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SEVIERVILLE — A Sevier County grand jury advanced attempted murder charges this week involving a man who allegedly shot one person and fired at others in September.

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Virginia Marie Smith CHARLESTON — A new development has come forward in the case involving the murder of Jackson County resident Cheyenne Johnson. After a witness was interviewed, it was discovered Virginia Marie Smith, 29, 1244 Britton Ridge Road, Charleston, shot and killed Johnson last week, according to a criminal complaint filed with the Kanawha County Magistrate Court. As previously reported Michael Wayne Smith, 41, same address, admitted to killing Johnson and putting her body in a w...

Michael Wayne Smith SISSONVILLE — A Sissonville man was arrested Monday after admitting to murdering a Jackson County woman and putting her body in a water well, law enforcement officials said. The victim, Cheyenne Johnson of Jackson County, was killed near Kelly’s Creek in Sissonville by Michael Wayne Smith, 41, of Sissonville. Kanawha County Chief Deputy Greg Young and Jackson County Sheriff Ross Mellinger provided information about the case during a press conference Monday. Johnson ha...

May 3, 2021 RIPLEY – A Kanawha County man has been arrested in connection with the death of a Jackson County woman missing since last week. Michael Wayne Smith, 41, of Sissonville, admitted to killing Cheyenne Johnson of Jackson County and putting her body inside a water well on property in Sissonville, according to law enforcement officials. The Jackson and Kanawha County Sheriff’s Departments announced Smith’s arrest Monday. Read more in Tuesday’s edition of The Parkersburg News and S...

CAR-ANIMAL ACCIDENTS Victor McDow Jr., 49, of Paola, was driving a 2019 Ford pickup north in the 25100 block of Old KC Road at 8 a.m. Oct. 28 when it struck a deer. McDow was not injured. Sara Rhynerson, 38, of La Cygne, was driving a 2015 Buick south on Jingo road near West 399th Street at 8:35 a.m. Oct. 28 when it struck a deer. Rhynerson was not injured. Scott Gregory, 47, of Amsterdam, Mo., was driving a 2019 Kia west on Kansas Highway 68 near New Lancaster Road at 5:20 a.m. Nov. 2 when the...