Kim Rafferty
Reporter
Charleston, West Virginia

Kim Rafferty is a multimedia journalist with WSAZ. Kim is originally from Nashville, Tennessee, but has come to love Charleston and the surrounding area she now calls home. Kim graduated from the University of Tennessee with a degree in multimedia journalism and French studies. Meeting people and telling their stories is Kim's passion.
Education
Updated: Nov. 29, 2023 at 4:49 PM EST
|By Kim Rafferty and Jordan Gartner
A Bible study will be offered to students before school at a high school in West Virginia.
Updated: Nov. 13, 2023 at 7:10 PM EST
|By Kim Rafferty
The WVDOT gave a few tips on salt trucks as temperatures drop.
Updated: Nov. 8, 2023 at 9:28 PM EST
|By Kim Rafferty
“One of the things that sticks with me on a daily basis is when is it going to happen here in West Virginia? It is not a matter of if."
Updated: Oct. 20, 2023 at 7:05 PM EDT
|By Kim Rafferty
WVSP shared more at a press conference about the deadly crime spree Sunday.
Updated: Oct. 5, 2023 at 8:03 PM EDT
|By Kim Rafferty
A neighbor said she called Child Protective Services many times.
Updated: Oct. 3, 2023 at 9:44 AM EDT
|By Alyssa Hannahs, Adriana Doria and Kim Rafferty
A man and woman are facing gross child neglect charges on Tuesday after deputies found two children locked inside of a barn without access to food or water.
Updated: Aug. 22, 2023 at 7:35 PM EDT
|By Kim Rafferty
“It is a zero tolerance 10-day suspension recommendation for expulsion."
Updated: Aug. 21, 2023 at 6:40 PM EDT
|By Kim Rafferty
West Virginia’s central epidemiologist, Dr. Dan Barker, said Lyme disease cases almost doubled this year.
Updated: Aug. 10, 2023 at 7:02 PM EDT
|By Kim Rafferty
Sgt. Jamie Harris said the scholarship to help Maynard’s name live on is to help others in law enforcement further their careers, just as Sgt. Maynard went above and beyond for his own career.
Updated: Jul. 5, 2023 at 7:40 PM EDT
|By Kim Rafferty
A family is starting over after their home was destroyed by fire on Monterey Drive outside of St Albans.
Updated: Jun. 22, 2023 at 7:13 PM EDT
|By Kim Rafferty
A group traveled from all over the country to have their own memorial one year after the crash.
Updated: Jun. 5, 2023 at 9:48 PM EDT
|By Kim Rafferty
The last time Patricia Bennett saw her brother, she ate lunch with him and his two children.
Updated: Jun. 5, 2023 at 11:23 AM EDT
|By Kim Rafferty
Sgt. Maynard was known for his passion to make the Williamson community better.
Updated: Jun. 4, 2023 at 3:59 PM EDT
|By Kim Rafferty
Maynard leaves behind his wife and two children, who were 9 and 13. A gofundme page has been set up to help his family.
Updated: Mar. 30, 2023 at 4:19 PM EDT
|By Kim Rafferty
“It appears that while he was driving he was just spraying randomly shooting over toward one direction,” Williamson Police Chief John C. Dotson said.
Updated: Mar. 17, 2023 at 7:53 PM EDT
|By Kim Rafferty
A 19-year-old man and a juvenile died in the crash Thursday.
Updated: Mar. 14, 2023 at 6:46 PM EDT
|By Kim Rafferty
“We call it the Close Call Investigations,” said State Fire Marshal Jason Baltic.
Updated: Feb. 23, 2023 at 6:55 AM EST
|By Shannon Litton and Kim Rafferty
The chief says the man had been stuck there since noon Wednesday.
Updated: Nov. 3, 2022 at 7:19 PM EDT
|By Kim Rafferty
His team says for game night Friday, they'll play for Jacob.
Updated: Oct. 18, 2022 at 8:46 AM EDT
|By Alyssa Hannahs and Kim Rafferty
King Coal Highway was shut down by emergency crews.
Updated: Jul. 30, 2022 at 1:22 AM EDT
|By Kim Rafferty
Their help was called on by Gov. Bashear to help with emergency response.
Updated: Jul. 18, 2022 at 7:09 PM EDT
|By Kim Rafferty and Andrew McMunn
Steele Merritt had two open heart surgeries before receiving a heart transplant in April.
Updated: Jul. 18, 2022 at 4:45 PM EDT
|By Kim Rafferty
Investigators say the thefts happened from March through July and that the $1.5 million in damage doesn’t tell the whole story, explaining the extensive replacement process that was required.
Updated: Jul. 1, 2022 at 11:13 PM EDT
|By Kim Rafferty
Pastor Roger Rowe describes both fallen law enforcement officers as having steadfast faith.
Updated: Feb. 5, 2022 at 10:58 PM EST
|By WSAZ News Staff and Kim Rafferty
The WVDEP was notified of a possible spill in the area and has an inspector en route to investigate the situation.