Chesapeake News

Multitudes of small local agencies -- mostly quasi-governmental, living on tax money or state fees -- are necessary for the smooth function of society in West Virginia.

EDITOR'S NOTE: Due to a misunderstanding we originally published an abridged, adapted and excerpted version of the report with a link to the FULL version in downloadable PDF form.

Thursday marks one year since one of the most sensational murder cases in Kanawha County history unfolded in the sleepy town of Chesapeake.

Authorities say an eastern Kanawha County man punched his girlfriend and her teen daughter and stabbed a man who tried to stop him with a fork.