Alum Creek News

Emergency officials in Kanawha County say a man took his own life after his house caught on fire Wednesday morning.

One man is dead after his house caught fire in Alum Creek Wednesday shortly before noon.

A Kanawha County man is dead after dispatchers say his house caught fire then he walked outside and shot himself.

Dispatchers said a house in Tornado burned to the ground Thursday evening. Kanawha emergency dispatchers received the call regarding a fire on Vorpe Road about 6 p.m. Firefighters from Tornado, Lakewood, West Side, Alum Creek, Jefferson and Institute were at the scene.

Two people were involved in a single-vehicle accident on Corridor G in Lincoln County.

Authorities say two Alum Creek men shot two dogs and dumped their bodies on a hillside behind an abandoned house.

Kathleen and Bobby Fleming of Harts were buying geraniums - lots and lots of geraniums.

Heavy rain caused flooding throughout Kanawha County Monday morning, closing many area schools and washing out a bridge.

Metro 911 was reporting high water and localized flooding throughout Kanawha County this morning.

Corps of Engineers representatives were dispatched to Alum Creek Lake after partially exposed caskets were discovered near the dam.

The following people applied for marriage licenses in Kanawha County between March 27 and April 3: William Sidney Pauley, 37, and Jeanne Marie Hudson, 36, both of Alum Creek.

As muddy water and rocks slide down the hillside onto W.Va. 61 in East Bank, one family is thankful that they at least didn't lose their home for the second time.

Perhaps there is a reasonable explanation and it is apparent that the Community Bank and Trust is at a disadvantage public relations-wise. Still, several in the Alum Creek community believe the bank would have ...

Though the one hour EDA discussion grabbed much of last week's headlines, other business took place at the February 5 regular session of the Lincoln County Commission.

* With the present state of the economy, why does Obama feel the need to waste money and fly to Denver? Is he sending the wrong message or just more campaigning? * I cannot understand all the turmoil over the ...

A legislative interim committee has endorsed a proposal to raise insurance premium surcharges to assist volunteer fire departments in the state.

The Kanawha County school system will enroll students for preschool classes beginning March 2. Parents of children who will be 4 years old by Sept.

A bill introduced last week in the West Virginia House of Delegates would require the teaching of physics in all public secondary schools as a required course for graduation.

A wind storm that swept through the state Wednesday, February 11, left as many as 150,000 people without electric and caused considerable damage in Lincoln County.

Lincoln County was awarded with the second annual Rehabilitation Environmental Action Plan Initiative Award for its efforts to clean up the county's appearance.