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The West Virginia Judicial Vacancy Advisory Commission on Tuesday recommended two of the six applicants for Mingo County Circuit judge.

Logan County law enforcement have issued a wanted bulletin for Kelly Gerald Crosby, 31, who is on Post Release Supervision and had a GPS unit on him for the crime of the use of minors in filming sexually explicit conduct.

Fans of Southern rock and jam will get a midwinter taste of the summer festival scene when Gov't Mule comes to the Clay Center Feb. 22. The band, fronted by Allman Brothers guitarist Warren Haynes, was started as a side project in the early 1990s by Haynes and now deceased Allman Brothers bassist Allen Woody.

A gun rights group wants a jury to stop the city of Charleston from enforcing a number of handgun restrictions on its books.

West Virginia Second District Congresswoman Shelley Moore Capito wants to bring stakeholders to the table and start a dialogue to deal with cyber bullying.

A steady stream of woody debris, plastic jugs, tires and discarded household items flows down the Kanawha River past downtown Charleston on Tuesday afternoon.

Dennis Davis, a former assistant superintendent for Kanawha County Schools, is sworn in as the newest member of the county school board on Tuesday morning by Mala Bumgarner, executive secretary for the school system's legal department.

Associated Press Web Producer: Jeff Morris Reported: Dec. 17, 2013 10:30 AM EST Updated: Dec. 17, 2013 11:46 AM EST Charleston , Kanawha County , West Virginia The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources is encouraging visitors to the state park system with a promotion in January.

Jeff Morris Web Producer: Jeff Morris Reported: Dec. 17, 2013 8:45 AM EST Updated: Dec. 17, 2013 8:56 AM EST Flatwoods , Braxton County , West Virginia West Virginia State Police have issued a Silver Alert for a missing man in Braxton County.

Dora Ruth Peoples, 64, of Charleston, passed away on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013, at CAMC Memorial Hospital, after a short illness.

As snow sprinkled over Charleston early Monday morning, members of Teamsters Local 175 unloaded a red tractor-trailer at the main office of the Children's Home Society of West Virginia on Greenbrier Street.

About a dozen of Harold Albertson's former clients watched him plead guilty Monday to tax evasion.

Tech. Sgt. Matt Mulinex , of South Charleston and Senior Airman Coty Stiltner, of Charleston, tear down the compressor unit from a T56 turboprop engine for a complete overhaul.

"The first lady wanted to highlight our West Virginia Sesquicentennial," spokeswoman Amy Shuler Goodwin said of the "Season's Greetings From the Tomblins" card, the front of which features a depiction of the governor's seal as a holiday ornament on a blue field.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- This family of three lost all of its belongings when an electrical fire destroyed the house they were renting.

Cleo was in her early 50s when she discovered a lump in her breast. Not long after that, doctors confirmed her worst fear and she began a difficult battle against breast cancer.

Simon Environmental spent several days from July through November cleaning and decontaminating the apartment at 6231/2 Simms St. on Charleston's West Side.

Mike McCown, owner of My Space Mini Storage in Cross Lanes explains how he found a meth lab in one of his storage units.

The Salvation Army's Red Kettle Campaign isn't in the black just yet. All across the country donations are down.

Katelyn Sykes Web Producer: Katelyn Sykes Reported: Dec. 16, 2013 11:03 AM EST Updated: Dec. 16, 2013 1:07 PM EST Charleston , Kanawha County , West Virginia A recent vote by the FCC to consider lifting a ban on in-flight cell phone use on airlines is drawing opposition from travelers and lawmakers in Charleston.