Alex Tejada joined the WOWK Team in February 2025 and serves as West Virginia’s political reporter for all Nexstar stations in the Mountain State. Alex is a native of Birmingham, Alabama. His passion ...

Delegate Josh Holstein (R) was voted in as the WVGOP’s next party chair on Saturday.

Legal battles surrounding religious exemptions for school vaccinations continue, this time in a Raleigh County courtroom.

A Kanawha County judge dismissed the ACLU-WV’s case against an executive order from Governor Patrick Morrisey that would allow religious exemptions from mandatory vaccine requirements.

A man and a house were shot during a reported shooting in Charleston early Saturday morning.

Lanes of I-77 are shut down due to a reported vehicle fire in Fayette County Saturday afternoon.

An embattled officer with the Dunbar Police Department has resigned, according to Dunbar’s Police Chief John Garten.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WOWK) – West Virginia Senator Jim Justice has teamed up with a Rhode Island senator for a bipartisan effort to help strengthen the nation’s food supply chain network.… ...

“Anybody who reaches out that’s in that community, we want to still stress that they can still reach out to us,” Jeffries said, “We can provide support no matter what they’re dealing with, no matter ...

PUTNAM COUNTY, W.Va. (WOWK) – One person is dead after a motorcycle crash in Putnam County. According to Putnam County Sheriff Bobby Eggleton, the crash happened on Route 34 outside of Winfie… ...

WEST VIRGINIA (WOWK) – President Donald Trump has signed a Major Disaster Declaration and Emergency Declaration for Ohio and Marion counties following deadly flooding in June. It comes just o… ...

Discover how the village of Dolton, Illinois, is reviving its past by purchasing the childhood home of Pope Leo XIV and working to obtain landmark status.