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Trucker Protest
Trucker Gear Up For Rally At Capital
April 3, 2008 5:52pm
The high price of fuel has put a strain on just about everyone's budget, especially truckers. Jim Gillespie has been a truck driver for 20 years, but now he has to sell...
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Bus Rides
A New Law Cuts Student Riding Time on Bus
April 3, 2008 6:22pm
After months of hard work by state legislators, a new law limiting the time children can ride the school bus was signed Thursday. Under the new law a time limit has been...
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West Side Fire
A Charleston Fire that Destroys a House Could Be Arson
April 3, 2008 6:22pm
Fire investigators suspect arson in a blaze that destroyed a car, gutted a house and damaged another home on Charleston's West Side. Flames roared thru Kim Witzke home on...
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Rodriguez Battle
A Contract Dispute Between Rich Rod And WVU Finally Heads To Court
April 3, 2008 9:21pm
WVU scored a big win when attorney's for Coach Rodriguez were told they must produce any correspondence between him, his representatives and the University of Michigan about...
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Massey Confrontation
Don Blankenship In Hot Water For A Confrontation With An ABC Producer
April 3, 2008 10:51pm
Don Blankenship says ABC News has it all wrong and that the pictures and the hype behind them are not what they seem. The journalist approached Blankenship unannounced,...
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Gas Prices
Big Rigs Rumbled Into The Capital City In Protest
April 4, 2008 6:22pm
Despite the rain and rising diesel prices hundreds of truckers made their way to the State Capitol Friday, in protest of the rising gas prices. Truckers say Governor Joe...
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Dangerous Downpour
Heavy Rain Causes Flooding Around The Tri-State
April 4, 2008 6:22pm
Heavy rains caused flooding problems in eastern Kentucky, southern Ohio and western West Virginia early Friday. Two inches of rain fell in a 24 hours period and moved with...
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Clinton Visit
Chelsea Clinton Made A Stop In The Mountain State to Support Her Mother
April 4, 2008 6:22pm
With the West Virginia Primary date inching closer, both democratic contenders are paying very close attention to the Mountain State. Chelsea Clinton says she'd support...
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Opening Day
The Power Gear Up For A Big Season
April 7, 2008 5:20pm
Monday marks the opening day for the West Virginia Power baseball team in Charleston. The the sun is out, air is warm and baseball fever is running high for many fans around...
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Merrifield Case
John Merrifield Pleads No Contest In West Virginia's Most Shocking Child Murder Case
April 7, 2008 6:21pm
John Merrifield, a doctor accused of ignoring injuries his son inflicted on a 2-year-old boy, plead no contest to felony child neglect in court Monday. Merrifield's plea...
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Not Guilty Plea
A Saint Albans Man Charged With Molesting His Step Granddaughter Plead Not Guilty
April 7, 2008 6:21pm
David Mclaughlin plead not guilty to molesting his 9-year-old step granddaughter in court on Monday. He will go on trial August 4th for first degree sexual abuse and sexual...
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Massey Confrontation
Big Question After Massey Confrontation
April 7, 2008 7:52pm
Don Blankenship's friendship with Chief Justice Elliott "Spike" Maynard has drawn plenty of attention and withering criticism from some court observers. This is video of...
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Missing Person Update
Police Identify Body Found In Elk River
April 9, 2008 5:51pm
Clendenin Police have identified the body pulled out of the Elk River as Jacob Ore. Tuesday evening Ore's body was spotted floating about 30 feet off the bank. The State...
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New Fountain
Marshall University's Memorial Fountain Springs To Life
April 9, 2008 5:51pm
It is a tradition for Marshall to turn on the fountain every spring, but it's looking a little different this year. The memorial was made to remember 75 Marshall football...
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Drugs In School
Drug Arrest Made After Dogs Searched Local High School
April 9, 2008 6:21pm
Drug dogs were called in Wednesday morning to search George Washington High School. As students looked on, police and the Metro Drug Unit search the campus. Administrators...
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Recusal Hearing Off
Starcher Calls Off Hearing On Recusal
April 9, 2008 6:21pm
West Virginia's supreme court justices vote unanimously to deny Massey Energy's bid to block a planned first of its kind public hearing on a recusal request. Massey does...
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St Jude Dream Home
Dream Home Robber Gets Stiff Punishment
April 10, 2008 5:52pm
The man who tried to shatter the dreams of last years Dream Home, faced his punishment Thursday. Although Tex Shelton says he is sorry for breaking into the 2007 Dream Home,...
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Beckley Mine
A Mining Company Nearly Crippled By Safety Issues Is Coming Back
April 10, 2008 5:52pm
International Coal Group celebrated the opening a new mine Thursday in Eccles, near Beckley. The group's Beckley, Pocahontas mine now has 110 workers, but the employment...
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New Law
Drunk Driving Laws In West Virginia Are Getting A Little Tougher
April 10, 2008 5:52pm
Governor Joe Manchin signed a bill making the laws against drunk driving tougher Thursday in Charleston. It will create aggravated drunk driving statutes for anyone whose...
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Empty Bowls Event
Huntington Community Dishes Out Help To The Needy
April 11, 2008 6:51pm
The fifth annual Empty Bowls Event was held Friday in Huntington. Each $12 bowl has a unique size and shape with a special feature of supplying 84 pounds of foods to the...
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Firemen Honored
Firemen Honored In Special Ceremony
April 11, 2008 6:51pm
Four Logan City Firefighters, who saved a man from a burning apartment building, were honored by the West Virginia Senate and the city of Logan. The firefighters were presented...
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Masked Robber
Masked Robber Gets Away With The Loot
April 12, 2008 5:20pm
Police are looking for a person who held up a Scott Depot Speedway Store Friday. Putnam County Deputies say a man wearing a skeleton mask entered the store around 1:00 in...
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New Firemen
The Charleston Fire Department Adds Five New Men
April 12, 2008 5:50pm
The Charleston Fire Department has added five new firefighters to its crew on Thursday. The new firemen were sworn in during a special ceremony at City Hall. Fire Chief,...
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Benefits Denied
American Man Denied Social Security Benefits
April 14, 2008 6:50pm
More than 30 years after fighting for this country in the Vietnam War, Wolfe ironically learned the United States is not his country. Wolfe's story begins in England where...
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Hit And Run
Huntington Man Hit While Trying To Stop A Break In
April 14, 2008 11:22pm
Paul Blake, 49, died at Cabell Huntington Hospital Saturday night after being hit by a car outside his home. Blake was trying to stop several men from breaking into a neighbors...
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Victim Reaction
A Charleston Man Admits To Slashing Another Man's Throat
April 14, 2008 11:22pm
Jeffrey Arthur, 24, plead guilty to attempted first degree murder Monday in court. He slashed Tim Lester's throat in November 2006. Lester then ran several hundred feet...
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The Big Show
The Greatest Show On Earth Returns To The Capital City
April 14, 2008 11:22pm
The 137th edition of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus rolls into Charleston this week. For more than 130 years, elephants have been center stage for the...
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New Health Department Building
CAMC Offers Health Department A Home
April 15, 2008 5:20pm
CAMC has offered the vacant Arthur B. Hodges Center on the East End for the next two or three years for the health agency. Leaders wanted the Kanawha-Charleston Health Center...
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Justin Black Trial
Jury Selections Start In A Cabell County Murder Trial
April 15, 2008 5:51pm
Jury selection began Tuesday morning in the case against Justin Black. He is being charged in the death of Deanna Crawford nearly six years ago. She was found strangled...
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Drug Raid
A Major Drug Raid Gets Two Dozen Arrests In Nicholas County
April 15, 2008 5:51pm
Targeting 43 people, Nicholas County Deputies, Troopers, Summersville Police and the Central West Virginia Drug Task Force moved out early on Tuesday. By noon they had 24...
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Tax Deadline
Final Day To File Taxes Is Here
April 15, 2008 5:51pm
The clock is ticking to get your taxes filed on time. Procrastinators made a mad dash for the post office to mail in their taxes tuesday. Charleston's main post office...
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Circus Helping Elephants
Ringling Brothers Helping Endangered Asian Elephants
April 15, 2008 11:51pm
The Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus is pitching in to help save the endangered Asian Elephant. Members of the show established the Center for Elephant Conservation...
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Update On Robbery
A Thief Holds Up The City National Bank On Kanawha Boulevard
April 16, 2008 5:20pm
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Paul Blake Funeral
A Huntington Family Raises Money For A Loved Ones Funeral
April 16, 2008 5:50pm
Paul Bake was described as a loving and caring man who would have done anything for his family, and now they are returning the favor. Blake's entire family decided to raise...
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Get Out And Walk
AHA Kicks Off National Start Walking Day
April 16, 2008 5:50pm
The Charleston chapter of the American Heart Association chapter kicked off the day with free health screenings at Saint Francis Hospital. Participators walk from the hospital...
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Lunch Time
A Salad Fit For An Elephant
April 16, 2008 5:50pm
The Ringling Brothers And Barnum And Bailey Circus gave their biggest stars a light lunch Wednesday afternoon in downtown Charleston. The elephants enjoyed munching away...
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Smiley's Bar Fire
A Morning Fire Shuts Down Route 60
April 16, 2008 6:21pm
Smiley's Restaurant and Lounge turned into an inferno that threatened to spread into the America's Best Value Inn. Eleven fire departments from Kanawha and Putnam counties...
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Gillespie Hearing
Boone County Man Was Sentenced In Court
April 16, 2008 6:21pm
Convicted murderer, Jason Gillespie walks into court Friday to learn just how long he will spend behind bars. Family members of the man Gillespie killed, 47-year-old Walter...
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Soft Landing
A Truck Crashes Into A Kanawha City Apartment Building
April 17, 2008 6:21pm
A truck punched thru a wall at an 18-unit apartment building after going out of control on MacCorkle Avenue early Thursday. Rachel Ballard was sleeping in bed when the truck...
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Safe Haven
Miners Get A New Tool For Saving Lives
April 17, 2008 6:21pm
Since the Sago Mine disaster a lot of time and attention has gone into what can be done to keep miners safe. Now a new type of shelter can help miners if they are trapped...
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Planting Trees
Madison Middle School Students Pitch In To Help Restore The American Chestnut Tree In The Mountain State
April 18, 2008 6:21pm
Madison Middle School students plant tree seedlings to help restore the great American Chestnut trees. Once called the "redwoods of the east," the chestnut was nearly wiped...
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Lunch Time
Hurricane High Student Protest Shorten Lunches
April 18, 2008 7:20pm
Hurricane High School students are steamed over lunch breaks being cut down to 30 minutes. Students decided to protest the shortened lunches on Wednesday. The came after...
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after shock
Illnois Earthquake felt in West Virginia
April 18, 2008 7:20pm
Southern Illinois was hit with an earthquake Thursday night and some West Virginia residents felt the after shock. Earl Hall lives in Teays Valley, he says at 5:30 a.m....
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Boone County Murder
Three Men Involved In A Deadly Boone County Shootout Face Each Other In Court
April 18, 2008 8:20pm
David Jarrell was shot and wounded February 28th when he allegedly killed Maxel Long. But it was Long's brother, Leslie "Jim" Long and his stepson, Wayne Gullett, who ended...
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Part Three
Making It To The Center Ring
April 18, 2008 9:51pm
The Ringling Brothers, Barnum and Bailey Circus Center For Elephant Conservation is doing its part to save the endangered Asian Elephant. There have been nearly two dozen...
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Clendenin Fire
Clendein Man Found Not Guilty For Setting Neighborhood On Fire
April 21, 2008 5:20pm
A man responsible for setting a major blaze in Clendenin is not guilty by reason of insanity. Roy Sayre will remain under court supervision for 60 years, the same amount...
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New School
Kanawha County $8.5 Million Dollars To Consolidate Westside Schools
April 21, 2008 5:50pm
The state's School Building Authority handed down $71 million to 22 systems on Monday. Kanawha County received $8.5 million to consolidate Chandler and Glenwood Elementary...
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John McCain
Senator McCain To Campaign In Eastern Kentucky This Week
April 21, 2008 6:21pm
McCain plans to appear at a town hall meeting in Inez, Kentucky on Wednesday. The event will start at 11:00 a.m. at the Old Martin County Courthouse. The forum is part...
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Bank Robbery
Police Catch Alleged Bank Robbers In Barboursville
April 21, 2008 6:51pm
Police say quick thinking by witnesses and road construction were key to catching the alleged robbers. Investigators say Jeremy and Melissa Brown are responsible for two...
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Jason Venanzi Murder
A Guilty Plea Convicts A Kanawha County Killer
April 21, 2008 6:51pm
Charles Skiles plead guilty to first degree murder with mercy Monday. Four other charges were dropped in exchange for Skiles promise to testify against anyone else involved...
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Breaking News
Justin Black Found Guilty In Deanna Crawford Murder
April 21, 2008 7:50pm
Justin black has been convicted of second degree murder of Deanna Crawford on Monday. She was found strangled along a dirt road in Salt Rock in 2002. Last month, a judge...
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Carbon Monoxide
A Family Of Three Found Dead At A Barboursville Home
April 23, 2008 3:21pm
Police say a father and his two daughters were found dead at a Barboursville home Monday night. Barboursville Police say Jeffery Sines, 38, and his two daughters, Haley,10,...
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House Fire
Million Dollar Home Goes Up In Flames
April 23, 2008 3:51pm
Firefighters were kept busy fighting two fires in Kanawha and Lincoln County Tuesday. A wall of flames swallow the half a million dollar home on Sand Plant Road in Kanawha...
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Bank Robbers
A Teacher Is Accused Of Helping Rob Two Banks
April 23, 2008 3:51pm
Melissa Brown and her brother Jeremy were arrested Monday and charged with robbing two banks. Police say the pair allegedly robbed a Huntington bank and a Charleston bank....
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Trailer Fire
House fire in Lincoln County
April 23, 2008 3:51pm
A family's trailer went up in flames in Lincoln County Tuesday afternoon. The family living in the house was able to get out safely. Fire fighters from three departments...
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East End Shooting
Police Detain Four People A Shooting On Dixie Street
April 23, 2008 3:51pm
Police detain four people Tuesday for a shots fired call on Dixie Street on Charleston's East End. When police stopped the car on Ruffner Ave. they found a gun inside, but...
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Car Into A House
Cars Goes Into A House In Kanawha County
April 23, 2008 3:51pm
Police are still trying to figure out what made an elderly man crash his car into a house in Kanawha City on Tuesday. The car crashed into the home on Beverly Drive off...
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Gulity Verdict
Fayette County Man Says He Acted In Self Defense
April 23, 2008 4:20pm
The jury returns three guilty verdicts against Gary Martin. Martin took the stand and testified he killed three men to protect his son and himself. Martin faces three counts...
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Student March
Marshall Students March For Voting Early
April 23, 2008 6:22pm
Students march from Marshall University to downtown Huntington ready to vote early. Tamara Chavies, a member of Students for Barack Obama Organization, says she is making...
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Hospital Stay
A Teen Is Sent To The Hospital After Getting Drunk At School
April 24, 2008 4:21pm
A teenager is taking to the hospital on Wednesday after getting drunk at Capital High School. The girl's father says schools need to step up and be on the lookout for drugs...
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House Fire
Fire Leaves A Pinch Area Home A Gutted Shell
April 24, 2008 4:21pm
Flames burned away the entire rear section of the home on Wednesday. A tearful Melissa Byrd returned home to find her house on Cavender Drive burning to the ground. It...
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Early Voting
Big Numbers Expected For Early Voting
April 24, 2008 4:21pm
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McCain Visit
The Straight Talk Express Rolled Into Inez, Kentucky
April 24, 2008 4:21pm
McCain spent most of the day taking questions from the audience, but that did not mean it was all business all the time. Some of McCain's zing was directed at both of his...
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Disappearing Act
An Eastern Kanawha County Town Is Without Water
April 24, 2008 6:20pm
Hundreds in the town of Powellton are without water and say they have been since last Wednesday. Members of the community say without water their everyday household necessities...
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Missing Person
A Cabell Midland Student Is Missing
April 24, 2008 6:20pm
Gerarlene Nicole Shepard, a student at Cabell Midland High School, went to school Wednesday morning, and never returned home. The sophomore never showed up for her first...
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Disappearing Act
An Eastern Kanawha County Town Is Without Water
April 24, 2008 8:20pm
Hundreds in the town of Powellton are without water and say they have been since last Wednesday. Members of the community say without water their everyday household necessities...
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High School Musical Ice Show
The East High Wildcats Are Invading The Bluegrass State
April 25, 2008 4:21pm
The adventures of Troy, Gabriella, Chad, Taylor, Ryan and of course, Sharpay are once again in the spotlight in this production of "Disney's High School Musical: The Ice...
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No Mail
Dangerous Dog Stop Mail Carrier From Delivering
April 28, 2008 3:51pm
One Charleston neighborhood is upset that mail delivery has stopped in their area. A neighbor's pit bull is at the root of the no mail crisis. Residents in the West Side...
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Emotional Homecoming
Cross Lanes Marines Come Home From Iraq
April 28, 2008 3:51pm
Back after 165 combat missions in Iraq ,the Marines of Alpha Company, 1st Platoon, 4th Combat Engineer Battalion returned home to West Virginia. Families were waiting to...
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Closing in Huntington
A Possible Close For The PRC In Huntington
April 28, 2008 3:51pm
Friday the AP reported that more than 600 workers could be out of a job in June if Direct Tv does not buy PRC's call center out of Huntington. The call center first opened...
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Truck Accident
A Tanker Truck Tips Over And Backs Up Traffic For Hours
April 28, 2008 3:51pm
A semi was carrying around 7,500 gallons of crude oil crashed in Kentucky on Friday. The driver said weather conditions caused him to crash near Olive Hill. The driver,...
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Tribute To A Friend
A High School Mourns The Loss Of A Beloved Teacher
April 28, 2008 11:51pm
Betty Smith died Saturday in an ATV accident in Lincoln County. She taught at Saint Albans High School for more than two decades where she touched hundreds of lives. Students...
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No Riding Zone
ATV's Could Soon Be Banned In One City In Cabell County
April 28, 2008 11:51pm
ATV's and children riding dirt bike can be seen along the floodwall in the Westmoreland area of Huntington, and some concerned community members say it needs to stop. The...
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Cocaine Bust
Mobile Home Goes Up In Flames
April 29, 2008 2:50pm
Troopers busted four people around 7:30 p.m. Monday evening at the Garden Heights area of Davis Creek. Shortly after the bust dispatchers say several people in the area...
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Armed And Dangerous
Alphonso Harper Turns Himself In To Police
April 29, 2008 5:20pm
Charleston Police say that Alphonso "AJ" Harper has turned himself in Tuesday afternoon. He allegedly fire shots from a car near our studios on Sunday evening that critically...
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Hunting Death
Update in St. Albans Hunting Accident
April 30, 2008 7:52pm
Conservation Officers say it appears 16-year-old Nicholas Caldwell was gunned down accidentally by another hunter hours before relatives found his body Tuesday afternoon...
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