CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — A traffic violation in Clarksburg led police to a large quantity of dangerous drugs over the weekend. Deputies from the Harrison County Sheriff’s Department stopped a car driven by Jennifer Garland, 33, for traveling in the wrong direction on a one-way street in the area of West Main Street and 6th Street Sunday.…
WESTON, W.Va. — Police in Lewis County confiscated a large quantity of suspected fentanyl following a Labor Day weekend traffic stop. Deputies from the Lewis County Sheriff’s Department stopped a car driven by Ramon Sims, 27, of Pittsburgh, for running a stop sign on West Second Street in Weston. Deputies conducted an initial search for…
WHEELING, W.Va. — An Ohio County man faces federal criminal charges after he allegedly stole nearly $100,000 in a romance scheme. Eugene LeClear (WVRJA) U.S. Attorney for Northern West Virginia Bill Ihlenfeld said Eugene LeClear, 52, of Wheeling, began an online relationship with a woman two years ago. LeClear allegedly told the woman he needed money…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The nation’s chief of mine safety says he can’t help but think about West Virginians on Labor Day. Chris Williamson U.S. Department of Labor Assistant Secretary for Mine Safety Health & Training (MSHA) Chris Williamson said coal miners nationwide are safer today because of Mountain State miners. “All of the protections that are…
MANNINGTON, W.Va. — Two people were hurt in a side-by-side crash in Mannington Sunday night. Deputies from the Marion County Sheriff’s Department responded at 10 p.m. and found the side-by-side had hit a utility pole on Whetstone Road. No information about the extent of injuries has been released. Volunteer firefighters from Mannington, Farmington and the Marion…
PLEASANT VALLEY, W.Va. — A single engine aircraft crash landed at the Fairmont-Marion County Airport Friday afternoon injuring the pilot and passenger. Reports indicate a small aircraft with two aboard overshot the runway and went into some trees and down an embankment at 3:16 p.m. Frist responders had to use ropes and a patient basket…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A Monongalia County jury has convicted a former chief of the Bunners Ridge Volunteer Fire Department in a sexual assault case from the 1990s. Roger Channell (WVRJA) Court documents said Roger Channell had sexual contact with a female juvenile during the time she was between 9 and 11 years old. At the time,…
SPENCER, W.Va. — West Virginia’s rural farmlands today look like a scorched earth in some cases. The typically lush and green pastures and meadows in the Mountain State are a deep shade of brown with a severe lack of rainfall in recent weeks. A new drought map showed five counties in the central and western parts…
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — Multiple police agencies were involved in a pursuit involving a tractor-trailer Wednesday morning on I-79 southbound that originated in Clarksburg. Deputies said a woman driving a commercial tractor-trailer with Texas plates was involved in a hit-and-run at around 7:20 a.m. Not long after the incident, the 18-wheeler rolled into the parking lot of…
RANDOLPH COUNTY, W.Va. — A Randolph County logging company is involved in a civil lawsuit for trespassing and cutting down timber on the Monongahela National Forest. United States Attorney’s Office has filed a lawsuit against John R. Fox and Fox Logging, LLC, after the company allegedly trespassed and cut down 10 acres of the forest…