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1 week ago | 
wvva.com | Kristen Bentley |Kimberly Keagy |Marlee Pinchok
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) - West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey announced six steps on Wednesday that are aimed at improving the state’s child welfare system. It follows the death of teenage girl Kynnedi Miller in Boone County after investigators say she was starved to death in her home. We started asking the state questions about what it knew before Miller died.
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Jul 19, 2024 | 
wsaz.com | Curtis Johnson |Kristen Bentley
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) - West Virginia’s Department of Human Services this week launched a new project centered on how decisions are made by those who answer calls into the state’s child abuse and neglect hotline. Cabinet Secretary Cynthia Persily went so far to call it “a pivotal first step toward establishing” an alternative path to provide assistance to children whose situations may not meet the legal definition of abuse or neglect.
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May 11, 2024 | 
electrifynews.com | Kristen Bentley
Hyundai will send four IONIQ 5 N models up the mountain: two modified EVs and two standard EVs.The new IONIQ 5 N has impressive specs that include a class-leading brake regenerative force of 0.6G. Before tackling the tough conditions on Pikes Peak near Colorado Springs, Colorado, Hyundai tested the performance EV in extreme weather and location conditions.
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Feb 22, 2024 | 
wdtv.com | Sarah Sager |Kristen Bentley |Alyssa Hannahs
KANAWHA COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) – The Secretary of West Virginia Department of Transportation was pulled over Tuesday, Feb. 20 for ‘driving erratically’, according to the Charleston Police Department. Around 11 p.m. on Tuesday, officers with the Charleston Police Department received a call that an off-duty West Virginia State trooper witnessed and was currently following a driver traveling erratically on the east end of Charleston.
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Feb 19, 2024 | 
electrifynews.com | Kristen Bentley
Blink will install several Level 2 chargers with 18-foot cables at the LEED-certified NFL stadium. The partnership will add more much-needed EV charging stops in busy Las Vegas. The stations will be open 24 hours per day, seven days per week for anyone who needs a quick battery fill-up.
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Dec 18, 2023 | 
tulsaworld.com | Kristen Bentley
In getting ready for the holidays is my birthday, which is a few days after Christmas. One tradition we have is to sleep in the living room near the tree in matching pajamas. We stay up watching holiday movies, always starting with “Home Alone.” We drink hot chocolate and eat cookies. Letters to the editor are encouraged. Send letters to tulsaworld.com/opinion/submitletter.
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Nov 28, 2023 | 
wsaz.com | Sarah Sager |Kristen Bentley
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) - For nearly two years, we’ve been reporting about the tragic story of Chuck Carroll -- a man with documented dementia who was taken to a local hospital for care but was able to walk away -- and died. Now, the city where it happened is taking steps they believe could save lives with a new pilot project called Blue Lights the Way Home. Since Jan. 6, 2022, we’ve been telling viewers about Charles Chuck Carroll.
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Oct 20, 2023 | 
wdtv.com | Sarah Sager |Kristen Bentley
UPDATE: 10/20/23 1:30 p.m.CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) - The Federal Highway Administration has issued a response to WSAZ’s inquiry about the secretary of the West Virginia Department of Transportation testifying to lawmakers that the administration “didn’t see a problem” regarding the possible conflict of interest issue involving the company that employs his son.
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Sep 27, 2023 | 
wdtv.com | Sarah Sager |Kristen Bentley
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) - It’s an investigation we have been working on for nearly a year -- obtaining and going through documents that show West Virginia Department of Transportation Secretary Jimmy Wriston has awarded projects involving hundreds of thousands of state and federal dollars to the consulting firm that employs his son. That firm is Michael Baker International. The younger Wriston’s son’s LinkedIn page shows he has worked for the company as a civil engineer for more than 15 years.
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Sep 8, 2023 | 
wtoc.com | Kristen Bentley
LOGAN COUNTY, W. Va. (WSAZ/Gray News) - A boy is dead after he was hit by a vehicle while on the way to his school bus stop Friday. Logan County Sheriff deputies say they received a call about the incident about 6:50 a.m. They say it happened near the intersection of 11th Street and Route 10. Investigators say when they arrived on scene, they found the boy in the road. A witness told deputies the boy was heading to his school bus stop when he was hit by the vehicle turning onto the street.
