News Staff Calhoun County’s commission president is facing misdemeanor tax charges connected to a business partnership in a local monument company. Craig A. Arthur of Creston was charged with seven counts of failing to pay taxes or file returns or reports by a criminal investigator for the West Virginia Tax Division on Aug. 21. Eyewitness News said … Read more
In Calhoun County, a local commissioner and elementary school teacher is facing serious charges of child sexual abuse. Jacob McCumbers of Arnoldsburg was arrested after state police interviewed a reported victim who described years of alleged abuse. McCumbers has been removed from his first-grade classroom at Arnoldsburg Elementary. He was elected to the county commission … Read more
Authorities are investigating after a human skull was found in Wirt County. State Police say a squirrel hunter made the discovery Sunday along an embankment off Courtney Ridge Road and called it in to the South Charleston office. The remains have not been identified, and the case is still under investigation. No word yet on … Read more
West Virginia State Police are asking for the public’s help in a fraud investigation involving a rural Raleigh County family that has become well-known on social media platforms. The Whittaker family, of Odd, has been featured extensively on Mark Laita’s Soft White Underbelly interview series, racking up millions of views, prompting donations to improve the … Read more
Marshall University’s president and first lady are donating $50 million toward a program aimed at eliminating or significantly reducing student debt. The historic donation from Brad D. Smith and Alys Smith will go toward the university’s Marshall For All program, which was launched in 2023 to allow students to combine scholarships, grants and other funding … Read more
State officials announced an automatic supplemental payment for energy will be made to eligible West Virginia residents. Recipients of the 2024-25 Low Income Energy Assistance Program will receive a one-time automatic payment, according to a news release from the West Virginia Department of Human Services Bureau for Family Assistance. Payments range from $25 to $53, … Read more
It was originally thought to be death by suicide. But 40 years later, a new confession and a plea deal have brought closure to a case in Brooke County. Eyewitness News said a 911 tip in November 2024 changed the course of the cold case. The death of Edward Adams in 1987 had been ruled … Read more
CAMC is hitting the road to fight breast cancer with its Mobile Mammography bus. It’s part of the hospital’s “Medicine in Motion” program, making life-saving breast cancer screenings more convenient and accessible. It will visit Parkersburg today (Sept. 17), Buckhannon on the 20th, and Chapmanville on the 25th. For more info or to book an … Read more
An Ohio woman who worked as a paramedic in Athens County died in a head-on car crash. Troopers said 27-year old Monica Leigh Perani of Corning was driving northwest on State Route 682 in Athens Township when her car, a 2024 Nissan Sentra, was hit head-on by a 2016 Ram 1500 that had veered left … Read more
A Putnam County woman was sentenced to prison Monday for the mistreatment of a special needs child at a daycare facility. Eyewitness News reported that Amber Seiler of Poca was sentenced to one-to-five years. Seiler formerly worked at the Cross Lanes Child Care and Learning Center, but was arrested after investigators reported finding evidence she … Read more