Putnam grand jury indicts 49
By Jake Jarvis A Bancroft man shot and killed his roommate in October after they argued over bills, police said.Jacob Smailes allegedly shot Troy Cobb at their trailer at the Old Ferry Street Park off...
View ArticlePutnam school board approves funding for Buffalo's tech program
By Jake Jarvis WINFIELD - The Putnam County Board of Education on Monday unanimously approved spending $60,017 to supplement the grant funding the county receives for Buffalo High School's New Tech...
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MarriagesThe following people applied for marriage licenses in Kanawha County between July 17 and 24:Stephen Gregory Jewell, 26, and Tamera Michelle Shank, 29, both of St. Albans.Adam Ian Richards,...
View ArticlePutnam officials urge residents to update documents
By Jake Jarvis When 40 percent of the tax statements sent out to people in the Liberty area of Putnam County were returned because they couldn't be delivered to the address listed, county officials...
View ArticleWinfield sewer plant replacement work stalls
By Jake Jarvis The city of Winfield's plans to construct a new sewer plant have been temporarily stalled as officials wait for the West Virginia Division of Culture to complete its review of the...
View ArticlePutnam commissioners OK social host ordinance
By Lexi Browning WINFIELD, W.Va. -- Putnam County commissioners passed an ordinance concerning social hosting during their Tuesday meeting, making Putnam County the first i nthe state to enact a...
View ArticlePutnam commission to hear Winfield annexation debate
By Jake Jarvis The Putnam County Commission will hold a public hearing Thursday night concerning the town of Winfield's application to annex 223 acres into the town's limits by a minor boundary...
View ArticlePutnam County denies Winfield annexation
By Jake Jarvis WINFIELD - The Putnam County Commission unanimously voted Thursday night to deny the city of Winfield's request to annex two tracts of land that sit adjacent to the current city...
View ArticlePutnam school board creates school nurse job
By Staff reports WINFIELD - The Putnam County Board of Education voted unanimously Monday night to approve the creation of a new itinerant school nurse position."What's happening is we're getting more...
View ArticlePutnam Circuit Clerk employees seek raises
By Jake Jarvis Employees of the Putnam County Circuit Clerk's office filed a grievance Monday claiming they're paid less per hour than other county employees in similar jobs and that the county has...
View ArticlePutnam County plans for the future of its parks
By Jake Jarvis WINFIELD — Scott Williamson felt like he was stuck in a boat with only one paddle. It didn’t matter how hard or how fast he paddled, he just drifted around in circles. Now, for a little...
View ArticleCapito, Indian ambassador tour WV company
By Joel Ebert POCA - Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., welcomed India's deputy ambassador to the United States to West Virginia on Wednesday in hopes of strengthening the relationship between the...
View ArticlePutnam man sentenced to life in prison in baby's death
By Jake Jarvis WINFIELD, W.Va. - Robert Jeremy Smith struggled through tears, his knees shaking, as he asked a judge Friday to show him mercy before he was sentenced in the killing of his infant son...
View ArticlePutnam magistrate recorded making threats in courtroom
By Kate White CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Putnam County magistrate challenged a Hurricane man to a fight during a court proceeding this week after the man insulted him in court filings, according to a...
View ArticleMan injured in Putnam gas pipeline explosion
By Tyler Bell WINFIELD - A man is being treated for burns after a ruptured natural gas pipeline burst into flame south of Winfield Monday afternoon.An excavator driven by an unidentified party struck...
View ArticleMiners protest Patriot Coal's efforts to cancel union contracts, benefits
By Paul J. Nyden SCOTT DEPOT, W.Va. - More than 1,000 miners and supporters gathered in front of Patriot Coal's headquarters in Putnam County on Monday afternoon to protest the company's continuing...
View ArticleFormer Winfield planning commissioner's lawsuit against city, mayor dismissed
By Ryan Quinn A judge has thrown out a former Winfield Planning Commission member's lawsuit against the city and its mayor, who the commissioner said wrongfully removed him from the board and...
View ArticlePutnam health board votes to pay remaining debt
By Lydia Nuzum The Putnam County Board of Health has moved to pay the last of its nearly $400,000 in outstanding debts, two years after the financially ailing department first contracted with the...
View ArticleFederal lawsuit alleges funeral home owners bilked insurance company
By Joel Ebert The owners of three area funeral homes have been accused of bilking an insurance company out of more than $900,000 after selling and cashing in on pre-need funeral arrangements to more...
View ArticleArea residents plead guilty to federal drug charges
By Staff reports A Putnam County man pleaded guilty Monday in Charleston to five federal drug charges.Christian Garrett Thornton, 29, of Bancroft, admitted to distributing oxymorphone pills, according...
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