The Supreme Court’s decision says that both sides allowed for the Kanawha County Circuit Court to provide the jury and instruction and give a clarification to Walker’s statement.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WCHS) — The West Virginia Supreme Court has overturned the murder convictions of a man who killed four members of his family in Elkview in 2020. Gavin Smith, who is 21 now and ...

KANAWHA COUNTY, W.Va. (WCHS) — The West Virginia Supreme Court has upheld the conviction of a Lincoln County man found guilty of murdering his wife. Edward Earl Jeffers, 37, of Hamlin had ...

According to a Kanawha County Circuit Court order, after the murders, Smith was found hiding behind a dresser in a third-floor room of a home along River Haven Road in Clendenin.

In separate June 12, 2025 rulings, the state Judicial Investigation Commission admonished Kanawha Circuit Judge Maryclaire ...

KANAWHA COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) - Two men who had pleaded guilty to wanton endangerment were sentenced in Kanawha County Circuit Court Friday. Antonio Jacobs and Zion Clark admit that they were ...

Jacobs also thanked Kanawha County Circuit Judge Maryclaire Akers for the incarceration he has already served. Jacob’s attorney expressed to the court that he had taken a variety of classes in jail.

Antonio Jacobs, 19, and Zion Clark, 24, appeared before Kanawha County Circuit Court Judge Maryclaire Akers Friday morning. Jacobs was the first to be sentenced Friday.

The state appropriated $6 million in 2022 for a museum in Botetourt, but it’s taken until now to find the local match — and a place to put the facility.

After nearly a decade of operating off-site, the Kanawha County Solid Waste Authority is finally bringing its recycling ...