NITRO, W.Va. –Three hundred motorcyclists roared into Nitro on Wednesday evening as part of the 38th annual Run for the Wall event.
The event, which began in 1989, aims to promote healing, call for an accounting of all prisoners of war and those missing in action, honor the memory of those killed in action, and support military personnel around the world.
This year, riders began in Ontario, California, on May 13 and will continue until they reach Washington, D.C.
Jim McDonough, the 2026 Central

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. –Marshall University’s Community Cares Week is underway, allowing the campus and local community to give back to the Herd.
Director of Housing and Residency and Community Cares Planner Mistie Bibbee (Photo: MU website)
The community service event, which aims to beautify the Marshall University campus, entered its fifth year on Tuesday. The event was started in 2022 by MU President Brad Smith to help give back to the Marshall community.
Community Cares planner and Director of

KANAWHA COUNTY, W.Va. –Severe weather moved across West Virginia on Wednesday, leaving some areas with damage, flooding, and power outages.
In Kanawha County, more than 1,800 outages have been reported, according to Appalachian Power’s outage map.
Earlier Wednesday afternoon, radar indicated that a tropical air mass helped create a heavy storm that impacted the Sissonville and Pocatalico areas, as well as areas north along Interstate 77.
Kanawha County Emergency Manager C.W. Sigman said some

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The National Weather Service issued a tornado warning for sections of northwestern Kanawha County Wednesday afternoon.
The warning was in effect for nearly a half hour before being cancelled at 4:30 p.m.
Radar indicated a tropical air mass helped create a heavy storm that hit the Sissonville, Pocatalico area and north on Interstate 77.
The Weather Service said marble-sized hail was reported.
A severe thunderstorm warning is in effect for several counties, including Kanawha,

LEWISBURG, W.Va. — Greenbrier County authorities confirm the discovery of a set of human remains in a wooded area of the county. The discovery was made in connection with an ongoing missing persons case.
Law enforcement conducted a coordinated search of the wooded area tied to the active investigation on Tuesday. The remains were discovered as part of that search.
The West Virginia State Police Crime Scene unit and Greenbrier County Sheriff’s Department are processing the scene. The remains were

West Virginia’s state tax department has moved to intervene in a lawsuit over control of The Greenbrier Hotel because of liens it has issued over about $4.4 million in unremitted taxes.
Lawyers for the state tax department say intervention is necessary to protect West Virginia’s claim on millions of dollars owed by Greenbrier Hotel Corp.
“The Defendants owe millions in unpaid Consumers Sales and Services Taxes to the Tax Division,” wrote the lawyers for the state.
The historic resort is owned by

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — State Supreme Court Chief Justice Haley Bunn appeared before U.S. District Judge John Copenhaver many times during her career as an assistant U.S. Attorney.
Judge John Copenhaver
“I’ll remember the warm regard for how much care he took for practitioners, litigants, juries, he was so amazing with a jury, and just fond memories of the wonderful times I had in his courtroom,” Bunn said.
Copenhaver was remembered in a funeral service Wednesday morning in Charleston. He died last