Kanawha County News

An environmental activist fasting at the state Capitol over mountaintop removal mining has been arrested on a trespassing charge from October.

A man accused of damaging the West Virginia Veterans Memorial with his car has pleaded no contest to destruction of property.

Kanawha County Sheriff's deputies are looking for two suspects in connection with the robbery of a Little General Store in Elkview.

Nov. 16 Roger Ferrell vs. Diversified Enterprises Inc. PA- Mark W. Carbone; J- Tod J. Kaufman * Ferrell was employed by Diversified Enterprises and worked on a project called the Cool Ridge/Flat Top Sewer project for Shady Springs Public Service District in Raleigh County.

Via the Charleston Daily Mail : CDC confirms Kanawha County pediatrician had swine flu -- twice .

The former chief of a state psychiatric hospital is suing West Virginia's health agency over allegations of gender discrimination and retaliation.

Police have made an arrest in the case of a West Side man fatally shot through the kitchen window of an apartment earlier this month.

The woman who was in the car during a police chase that culminated in the shooting deaths of the driver and a Charleston Police officer was one of 149 people indicted on felony charges by a Kanawha County grand jury last week.

The recall of 2.1 million Stork Craft cribs Nov. 23 came three-years too late for one West Virginia infant.

Editor's Note: This is a personal account from U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller from a telephone interview with The State Journal staff reporter Michael Hupp about his time with VISTA, Volunteers in Service to America, an anti-poverty program, in Emmons, Kanawha County.

The State Police acted on tips to bust two methamphetamine labs and arrest five suspects.

He's only 9 years old and already he's being hailed a hero! Malik Youngblood was honored during a school assembly today at J-E Robins Elementary in Charleston.

Students get a taste of real life. Elkview -- Students at Elkview Middle School in Kanawha County were told to "get a life." That's the name of a game under the state Treasurer's office's "Net Worth" program.

Kanawha County board members voted five to zero to close Bonham Elementary Thursday night.

According to Metro 911 a man was shot in London just after 10:30 p.m. Thursday. The shooting was reported to have occurred at 1 Mercer Road.

Kanawha County Sheriff's Department is investigating, after a man said his vehicle was stolen at a car wash.

Kanawha County deputies are investigating after a man was hit by a car after an argument in Sissonville.

A convenience store chain is donating money to 22 schools in West Virginia. One Stop, headquartered in Belle, announced that they have secured $750 grants for 22 West Virginia schools through the ExxonMobil Educational Alliance Program.

Black Kanawha County residents are far more likely than whites to be unemployed and to live in poverty, according to a report released Monday.

Police make an arrest after allegedly finding crack cocaine during a loitering call.