Sam DeCoste

SOUTH CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) – Video games are a popular hobby, but one group of high school students is taking a class where they can explore gaming as a possible career. South Charleston Hig…

CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) —  The West Virginia Secondary Schools Activities Commission will look to the state’s highest court when it comes to a dispute regarding class A volleyball in West…

It may be early November, but Christmas has already arrived in Pomeroy.

There will soon be a new face on the Kanawha County Commission as Democratic nominee Natalie Tennant faces off against Republican nominee Chris Walters in the 2024 election.

CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) – One of West Virginia’s most decorated and revered figures will be immortalized in the nation’s capital. On Tuesday, the West Virginia legislature passed a …

CLENDENIN, WV (WOWK) – The silver screen is coming back to Clendenin, decades after they rolled the credits. A group called 25045-A New Clendenin (a nod to the town’s zip code) is raisi…

Six broadcast legends were named to the West Virginia Broadcasting Hall of Fame this year, and two of them are some of Charleston’s most familiar voices.

Nomada Bakery celebrates 5 years of serving a taste of South America in Huntington

GREENUP COUNTY, KY (WOWK) – One person is dead after a crash in Greenup County on Sunday night. According to Greenup County 911, it happened on Kentucky 67 Industrial Parkway in the area of C…

The Manna Meal soup kitchen is going mobile.

CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) – The country roads of West Virginia became the course for a 15-mile race in Charleston this weekend! More than 1,000 runners from across the country gathered to compete…

MIDDLEPORT, OH (WOWK) – A little girl from Ohio is getting ready to hit the runway at one of the biggest fashion shows in the world. Seven-year-old Ember Chadwell from Middleport has been sel…

The father of 13-year-old Cohen Craddock, who died after being injured during football practice, has revealed more information on his death.

SOUTH CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) – A child is injured after being shot in South Charleston on Sunday night. According to the South Charleston Police Department, a firearm was discharged at an apar…

KANAWHA COUNTY, WV (WOWK) – Back to school is an exciting time for students, families, and teachers, but it is also normal to feel anxious about it. Kanawha County Schools Psychologist Lauren Winte…

The thread that ties every incident of domestic abuse together is one partner holding power and control over another in a relationship.

The NCAA College Football video game is back, and Marshall football is in the game.

CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) - The More Excellent Way Life Church Center is considering switching to solar energy to protect the West Side neighborhood. If you’re considering switching to solar, here’s how much it would cost. Just eight months ago, more than 1,100 Mountaineer Gas customers on Charleston’s West Side lost natural gas, leaving many without running hot water or heat during the start of winter. Dr. Robert Haley, pastor of the church, hopes installing solar panels can make their church a hub…

CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) – The second annual Hot Dog Eating Contest at the Charleston Sternwheel Regatta highlighted day two of the Capital City’s biggest summer event. William Simmons, 33, from St. Albans took the crown at the contest by eating nineteen hotdogs in ten minutes. Contestants were timed at ten minutes to eat as many hot dogs as possible. Afterward, the event organizers waited one minute for the contestants to “hold the hot dogs in.” Then, the organizers counted the hot dogs and decl…

CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) - It’s that time again! The Charleston Sternwheel Regatta, the Capital City’s biggest summer event, kicked off in Charleston on Wednesday. The festivities officially got underway at 1 p.m. when the carnival opened, and about 60 food trucks and vendors lined up along the Kanawha Boulevard. Wednesday’s events included the Wheelwash Beer Festival. and musical performances by MFB Band and the Tom Batchelor Band. Shaggy headlined the first night at the Haddad Riverfront Park, wh…