Charleston News

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A judge on Friday appointed a former McDowell County prosecuting attorney to handle any criminal case against Kanawha County Prosecuting Attorney Mark Plants.

Twenty-six students from across West Virginia will recite poems by Edgar Allan Poe, Robert Frost, Emily Dickinson and others during the 2014 state Poetry Out Loud competition set for Mar. 14-15 at the Culture Center in Charleston.

Hurricane's mayor doesn't want his town to become the dumping ground for Charleston's problem.

Kayla Sue Jacobs, a volunteer with Mountain Justice, advertises free bottled water the environmental group was handing out Friday at the Capitol.

Paramedics were on the scene of an attempted robbery on Capitol Street in Charleston on Friday night.

Zac Mallett braces himself Thursday as he's lifted toward traffic signals at Bridge and Loudon Heights roads, just over the South Side Bridge in Charleston.

Students at Horace Mann Middle School in Kanawha City return to the school Thursday afternoon after employees in the boiler room thought they saw smoke and called Metro 911.

The mediation stems from lawsuits filed by former Mountain State students following the nursing program's loss of accreditation.

If you're still looking for clean drinking water -- there are two places you can find it in Charleston.

South Charleston police are searching for three men who they said robbed a man of his oxygen machine in Joplin Park, Friday.

Several pioneers of the arts were honored at the Culture Center in Charleston on Thursday night.

Police said a man wanted on kidnapping, sexual assault charges was arrested on Thursday.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Saturday's West Virginia Symphony Family Series Concert at the Clay Center is "A Celebration of Your Self" with special guest Slim Goodbody .

Charleston City Council is expected to entertain the idea of increasing the city's fire fee to help balance next year's budget.

Dining out could cost you more. Some Charleston restaurants are now charging customers a surcharge for cooking food with bottled water.

The West Virginia state semifinal and final rounds of the Poetry Out Loud: National Recitation Contest take place this weekend at Culture Center Theater.

Teacher pay is a concern for a lot of education students here in West Virginia getting ready to graduate this semester.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The West Virginia Symphony is presenting "The John Williams Experience" Friday and Saturday at the Clay Center.

Yesterday the weather was beautiful. The sun was shining and it was warm. But on Wednesday, Mother Nature did a total 180, and the weather caused a headache for many across our region.

A registered sex offender in Kanawha County is accused of performing sex acts on himself in front of young girls walking home from the bus stop.