CHARLESTON, W.Va – A near 60-year-old home for men seeking recovery in Charleston is on its way to major growth as the Kanawha Valley Fellowship Home continues construction on its “Phase II” expansion.
KVFH began work in February on 12 new sober living apartments in the building adjacent to its location on Virginia Street in downtown Charleston. Aided by opioid settlement funds granted through the city, that project is slated to be complete in the first quarter of 2027.
The new apartments are

NITRO, W.Va – Nitro Elementary School is dealing with vandalism on school property and, in a social media post, said middle and high school students are responsible.
The post from Nitro Elementary states older students have been at the school’s playground after hours and left “highly offensive and inappropriate graffiti” on picnic tables. The school also says portions of picnic tables and playground equipment have been burned, a trash can was set on fire, and broken glass was found throughout

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A judge in Kanawha County Circuit Court has approved a partial settlement in the 2023 death of an inmate at the North Central Regional Jail.
The judge approved a $700,000 partial settlement to Calwell Luce di Trapano, PLLC, Forbes Law Offices, PLLC, and John & Werner Law Offices, PLLC, in the death of Nathan Kennedy, 48. Kennedy suffered from substance abuse disorder and had been arrested and taken to the jail after a fight with his roommate.
Jesse Forbes
Kennedy’s

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. — A Harrison County lawmaker will participate in a panel discussion about the economics of investing in child care at the 90th West Virginia Chamber of Commerce Annual Meeting and Business Summit later this week at The Greenbrier Resort.
Clay Riley
Del. Clay Riley, R-Harrison,  said child care, or early childhood education as he put it, sets the pace for future growth and development for children and helps more parents get back into the workforce. The workforce

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Flock cameras are being credited with the quick reunification of a child with his family Saturday.
The Monongalia County Sheriff’s Department received a report of an abduction at 12:50 p. m. Saturday and issued a press release with a description of the child and suspect, vehicle type and license number and before 2:15 p.m. the child had been located and the suspect was in custody.
Sheriff Todd Forbes said Sean Blaney took his 9-year-old nephew, Jackson Blaney, for a walk, and

BELINGTON, W.Va. — One person has been arrested following an assault at Belington pizza parlor Thursday.
Robert Knight (WVRJA)
Deputies from the Barbour County Sheriff’s Department were called to Hometown Pizza and found Robert Knight, 33, being held at gunpoint by another suspect. When ordered to drop the weapon the suspect did immediately.
The armed suspect identified himself as the victim of an attack initiated by Knight and said he had been filming what he thought was an intoxicated driver.

MORGANTOWN, W.VA. — The Monongalia County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a reported child abduction.
A news release said that at around 12:58 p.m. Saturday that Sean Blaney took his 9-year-old nephew, Jackson Blaney, for a walk, who then took the child’s father’s truck and left with the child.
Jackson is described as having blonde hair, tall for a 9-year-old with medium length hair. There was no clothing description.
Sean Blaney is described as having long brown hair probably a black cowboy