A Lucasville woman is facing child endangerment charges. Thirty-nine-year-old Mary Carver is accused of breaking out a window at a house on Greenbrier Road. She was bleeding and police found her standing down the street with two naked children covered in blood, and a baby lying in a ditch unconscious. The baby is still in … Read more
A Charleston firefighter who died on duty last month died of an accidental overdose. Police are launching an investigation into firefighter Jason Cuffee’s death. The medical examiner found fentanyl and xylazine in his system.
The trial has been scheduled for a Clendenin man accused of murdering a 77-year-old woman on Charleston’s West Side and then committing various crimes including attacking an officer with an antique iron. Joshua Drennen will be on trial beginning at 9 a.m. Oct. 26. Drennen is charged with first-degree murder, attempted murder of a police … Read more
West Virginia University had 96 positive coronavirus test results among students and faculty between July 21 and Aug. 16. The university said out of 16,000 tests, 92 students and 4 staff members tested positive. WVU officials expressed concern about reports concerning numerous off-campus parties that have been hosted recently by students. The Office of Student … Read more
All U.S. and West Virginia flags at the Capitol Complex and all state-owned facilities in Wood County were displayed at half-staff on Tuesday in honor of a former state delegate. The flags honored the life and service of former West Virginia Delegate Robert Goldenberg. Goldenberg practiced law in West Virginia for 69 years. At the … Read more
WVU officials are concerned about reports of several off-campus parties. The university says it will not tolerate behavior that violates health and safety guidelines, which prohibits gatherings of more than twenty-five people. It could result in a charge and sanctions under the Student Conduct Code.
A Keyser woman is under arrest for holding people hostage with a shotgun at the Chessie Federal Credit Union. Police stormed the building and took 38-year-old Mary Ann Crossland into custody. No one was hurt. She’s facing kidnapping and weapons charges.
Senator Joe Manchin continues his tour of postal facilities around the state. He was in town to tour the Charleston Processing and Distribution Center and is calling on Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to ensure that postal service operations will be undisrupted or he should resign.
The Cedar Ridge Nursing Home in Sissonville is fighting a COVID-19 outbreak. More than thirty residents and staff members have tested positive for the disease, and one resident died over the weekend. It’s the 20th nursing home outbreak in the state.
Governor Justice is making some adjustments to his color-coded school restart plan. The first tweak changes the ways workers who contract COVID-19 at places like jails and nursing homes are counted, and the second adjustment will sync the state’ map to the Harvard model. The changes put Boone, Mingo, Lincoln and Taylor counties into the … Read more