News Staff The West Virginia honeybee population is declining, but biologists are hopeful they can turn that around. The West Virginia Department of Agriculture said severe weather over the past year has negatively impacted bee colonies by about forty percent, but there are ways to help. The easiest thing to do is grow a garden to encourage … Read more
A Fayette County man faces felony charges after nearly beating his pregnant girlfriend to death in Jackson County. 21-year old Logan Willis of Oak Hill has been charged after he self-reported that he had possibly killed his girlfriend Friday afternoon. Deputies found the woman still alive in a wooded area in Kenna. Sheriff Ross Mellinger … Read more
Officers responded to disturbance of about 30 teenagers in the St. Albans Mall parking lot Thursday evening where the St. Albans Red Dragon Football Carnival had been taking place, according to a news release from the St. Albans Police Department. Police dispersed the crowd and minutes later, gunshots were heard across MacCorkle Avenue in the … Read more
The West Virginia State Supreme Court is dealing with a $5.5 million cut in funding which is causing a hiring freeze that will impact all 55 counties. Jobs include probation officers, court reporters, law clerks, and magistrate’s assistants. Most of its Supreme Courts’ workforce is not at the Capitol but in county courtrooms and offices. … Read more
The Kanawha County Commission approved $100,000 in funding for Camp Virgil Tate. A camp representative told Eyewitness News that’s 20% of their overall annual budget and they’ll use it to make repairs. This comes after the commission decided to not restore funding following liability issues being brought to light of children being housed at the … Read more
Human remains found in West Virginia earlier this week have been identified as a Maryland man, deputies said. The remains of Andrew Tyler Sweitzer, 33, of Garrett County, Md., were found in a wooded area between Scott Avenue and Smithtown Road Sin Morgantown on Monday, according to the Monongalia County Sheriff’s Office. deputies said Sweitzer … Read more
John Smith said he moved to Rand in 1969 and over the years he has had countless issues with raw sewage backing up into his home and yard. Smith said the sewage has been up to three cinderblocks high in parts of his home, causing major problems Smith said. ” what really makes him angry … Read more
Two men involved in a drive-by shooting near the Shawnee Sports Complex in 2024 were sentenced to prison Friday. Zion Clark, 24, was sentenced to 15 years in prison and Antonio Jacobs, 19, was sentenced to 20 years for a shooting on May 19, 2024, in the 200 block of Smoot Avenue. Clark previously pleaded … Read more
A Honduran man was sentenced to prison and is set to be deported after he was arrested in Hurricane following a traffic stop, prosecutors said. Wilson Geovanny Nunez, 36, was arrested by authorities in December 2024 after a traffic stop before U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement confirmed that he was a citizen of Honduras and … Read more
The West Virginia State Supreme Court is dealing with a $5.5 million cut in funding which is causing a hiring freeze that will impact all 55 counties.The West Virginia State Supreme Court Administrator, in a letter to people who have the power to hire probation officers, court reporters, law clerks, magistrate’s assistants, clerks and others, … Read more