Leslie Christian dreams of a quiet, family-oriented neighborhood, where she wouldn't have to keep a club behind her front door. Or sweat through a hot afternoon, afraid to crack the door open to ...

Already imprisoned in a lifelong battle with poverty, Robert and Cynthia Johnson just want the simple ability to walk across the street to the market. Instead, when they peer out the window of their ...

Even for the crime-infested Dunbar Village public housing community, it was an unspeakable attack. A week before trial was set to begin for two of the four teens charged in the 2007 crime — that made ...

Individuals who would like to donate money to the victims can go to any Wachovia Bank and donate to the St. Ann s Victim s Assistance Fund. Donations will go directly to the mother and her son.St. Ann ...

Jurors return to court this morning to begin deliberating whether Tommy Poindexter committed a brutal attack on a Dunbar Village woman and her son. If convicted on all charges, Poindexter, 20, faces ...

DUNBAR, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- In the ten years since it was demolished; the space for the old Ames, in the Dunbar Village Plaza, has remained empty. But, city leaders say, that could all change soon. Plans ...

The city of Dayton will head back to the drawing board after its solicitation to redevelop vacant lots in the Wright Dunbar Village area received zero responses. The city is disappointed with the lack ...

DUNBAR, W.Va. (WSAZ) – Crews responded Thursday night to a fire reported near the rear of the Kroger store in Dunbar, Metro 911 dispatchers say. The incident was reported just before 9:30 p.m. in ...

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Southward Village in Fort Myers' historic Dunbar neighborhood is making way for a brighter future. On Wednesday, crews with Honc Destruction began leveling the property for a new mixed-income, 37-acre ...