal district court in Charleston last week to "assure efficient case administration."

A second employee at Arch Coal's Mountain Laurel Complex in Logan County has been fired in connection with a federal investigation focused on a possible kickback and billing scheme, according to WVOW Radio - a MetroNews affiliate.

I realize that the Department of Highway is not spending money to do potholes, but it would be nice if they would start cleaning up everybody's garbage on Vanmeter, Short and Bowers roads.

Voters in Kanawha County's 35th House of Delegates District are in the rare position of having more quality candidates to choose from than there are positions available.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. A battle is continuing to brew here in the Capital City, over a proposed change for groups who hold distance runs.

Metro 911 said a pedestrian was struck by a vehicle Monday afternoon in Charleston.