| BERKLEY WOMAN'S BODY FOUND - The body of a Berkeley County woman has been found in her home. Sheriff's deputies found the body of Debbie K. Bivens in her bedroom Thursday near Inwood. Police say she apparently died from a gunshot wound to the chest or stomach.
A relative saw a broken window in the bedroom. Authorities are considering the death suspicious. The body will be sent to the State Medical Examiner's Office in Charleston.
CHARLESTON'S SNIPER KILLINGS UNSOLVED - More than two years after three people where killed in separate sniper-style shootings at Kanawha Valley convenience stores, a task force is still investigating the killings.
The deaths of Gary Carrier Junior, Jeanie Patton and Okey Meadows Junior prompted police to warn residents not to travel alone to convenience stores and to keep their eyes open.
Ballistic tests determined the type of rifle used was a .22-magnum made by Marlin Firearms. That rifle uses a shell somewhat larger than the standard .22.
A $100,000 reward is still being offered and the FBI is considering leasing space on interstate billboards to keep the issue before the public.
The Charleston sniper killings have been joined by two other multiple shooters, one in Huntington where several young people were killed on prom night, drug related slayings, and the deaths of a Parkersburg couple in their burned apartment.
TEEN GUNNING DOWN TEEN - A teenager accused of gunning down another teenager at a Beckley apartment building has waived his preliminary hearing and will have his case heard by a Raleigh County grand jury.
Eighteen-year-old Kahreem Anthony Robertson is charged with murder in the death of 16-year-old Carter Dexter Wicks of Beckley.
Robertson is a Lewisburg native who had reportedly been living in Beckley for about a year.
Police say the two teens had a long-standing feud and had an argument near the apartment complex the day before Wicks was shot.
WEAPONS CHARGE LANDS CHARLESTON MAN IN JAIL - A man once considered a "person of interest" in the Kanawha Valley sniper-style shootings has been sentenced to six-and-a-half years in prison on separate federal firearms charges.
Brian Caldwell was sentenced in federal court. After his prison term he must spend three years on supervised release with a requirement for mental health counseling. He must pay a $12,000 fine.
Caldwell pleaded guilty in March to illegal possession of a firearm after being judged mentally defective and lying on a federally mandated firearm purchasing form.
The charges stem from two shooting incidents. Caldwell was accused of shooting at a natural gas pipeline, which then caught fire, in the Cabin Creek area on February 7th, 2003. The day before, he allegedly shot at a woman in the same area.
WOMAN REJECTS PLEA AFTER SHOOTING HUSBAND - A Cabell County woman who says she killed her husband in self-defense has rejected a plea bargain for felony voluntary manslaughter and will now stand trial.
Tanya Harden was indicted on a murder charge in January for the death of her husband, Danuel.
Tanya Harden's sister says she doesn't consider what her sister did as taking a life, but as saving three lives -- hers, plus those of her two children.
Officials say there was evidence to suggest that the couple had been fighting before Harden was shot and that Tanya Harden had some injuries.
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