CHARLESTON, W.Va – There’s going to be art for all comers in Charleston this weekend with the return of FestivALL for its 22nd year, platforming the cities’ makers, musicians, and more.
The action starts on Thursday to celebrate “FestivALL Eve” before the full festival kicks off Friday and runs through next Sunday. FestivALL endeavors to give a voice to every kind of artistic expression and make it affordable for residents to come check it out.
“Throughout our schedule we have all these unique

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The unseasonably hot weather in the Mountain State has been experiencing over the past few days will take a turn toward stormy weather heading into the Memorial Day Weekend and early next week.
National Weather Service Meteorologist Levi Cornett said a low pressure system forming along a stationary front will create the unsettled weather pattern beginning Wednesday.
“We’ll have some daily chances for showers and thunderstorms,” he said. “We’ll have a decent shot to get some

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Traffic was slowed on the West Virginia Turnpike Wednesday morning after a person was struck by a vehicle.
It happened at around 6:43 a.m. near the MacCorkle Avenue exit in Kanawha City.
Emergency personnel were dispatched to the scene. Both southbound lanes were closed for about 45 minutes until one lane was reopened at around 7:30 a.m.
Further information was not immediately released.
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CROSS LANES, W.Va. — The Kanawha County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a fatal collision involving a pedestrian.
It happened at around 9 p.m. Tuesday in the 100 block of Goff Mountain Road in the Cross Lanes are.
A man was struck by a vehicle and died at the scene.
Deputies said the driver of the vehicle was at the scene when emergency personnel arrived.
An investigation is continuing.
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Today on MetroNews This Morning:
–An Ohio kidnapping suspect is arrested in Taylor County
–The Troopers Associations to the Timothy Kennedy Verdict
–Governor Morrisey unveils plans for a major USA 250 Celebration in Charleston
–In Sports: WVU baseball goes home heavy with hardware in Big XII post season honors
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GRAFTON, W.Va. — A suspect in an Ohio kidnapping was arrested in Grafton Tuesday afternoon.
According to state police, Austin Dubois, 26, a Canadian resident, who state police said was illegally in the United States, had a woman from Euclid, Ohio, in his vehicle whom he had allegedly kidnapped.
Troopers said charges are pending against Dubois in Harrison County, the state of Ohio, along with federal charges.
State troopers from Taylor, Harrison, Monongalia and Marion counties assisted in the