CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Kanawha County man charged with firing shots near Laidley Field in May pleaded guilty Tuesday to one felony charge.
Jakai Harrison
Jakai Harrison, 20, entered a guilty plea to one count of wanton endangerment with a firearm in Kanawha County Circuit Court before Judge Tera Salango. He’ll face 1-to-5 years in jail when he’s sentenced Sept. 8.
Harrison was arrested for reportedly firing four shots from a gun while driving by the stadium at 12:50 p.m. on May 2. Charleston

SISTERSVILLE, W.Va. — The Sistersville Ferry across the Ohio River will be back in service later this year. The Sistersville City Council Monday voted unanimously to pay $30,000 which was the last piece of funding needed to buy a new tow boat from a company in Pittsburgh to run the ferry between Sistersville and Fly, Ohio .
“It’s called the ‘Marine Builder’ but when it gets here it will be called the ‘City of Sistersville 3’,” said Mayor Bill Rice.
The funding for the purchase comes from several

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — A woman is behind bars for allegedly damaging Cabell County Courthouse windows and starting a fire near the building Tuesday morning.
Lora Stevens (WVRJA)
Lora Stevens, 32, was arrested and charged with fourth-degree arson and destruction of property, according to Huntington police.
Officers responded to the courthouse at around 3:20 a.m., finding broken glass and a yard sign smoking near the building.
Stevens is being held in the Western Regional Jail on $25,000 cash-only

WINFIELD, W.Va. — Members of the Putnam County Commission say Google plans a town hall meeting to discuss its plans for a data center near Buffalo.
Andy Skidmore
The commission recently visited the Google Data Center in New Albany, Ohio to tour the data center and talk with Google officials. Commission President Andy Skidmore said at Tuesday morning’s commission meeting the planning remains in progress for the Buffalo site including discussion about how the closed loop system will operate the

CHARLESTON, W.Va – A Charleston man could spend more than two decades behind bars after being sentenced for committing a fatal shooting outside a Kanawha County convenience store in May 2025.
Jacob Fields, 19, heard his sentence on Tuesday and received the maximum 21 years of incarceration for killing 42-year-old Tiffany Adkins of Marmet at the Sheetz location in Kanawha City. Circuit Judge Maryclaire Akers sentenced Fields to one year in jail for one count of involuntary manslaughter and five

CHELYAN, W.Va. — A suspect has been identified in a stabbing in eastern Kanawha County and a standoff is underway.
Deputies said a man entered the ParMar/Marathon store along state Route 61 in Chelyan at shortly after 9 a.m. Tuesday and reported he had been stabbed in the back. Authorities said the man was bleeding.
A suspect as located in a house near the store. A standoff was reported at shortly before 11 a.m.
Traffic was blocked on Route 61 near the scene.
The post Standoff reported after

MORGANTOWN. W.Va. — A leadership transition has been announced in the Morgantown-area tourism industry.
Susan Riddle (File)
After serving as president and CEO of Visit Mountaineer Country Convention and Visitors Bureau (VMC) for a decade, Susan Riddle will transition to serve as the chief executive officer of Mylan Park.
“Visit Mountaineer Country has truly been my dream job, and accepting this opportunity was not a decision I made lightly,” Riddle said in a news release. “I’ve had the privilege

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