Pratt News

An eastern Kanawha County coal miner remains in critical condition after an on-the-job accident.

A 25-year-old man is accused of smacking a 14-year-old boy on an East Bank school bus on Tuesday after he said the teen made an obscene gesture.

A Kanawha County man is facing a felony charge after allegedly boarding a school bus and and slapping one of the students on board.

Kanawha County Public Library system is celebrating National Library Week from Sunday through April 18 by offering amnesty on any overdue materials returned during that week.

Kanawha County Commission is stepping in to help. Other Stories by Gil McClanahan PRATT -- This afternoon Kanawha County Commissioners approved up to 16-thousand dollars in legal fees to make an "operational agreement" between the Pratt and Chelyan Public Service Districts a reality.

A water line busted in the town of Pratt sometime Friday or Saturday, but it wasn't until about three days later that a boil-water advisory was issued for residents, county officials say.

The Town of Pratt Water Co. has lifted the boil water advisory for Pratt and Hansford areas of Kanawha County.

Kanawha County school officials say they were not told about potentially tainted water at Pratt Elementary School until after students went to school on Tuesday.

Talton Pratt was arraigned in Kanawha County Magistrate Court just a short time ago.

Sewage has been leaking directly into Paint Creek because of a break in a sewer line that will not be fixed until sometime today, officials said.

Story by Nicky Walters Email Other Stories by Nicky Walters PRATT -- Leaders in the town of Pratt are in some hot water - after raw sewage from Pratt Elementary school leaked into area waterways.

Raw sewage is leaking directly into Paint Creek because of a break in the sewer line directly across from the pumping station in Pratt, according to Kanawha County emergency services director Dale Petry.

A Kanawha County couple is facing domestic battery charges after a verbal argument turned physical.

A bailout of Pratt's ailing sewer system inched a little closer on Thursday. Kanawha County Commission President Kent Carper said officials with the Regional Development Authority agreed to loan the troubled ...

Kanawha County Commissioners are ramping up the pressure on Pratt town officials to merge their water and sewer plants with another public service district.

High winds also knocked out power to a couple of water plants in Kanawha County.

Time has run out for Pratt officials to save their ailing sewer system. So prophesied officials for the West Virginia Public Service Commission, Division of Environmental Protection and the Kanawha County ...

Officials for the Chelyan Public Service District have withdrawn an offer to take over the Upper Kanawha Valley Public Service District.

Dec. 11, 2008 New Circuit Judge Takes Oath of Office in Wayne County Special to Huntingtonnews.net From a W.Va. Supreme Court of Appeals Release Wayne, WV -- James H. Young, Jr., became West Virginia's newest ...