Pat Simon

May 27, 2024 | wowktv.com | Pat Simon

CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) – With Memorial Day on her mind, Army veteran Kathy Taylor and 300 of her newest, and now closest friends, made a stop in West Virginia this week on a journey of a lifetime. Taylor and her crusade of fellow motorcyclists took part in the “Run for the Wall” – an annual cross-country ride to honor veterans, their families and friends and to raise awareness of those still missing in action (MIA) or prisoners of war (POW).

Apr 15, 2024 | wowktv.com | Pat Simon

“If you build it, they will come” is one of the famous lines in the 1989 classic movie “Field of Dreams.”Monday night, the Charleston city council approved the city’s 11th turf multi-use athletic fields of future dreams.    Nearly all council members approved the $1.2 million project to be built at the North Charleston Community Center.  The field will be used for football, baseball and soccer. Councilman Pat Jones also promoted the new field’s ability to bring the community together.

Mar 29, 2024 | wowktv.com | Pat Simon

CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) — Charlie Plumb, who is credited for starting the Navy’s “Top Gun” elite and iconic aviation training school, is a champion in life, and he wants you to be one too. But to even begin to understand the horrors that Naval combat aviator Capt. Charlie Plumb went through during the Vietnam War, it starts in a dark place. “I was frightened of course,” Plumb described being shot out of the sky over Hanoi, forcing him to eject from his F-4 Phantom jet during his 75th combat mission.

Mar 18, 2024 | wowktv.com | Pat Simon

CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) — The Charleston City Council approved the Fiscal Year 2025 budget Monday night. It includes an across-the-board pay raise for all employees – including police and fire. The $111.4 million budget was presented by Mayor Amy Shuler Goodwin and Finance Director Andy Wood on March 4 during a Finance Committee meeting.

Mar 18, 2024 | wboy.com | Pat Simon

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WOWK) — A southern West Virginia Army soldier is finally coming home almost 75 years after he went missing in the Korean War. The U.S. Army announced Friday that it positively identified the remains of Army Corporal Ray K. Lilly, of Matoaka. He was officially accounted for on Sep. 26, 2023. Lilly was 18-years-old when he went missing as his unit engaged in defensive actions in North Korea.