CHARLESTON, W.Va. –Two Charleston residents were sentenced Monday for their roles in a sex trafficking conspiracy that operated in Charleston and the Rand area of Kanawha County, following their convictions at trial.
Tiwan Bailey
Tiwan Robert Bailey, 49, and Carrie Roy, 52, were each found guilty of sex trafficking of a minor and conspiring to commit sex trafficking of a minor, while Bailey was also convicted of three counts of sex trafficking by force or coercion and one count of obstruction of

CHARLESTON, W.Va. –The state Division of Highways is encouraging motorists to brace for potholes that are coming following the two weeks of frigid temperatures after the snow and ice that swept through the state.
The DOH said in a news release, that once the snow and ice does melt it will show a fresh new crop of potholes on the roads.
Officials said that patching of the potholes will more than likely have to wait until it warms up because of the lack of hot asphalt during the winter months. To

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Student government leaders on the campus of West Virginia University are watching two pieces of legislation.
Colin Street
WVU Student Body President Colin Street said he made a commitment to be more legislatively engaged during this session, and the effort is energizing the student body.
Street said Monday on WAJR’s “Talk of the Town” the Student Government Association is encouraging involvement after the development of apathy following the pandemic. Street said to encourage

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Parkways Authority has purchased the former Moose Lodge on Kanawha Boulevard in Charleston for its new headquarters.
Chuck Smith
Parkways Authority Executive Director Chuck Smith shared the news during a budget hearing Monday before some members of the House Finance Committee.
Smith said the current headquarters, located on Piedmont Road in Charleston, has a number of limitations.
“We are in a facility that is not ADA-accessible for the general public,

BISMARCK, W.Va. — The closure of the Mountain View mine by Mettiki Coal in Tucker County will have minimal impact on the nearby Mt. Storm Power Station.
The Mt. Storm operation got more than 90 percent of the coal mined at Mettiki. A small percentage was shipped overseas for steel production. The recent announcement the mine would close is reportedly blamed on increasing costs of operation for the mine.
Dominion Energy, owners of the Mt. Storm plant, say the mine’s closure has no impact on their

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Three Charleston lawyers are taking on the struggle of the customers of the Wayne water system who were out of water for more than three weeks.
A lawsuit has been filed in Kanawha County Circuit Court against the Town of Wayne and American Electric Power over the contamination of the town’s water. The water plant was impacted when oil from a transformer leaked into a stream which feeds the plant. Last week town Mayor Danny Grace, backed by the state Department of Health’s

WAYNE, W.Va. — Residents of Wayne are cleared to drink water from the town’s municipal water system again. Some however, may not be ready to take that step after three weeks of being told not to drink.
“It’s probably not unusual that they feel a litle skpeitcal, but as far as all the testing went everything came back good,” said Wayne Mayor Danny Grace. “West Virginia Environmental Health gave me the go ahead that everything was all right.”
Grace said the three week water crises in his town has