VALLEY HEAD, W.Va. — An elderly Valley Head man apparently drowned in his basement during the recent storm event this week. Deputies were called to the home by the Valley Head Fire Department on a drowning report Wednesday after a 69-year-old man’s wife found his body in the water. On Tuesday, the man went to…
Story by Jeff Jenkins, MetroNews SUTTON, W.Va. — A Braxton County man, well-known for organizing beauty pageants, is free on bond after it was lowered as part of a preliminary hearing. Gary Beamer (Central Regional Jail) Fraud charges against Gary Beamer, 43, of Sutton, were forwarded to a grand jury following a preliminary hearing in Braxton…
Story by Mike Nolting, MetroNews DODDRIDGE COUNTY, W.Va. — Jury selection in the sexual misconduct case against former Doddridge County Sheriff’s Department deputy Andrew Menendez begins Wednesday. Menendez was charged with soliciting a minor via computer, sexual abuse by a person of trust, and sexual abuse in the third degree following an investigation in October 2020.…