LESAGE, W.Va. — Cabell County authorities say a man is recovering after a Friday night shooting. The incident happened in the community of Lesage.
According to investigators the victim was shot in the leg at a home on George Road Road. He was taken to the hospital and is expected to make a recovery. The name of the victim has not been released.
Deputies detained one individual, but so far no charges have been filed. The investigation continues.
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GASSAWAY, W.Va. — The smallest Kroger store in the Mid-Atlantic Region will close later this summer. Cincinnati based Kroger confirmed Friday the store in Gassaway, W.Va. will shutdown August 22.
The store is one of 60 stores across the country the company plans to close in the next 18 months due to poor sales.
The Gassaway store was set for closure in January 2023 due to poor profits and needed upgrades. Then U.S. Senator Joe Manchin got involved and managed to convince the company to leave it

WELLSBURG, W.Va. — A Friday shooting in Brooke County left one person dead and a second in custody.
Brooke County Sheriff’s Deputies were called to a home on Fowler’s Hill Road near Wellsburg. Deputies arrived to find one person shot and detained the second individual who was eventually taken into custody.
The victim was pronounced dead at the scene. The State Police Crime Scene Unit spent several hours on the scene Friday evening collecting evidence.
The names of the victim and the suspect are

SALEM, W.Va — A body was pulled from a Harrison County lake Friday evening following a several hour long search.
A kayaker was spotted going under the water earlier Friday on Upper Dog Run Lake near Salem.
Police officers with state the Division of Natural Resources are investigating.
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. — This weekend will usher in the summer of 2025 and along with that will come summer like heat. Meteorologists at the National Weather Service say the pattern of pop-up thunderstorms we’ve had for more than a month is out of here and a new pattern bringing sunshine, but intensified dry heat has arrived.
“We’re going to get out of this active period and have no localized flooding issues and into a dryer pattern at least for the next few days. We’ll have a sub-tropical ridge

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. –– An event this weekend is aimed at raising money to continue the legacy of those who died in the 1975 Marshall Team Plane crash. For a second year the Fire and Iron Station 29 of the Ceredo and Kenova Fire Departments will sponsor the fundraising ride to benefit the 75 Legacy Scholarship Fund.
“This is the second year that we’ve done it and this year we’ve moved it to the Memorial Fountain,” said Leslie Deese Garvis, President of the Marshall 75 Alumni Chapter.
Garvis lost

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. – A new Miss West Virginia and Miss West Virginia’s Teen will be crowned in Martinsburg Saturday night.
This week the current titleholders sat down on Panhandle Live to reflect on their year.
Miss West Virginia Jennifer Reuther, a Type 1 Diabetic, said one of her favorite memories from the past year was visiting Camp KnoKoma  and talking to children, who like her, got a life-altering diagnosis at a young age. “I’m Type 1 Diabetic, for twenty years now, and I grew up going to