Logan County News

Local police have also made drug related arrests in recent weeks according to law enforcement reports.

It has become an unfortunate tradition in Logan County that every November the burglary and theft arrest rates climb and the month has become what several local police chiefs have called the start of the Christmas crime season.

The actions of a local concerned citizen apparently helped to foil an alleged copper theft attempt, according to police.

Firefighters battle a blaze in Logan County early Friday morning. Logan County dispatchers tell 13News crews reponded to Garretts Fork and Clover Lick Streets in Chapmanville where a single story mobile home was on fire.

Investigators in Logan County say they believe a Chapmanville man shot his wife on Wednesday night before turning the gun on himself.

A Logan County judge is asking for advice from the state Supreme Court before hearing a long-simmering lawsuit over a pipeline companya s bulldozer damage to a private cemetery that served a historically black coal camp community.

Two Logan County residents are dead in what police are calling an apparent murder-suicide along Bowling Alley in Chapmanville.

The Chapmanville Police Department is investigating a double shooting that happened about 8:30 p.m. on Bowling Alley Street in Logan County.

Relive one of the worst man made disasters in history. The Buffalo Creek Flood was an incident that occurred on February 26, 1972, when the Pittston Coal Company's coal slurry impoundment dam #3, located on a hillside in Logan County, West Virginia, burst four days after having been declared 'satisfactory' by a federal mine inspector.

Mingo County Circuit Court Judge Michael Thornsbury denied bond for a Logan County resident charged with the murder of a male exotic dancer, who had performed at Club 2000 in Justice.

West Virginia's tax modernization project is back on, but that doesn't mean businesses and individuals should necessarily expect lower taxes in the near future.

Local law enforcement officers have made more recent weapons-related arrests according to police reports.

West Virginia is examining its judiciary. I'm for it, but I confess that I expect change to occur slowly.

A Logan County teenager faces charges in connection with the vandalism of a transformer that left nearly 5,000 customers without electricity for almost 24 hours.

It's been a busy fall for local law enforcement officers who have racked up drug related arrests in Logan County.

An effort to raise rainbow trout at a Logan County hatchery is coming to an end.

A local man has been identified as a possible suspect in a severe beating incident of a man who later died after leaving a local nursing home.

Nov. 13, 2009 County Libraries and Logan County Commission Sponsor Book Fair A recent mini-book fair was held at Borders, at Barboursville.

Wea TMre glad to see Logan County Commission President Art Kirkendoll keeping coal in the spotlight.

Leaders in Southern West Virginia are working on plans to help give the area an economic boost.