A Georgia woman pleaded guilty to posing as an employee of a Gilmer County business in order to obtain more than $1 million in wire transfers. 28-year old Chisom Okonkwo of Lawrenceville, Georgia, pleaded guilty to wire fraud after she and Prince Boateng Adjei allegedly created an email address that spoofed that of an employee … Read more
A southern West Virginia ambulance business owner was sentenced to prison this week in a federal tax crimes case. Christopher J. Smyth of Pineville was sentenced to three years in prison and three years of supervised release for not paying taxes withheld from employees’ wages at an ambulance service he operated and obstructing the Internal … Read more
Mountwest Community & Technical College held a ribbon cutting ceremony for its new Learning Commons area this week. The space will help students learn by encouraging collaboration with computers, conference rooms and spaces for group projects. Eyewitness News said The Learning Commons opened in the space that was Mountwest’s former library.
A grand jury handed down indictments this week, including one for Amber Seiler, a former daycare worker at a Cross Lanes child care facility who is accused of assaulting children with special needs. Seiler was indicted on charges of felony battery and assault of a disabled child and misdemeanor battery. She’s accused of hitting children … Read more
The parents of a former administrator accused of defrauding Boone County Schools of millions of dollars have pleaded guilty to financial crime. Eyewitness News reported Michael P. Barker and Lana Barker both of Foster, pleaded guilty to structuring transactions with one or more domestic financial institutions, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s … Read more
Marshall earned a number 5 seed in the Sun Belt Conference men’s basketball tournament, and they’ll play Friday. The Thundering Herd finished the regular season with a 19-12 record overall and 12-6 mark in conference play. Marshall’s game Friday will be at 6 p.m. on ESPN+. If they win, the Herd will move on to … Read more
The Charleston Coliseum hosted dozens of West Virginia owned businesses on Saturday and customers were there to support them. For some vendors this was their first time in attendance at the Winter Blues Farmers Market, according to Eyewitness News. The indoor farmer’s market also brought in more money then the year before, by about forty … Read more
As Mingo County is trying to recover from its biggest flood in decades, kids have been out of school for two weeks. Today they start to get back to a routine. Mingo County Schools open on a two-hour delay today and regular start times will be in effect on Wednesday. Some families in the county … Read more
Some prison staff members have resigned over pay issues. Prisons were already have a tough time navigating staffing shortages and with recruitment and retention pay being cut at federal prisons across the country, workers are calling on the Trump Administration to reverse the cuts. The federal prisons in West Virginia that are affected include FCC … Read more
Two people were injured after an ATV crashed into a train Sunday evening in Summers County. The incident involving two males on an ATV was reported about 5:30 p.m. in the Lowell area, according to the Summers County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies said at some point the ATV crashed into a train, leading to non-critical injuries … Read more