Kimberly Keagy

5 days ago | wsaz.com | Kimberly Keagy

VINTON COUNTY, Ohio (WSAZ) -- The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) launched a federal investigation into the chemical leak at a manufacturing plant in McArthur, Ohio, earlier this month. It comes after a leak at the Austin Powder Company plant led to several evacuation orders. According to the U.S. Chemical Safety Board, the Austin Powder Company, which makes explosives and blasting materials, has been connected to two incidents where toxic nitric acid has been released.

2 weeks ago | wsaz.com | Kimberly Keagy

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) -A man is facing charges after he’s accused of robbing a woman at gunpoint. Huntington Police officers responded to a disturbance at a convenience store on Hal Greer Boulevard and 6th Avenue on Friday morning around 3:30 a.m. Terrell Greenlee is accused of threatening a woman with a handgun and stealing her car keys. Hours later, HPD officers found Greenlee driving near 16th Street Road and Bennetts Point intersection in Huntington and attempted to pull him over.

3 weeks ago | wsaz.com | Kimberly Keagy

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) - For teens and college students looking to make some extra cash or add to their savings, the Better Business Bureau encourages people to think twice about job postings that seem too good to be true. Laura Blankenship, Regional Marketing Specialist with the BBB, said people should act cautiously with listings that have a quick hiring process. “They say you’ve been hired. You likely won’t talk to anyone face-to-face. You may talk to them on the phone.

4 weeks ago | wsaz.com | Kimberly Keagy

CABELL COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) - Our Hometown Hero award celebrates a coach who has spent more than four decades in public education. At Barboursville Elementary School, when the bell rings at the end of the day, most students grab their backpacks and head to the school bus, but you’ll find Coach Rich Williams and the Village Magic jump rope team putting the work in after school. “I think this is year 43 in teaching,” Williams said.

1 month ago | wsaz.com | Kimberly Keagy |Kristen Bentley

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) – Just days after Gov. Patrick Morrisey assumed West Virginia’s top office in January, WSAZ reached out, trying to get information and transparency from those tasked with protecting the state’s most vulnerable children. “When I first took office, I received a letter from a local media outlet about one of their Freedom of Information Act requests that had essentially been stonewalled and ignored by the previous administration,” Morrisey said about WSAZ’s FOIA request.