The template for this political strategy — and for the nationwide debate over how race is taught in schools — was drawn up nearly half a century ago, in West Virginia’s Kanawha County.

CHARLESTON, W.Va.–Natalie Tennant officially taking oath of office to serve as the newest member of the Kanawha County Commission. An investiture ceremony was held for Commissioner-elect Natalie ...

Michael Wayne Smith Michael Wayne Smith, 44, appeared in Kanawha County Circuit Court for his pretrial hearing ... “We have an individual who has a violent history and who is a known violent ...

(WCHS/WVAH) — A woman accused in one of the worst cases of elder abuse in Charleston's history has pleaded guilty. Peggy Quesenberry pleaded guilty Thursday in Kanawha County Circuit Court to ...

Police said in a criminal complaint filed in Kanawha County Magistrate Court that they found bite ... The child allegedly told police Clark had a history of harming them when "they don't clean ...

CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) – Kanawha County is welcoming a new judge to the bench. Judge Richard Lindsay, II, was elected to the 8th Judicial Circuit Court and took office at the beginning of the year.

BLUEFIELD, WV (WVNS) — A Kanawha County man pleaded guilty to a role ... a detectable amount of methamphetamine. According to court documents, Jeffries plotted with other people to distribute ...

KANAWHA COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) – A major drug trafficking investigation has resulted in the largest seizure of methamphetamine in West Virginia state history, according to the United States ...

Kanawha County Magistrate Court records show. The couple appeared in court on June 11 to face more charges, including human trafficking of a minor child, use of a minor child in forced labor ...

Kanawha County Circuit Court Judge Maryclaire Akers ruled that ... "It's the largest settlement against a school board in West Virginia history." Salango represented plaintiffs three of the ...

KANAWHA COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) – The Kanawha County Courthouse will be closed Friday in honor of Juneteenth, the County Commission announced. West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice issued a proclamation ...

Half a century before panics over modern textbooks, America’s pent-up reactionary rage over what is taught in schools exploded in Kanawha County ... least that’s the history,” Laats says.