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A million dollar lottery ticket was sold in Hurricane this week, officials said. The $1,000,000 Powerball ticket was purchased at Par Mar #17 on Main Street in Hurricane, according to a news release from the West Virginia Lottery. Officials said the ticket matched all five numbers, but not the Powerball. The Power Play was not … Read more

The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has dismissed a petition from state Democrats claiming a member of their party should fill a House seat vacated by a lawmaker who was arrested for threatening other delegates. Last year, Joseph de Soto was elected to represent the 91st District in Berkeley County as a Republican. After … Read more

Dozens of people gathered in St. Albans Thursday for the unveiling of the new microchip scanning station at the St. Albans Police Department. The new pet microchip scanning station that will help reunite lost pets with their owners is named after former St. Albans PD Sergeant James Butler, who died in January and his K-9 … Read more

State health officials issued an alert this week after West Virginians were possibly exposed to measles at the Washington Dulles International Airport. A case was confirmed earlier this month in a Maryland resident who returned home after traveling internationally, according to a news release from the West Virginia Department of Health. The traveler was in … Read more

The Internal Revenue Service has announced an extension for taxpayers in West Virginia who were impacted by the severe flooding in February. According to a news release from the IRS, individuals and businesses in Logan, McDowell, Mercer, Mingo, Wayne and Wyoming counties impacted by severe storms, straight-line winds, flooding, landslides and mudslides that began on … Read more

The Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help finding a man that is wanted following a pursuit Thursday that injured a deputy. Tyler Dante Leach, 25, of Charleston is wanted for failure to appear in court, along with multiple felony charges including obstructing an officer, violation of probation, fleeing with reckless indifference … Read more

Firefighters battled a large fire at a former rubber factory in Wayne County on Wednesday. The blaze at the old American Rubber facility near the intersection of Main Street and High Street in Ceredo may have been started by sparks from a passing train, according to Eyewitness News. Crews from West Virginia, Kentucky and Ohio … Read more

A Logan County post office has been temporarily closed due to “unsafe conditions in the building,” according to USPS. Operations at the Logan Post Office are suspended with no reopening date announced. The Postal Service noted customers may utilize the nearby Stollings Post Office – located at 768 Hanging Rock Highway – until the issue … Read more

The West Virginia Board of Education has unanimously voted to take over Mingo County Schools, citing “extraordinary circumstances” including low student achievement and political conflicts. The intervention was approved this week as state education officials discussed an ongoing special circumstance review of the county’s school system. Eyewitness News said the review places limitations on the … Read more

A South Charleston man who portrayed himself as a millionaire real estate mogul with enough disposable income to travel the world has pleaded guilty to two counts in a federal indictment that said he used a website and social media to scam people out of money for fraudulent investment schemes. Theodore “Teddy” Miller also refers … Read more