Charleston News

A new report says the cost of arresting, trying, jailing and rehabilitating criminals with drug and alcohol-related crimes in West Virginia was nearly $333 million last year.

A shooting has been reported on Charleston's West Side. The shooting occurred about 4:15 a.m. on the 1300 block of Grant Street.

A federal grand jury indicted a South Charleston man Wednesday on charges that he received and possessed child pornography, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced.

The West Virginia Music Hall of Fame needs help covering the cost of its third induction ceremony, so it's planning a concert to raise funds.

A Charleston teenager will spend the rest of his life in prison of the murder of an unborn child.

A new report will lay out details on the condition of West Virginia's roads and bridges, and how they could help or hinder everything from traffic congestion to economic development.

A Charleston teenager is scheduled to be sentenced Wednesday, after pleading guilty to shooting a pregnant woman and killing her unborn child.

A civic leader on Charleston's East End urged witnesses to "do the right thing" Tuesday as Charleston police announced a renewed effort to solve two old homicide cases.

West Virginia's Office of Miners' Health, Safety and Training has begun citing underground coal mines that don't have enough emergency shelters, a spokeswoman said.

The board that manages West Virginia's investments will soon be full of new faces.

Blair Mountain Battlefield is coming off the National Register of Historic Places.

Homeland Security and Military Affairs Secretary Jim Spears says a study advocating an overhaul of West Virginia's corrections system can't be allowed to sit on a shelf and gather dust.

Charleston attorney Carte Goodwin, a member of a prominent Democratic family and former general counsel to Gov.

South Charleston Mayor Frank Mullens updated residents on the goals and accomplishments of his administration at the city's regular council meeting Thursday.

A Charleston man will be sentenced Thursday for murdering his girlfriend at a local fast food restaurant.

"Live On The Levee" ends early so a retractable canopy can be put up at Haddad Riverfront Park.

A Charleston man was indicted Tuesday on animal cruelty charges for allegedly starving one horse to death and almost starving another.

A state board says a charitable pharmacy started by Gov. Joe Manchin has become the first of its type in the state to be licensed to ship mail-order prescriptions.

A man who admitted killing his girlfriend at a Charleston fast food restaurant will spend the rest of his natural life in prison.

For at least one lawmaker, the fight over toll increases on the 88-mile West Virginia Turnpike is not over.