CLENDENIN, W.Va. — Ten years after the massive 2016 flood, the town of Clendenin in Kanawha County is still recovering. Mayor Kay Summers looks at it more as a rebirth than a recovery.
Kay Summers
“Before the flood, Clendenin was starting to slip. Back in the day it was a very successful, wealthy town and things had started going down even before the flood. But out of something bad, a lot of good came,” said Summers in an appearance on 580-Live with Dave Allen on 580-WCHS Radio.
It wasn’t a

The Morrisey administration disagrees with a U.S. district judge’s ruling that blocks federal officials from barring the use of SNAP benefits to buy soft drinks and candy.
“We are disappointed by the court’s decision but remain convinced that previous taxpayer subsidized resources should only be spent on healthy, nutritious food for those who need help the most,” said Lars Dalseide, spokesman for the Governor’s Office.
“Our commitment to improving the health of West Virginians has not changed,

CHARLESTON, W.Va. –Governor Patrick Morrisey declared a State of Emergency for Boone, Logan, and Raleigh counties Wednesday afternoon, following severe storms, flash flooding, and landslides that impacted communities across southern West Virginia earlier this week.
“Protecting the safety of West Virginians remains our top priority,” Morrisey said in a news release. “My administration is working closely with local officials and emergency personnel to ensure affected communities have the resources

WHARTON, W.Va. — The state Division of Highways has crews working in Boone County to examine and repair damage caused by heavy rains and flooding Monday night.
Todd Rumbaugh
West Virginia Transportation Secretary Todd Rumbaugh joined WVDOH District 1 work crews on James Branch Road near Wharton on Tuesday and Wednesday. Rumbaugh said the rains had a severe impact in that area.
“The roadway up and down this area, this holler, has been undercut tremendously by the creek,” Rumbaugh said. “There are

POCA, W.Va. — A Putnam County couple is in custody after their one-year-old overdosed on fentanyl.
Brittany Jeffers and Charles Turley
Putnam County Sheriff Bobby Eggleton said Charles Turley, 33, and Brittany Jeffers, 31, both of Poca, are charged with felony child neglect causing injury.
“This makes me sick,” Eggleton said during an appearance Wednesday on MetroNews Midday. “I am a grandfather of a one-year-old and I can’t imagine my little grandson being exposed to something like that. It’s

SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Police have released the name of the tractor trailer driver who died Tuesday evening in a fiery crash on Interstate 64 in South Charleston.
Jeffrey Simons, 63, of Wellsburg, Iowa, crashed the rig he was driving westbound on the South Charleston-Dunbar I-64 bridge at around 5:30 p.m. The truck caught on fire. Simons died at the scene.
The driver of a second vehicle that ran into the rear of the truck was not seriously injured, South Charleston police said.
The interstate

POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — A Mason County man is set to spend 10 years in state prison for setting his family’s home on fire.
Tyler Crump (WVRJA)
Tyler Crump, 33, of Point Pleasant, was sentenced Tuesday after pleading guilty to first-degree arson for a house fire last year on Tanglewood Drive.
State police responded to the home on March 4, 2025, after an arson report. Crump’s relatives said at the time that he threatened to burn down the house and kill them.
Crump was previously indicted last May