Judge Thomas Kleeh called Reta Mays a monster, and sentenced her to seven consecutive life sentences, plus an additional 20 years. Mays is a former nursing assistant who admitted giving fatal insulin injections to seven vets at the Clarksburg VA Medical Center.
Police are looking for a suspect who stole a pickup off the dealer’s lot in Nitro. They got away with a 2016 dark gray Dodge Ram 1500. The stolen truck has dealer tags and is lifted with black rims. Contact State Police if you have any information.
Morgantown police are investigating after a WVU student died from a fall. He was found on the sidewalk near an off-campus apartment complex on Baird Street. There is no indication of foul play.
A man is under arrest after leading police on a chase, crashing his truck, and then taking off into the woods in Kanawha County. A K9 was able to track him down. He was treated for minor injuries.
More than one-thousand gas stations across the Southeast are running out of fuel because of what analysts say is unwarranted panic-buying after a gang of hackers shutdown a major east coast pipeline. People are flocking to the pumps, despite the fact that West Virginia uses a different fuel pipeline, which was not affected.
The Kanawha County HIV Task Force met on Monday for the first time since the CDC called the county’s outbreak the most concerning in the U.S. Since then, the CDC has sent in a team of disease intervention specialists to Kanawha County that currently has 60 positive HIV cases. Dr. Sherri Young, executive director and … Read more
West Virginia will receive nearly $1.4 billion from the federal government to offset economic setbacks from the coronavirus pandemic, but likely not all at once. Because West Virginia’s current unemployment rate is not significantly higher than its pre-pandemic level, the state is eligible to receive half of its allotment immediately, with the rest being provided … Read more
A federal judge gave Reta Mays the maximum sentence on Tuesday. Mays will serve seven life terms consecutively after admitting to giving fatal insulin injections to veterans at the VA Medical Center in Clarksburg. Mays was also sentenced to 240 months in prison to run consecutively with the life sentences for one count of assault … Read more
A judge has denied requests from a Morgantown man to be released from jail before his trial. George Tanios was indicted on charges related to the U.S. Capitol riots on Jan. 6 and the judge denied requests from Tanios and Julian Khater on Tuesday. Both will remain in jail. Court records said Tanios and Khater … Read more
City of Morgantown officials say a West Virginia University student died last week. City spokesperson Andrew Stacy said a male student died Thursday, May 6 at Central Place Apartments on Baird Street. Morgantown Police are investigating.