CHARLESTON, W.Va. — An arrest has been made in connection with a stabbing that happened Friday morning in Charleston.
Christopher Oldaker (CPD)
Charleston police arrested Christopher Oldaker, 58, and charged him with malicious wounding.
Police said they apprehended Oldaker quickly after arriving in the 900 block of Washington Street East shortly after the stabbing was reported at 8:50 a.m.
The victim was taken to a hospital but was said to have non-life-threatening injuries.
The investigation is

POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — The popular annual Mothman festival returns to Mason County this Saturday and Sunday.
Born out of the 1966 legend of a “Mothman” sighting, the celebration occurs every third weekend in September in Point Pleasant. One of the crown jewels of the event is getting to see the Mothman statue in the city. That statue was created by the late Bob Roach following the success of the 2002 horror film Mothman Prophecies.
A year after the film’s release, Point Pleasant officials

Today on MetroNews This Morning:
–An overdose at a high school is under investigation
–The U.S. Education Secretary visits Cabell County
–Emergency Radio coverage in Pendleton and Pocahontas County is woefully low
–In Sports: high school football tonight and WVU and Marshall have games tomorrow
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Patrick Morrisey has declared a State of Emergency in Mason County after last weekend’s flooding.
A summer of flooding spilled into September as Mason County received strong storms starting last Thursday. The governor said the State of Emergency declaration will help in the response to the severe weather.
“The safety and security of West Virginians is our highest priority, and we are mobilizing every necessary resource and coordinating closely with local, state, and

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Police are looking for a suspect in a Thursday morning shooting.
Chase Minser (HPD)
Police are searching for Chase Misner, 20, of Huntington, in connection to an altercation at around 7 a.m. in the 600 block of 31st Street. He allegedly fired a shot from a gun that struck a victim in the shoulder. The victim was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries. Police said the victim is in stable condition.
Misner is charged with two counts of wanton endangerment and one count

SISSONVILLE, W.Va. — The Kanawha County Commission along with the Kanawha County Sheriff Joey Crawford broke ground Thursday on a new $2.2 million training center that will be used by more than 40 law enforcement agencies.
ZMM Architects is designing the facility. (Photo/Kanawha County Commission)
Crawford said the new facility will be built around and adjacent to the agency’s current shooting range at Camp Virgil Tate between Cross Lanes and Sissonville.
The old range, around since the 1980s,