Charleston News

Singer John Denver never called West Virginia home, but his 1970s hit "Take Me Home, Country Roads" is one of the state's official songs.

A Kanawha County woman, who has agreed to help investigators in an unsolved murder case, pleaded guilty Friday to a pair of felony charges in connection with the death of Charleston resident Kareem Hunter.

Hattie grew up in Pennsboro, WV, and was married to Richard M. Jones Sr. who preceded her in death Dec 15, 1992.

It starts with something small. You skip reading your history homework to watch some television, and pretty soon, you find yourself up at 2 a.m. writing an English paper on a book you only read the first 10 pages of.

The modern strides in multimedia have been explosive. News does not only come from newspapers anymore; now, news can come from places like Facebook, Twitter, blogs, online publications of newspapers and magazines and a multitude of TV channels and shows.

A flyer taped to the drive-thru window at Tudor's Biscuit World on Charleston's East End indicates the restaurant has switched to using tap water for food preparation, citing a Feb. 24 Associated Press report that federal officials had called the water "safe".

What would have been the 90th annual Charleston Rose Society Rose Show has been canceled for several reasons, said Steven Grass who has been part of the show since 1992 along with his wife, Lynda.

West Virginia American Water issued a precautionary boil water advisory Thursday for some customers in the Charleston area.

A Fugitive Files repeat offender is off the streets. Charleston police said they found Richie Sherrick, better known as "Po Boy," on Chandler Drive Wednesday morning rummaging through garbage.

Many West Virginians are eager to head to the car wash to have their rides cleaned.

A Charleston man who allegedly distributed heroin in the city in December was indicted Tuesday by a federal grand jury.

Jamie Chung and Johnny Sequoyah star in "Believe," premiering at 10 p.m. Monday on NBC.

On Friday, the animated family adventure "Mr. Peabody & Sherman" opens in theaters nationwide.

University of Charleston students Taylor Low and Mary Alton were among those taking part in Ash Wednesday services at the Basilica of the Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- This weekend, local audiences will have a chance to see a world-class dance production when The Charleston Ballet stages "La Bayadere " at the Civic Center Little Theater Friday and Saturday.

A state coalition is urging the West Virginia Senate to pass a bill that would increase the state's minimum wage.

Firefighter Scott Holmes and Capt. Greg Morris, members of the Charleston Fire Department honor guard, place a wreath on Capitol Street at the site of the Woolworth Department Store fire.

What does it take to get some meaningful action around here? A surprise chemical leak - that should have been a surprise to no one in a position to prevent it - that shuts down the local economy for days and continues to affect a nine-county area? What does it take to get some meaningful action around here? A surprise chemical leak - that should ... (more)

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Environmental and legal activist Erin Brockovich said concerns remain that MCHM sticks to plumbing and fixtures in water systems affected by the West Virginia water crisis.

Put a little Motown in your weekend with the Community Music Association's "Legends of Motown & More" concert Sunday at 4 p.m. The show features Detroit group Horizon, which blends singing, dancing and humor inw a performance that features songs from acts like The Temptations, The Spinners, Smokey Robinson, Marvin Gaye and Earth, Wind & Fire.