The suspect who was taken into custody early Friday in a murder investigation has been identified, court records said. Mickey Case Carter, 26, of Grantsville was charged with first-degree murder, according to a release from West Virginia State Police. According to a criminal complaint filed to Calhoun County Magistrate Court, troopers responded to a residence … Read more
A bill to end immediate athletic eligibility for high school transfers and revert rules back to as they were prior to 2023 has passed the West Virginia Legislature. House Bill 4425, addresses a 2023 law passed by the legislature that allows high school athletes to transfer schools and be immediately eligible to play. HB 4425 … Read more
Three men accused of illegally transporting live deer across state lines have been charged, federal prosecutors said.Brian Poling, 51, of Albirght, W.Va., Levi Weaver, 74, of Fredericksburg, Ohio, and Leroy Miller, 30, of Millersburg, Ohio, allegedly violated the Lacey Act, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of … Read more
A Charleston man who beat a woman to death with a vase and tried to kill his grandmother by pushing her down a flight of stairs will spend the maximum time in prison for the charges. Izak Surface, 23, pleaded guilty in December to second-degree murder in the death of Lora Farley, 36. Her body … Read more
In a perfect world, the city of Charleston would have 173 police officers, but they’ve been operating with around 20 less than that for several years. That means overtime overflows. 85The city’s online police ad touts that built-in overtime for each new hire. “Our recruitment is not even catching up with attrition, which is a … Read more
Alex Mayer will no longer serve as Secretary of the West Virginia Department of Human Services, the governor said Friday. Mayer’s departure will take effect on Sunday, according to a press release from the office of Gov. Patrick Morrisey. Mayer served a little over a year as DoHS Secretary after he was appointed by Morrisey … Read more
A man was arrested Thursday after a standoff situation in Kanawha County. Charleston police said the suspect was wanted on a felony warrant and barricaded himself inside a home in North Charleston. It happened off of 7th Avenue in the neighborhood behind Los Amigos Mexican Restaurant. The standoff prompted a shelter in place for neighbors, … Read more
West Virginia is investing $500 million to improve rural health care through the Rural Health Transformation Fund. Governor Patrick Morrisey is criticizing lawmakers for moving too slowly on Senate Bill 570, which would place $199.5 million of that fund under the state Department of Health and Human Resources. The bill passed the Senate last month … Read more
West Virginia Senate lawmakers have passed a bill honoring the memory of Leah Hickman, a 21-year-old Marshall University student from Mason County who was found murdered in her Huntington apartment nearly 19 years ago. Her case gained national attention and remains unsolved. The Leah Hickman Memorial Act would create a statewide cold case task force … Read more
A young Raleigh County artist has won the design contest for West Virginia’s “I Voted!” stickers for the upcoming primary election. Reese Childers, an eighth-grader at Shady Spring Middle School, was chosen from over 1,000 entries from 42 counties. After four regional winners were selected, nearly 16,000 public votes determined the final design. Childers was … Read more