GRAFTON, W.Va. — In Taylor County, the director of the Office of Emergency Management has been arrested after admitting to using marijuana before driving to a Emergency Medical Services Board meeting last week. Officers from the Grafton Police Department responded Jan. 9 on a report of a DUI at the Taylor County Court House. There, police…
PHILIPPI, W.Va. — Investigators with the state Office of Miner’s Health, Safety, and Training along with federal regulators from MSHA are working to determine the caue of a fire underground at the Leer South Mine in Barbour County. The fire occurred on Monday forcing the evacuation of all miners underground and idled operations while emergency…
ROCK CAVE, W.Va. — A man died Monday after falling into a creek in Upshur County after emergency personnel attempted to make a water rescue. According to the Upshur County Sheriff’s Office, Roger Haymond, 44, fell into the creek near the 700 block of McDowell Lane in Rock Cave. Haymond reportedly fell in while attempting to…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Former state Supreme Court Justice Thomas McHugh died Tuesday. Thomas McHugh He was 88-years-old. McHugh, a Charleston native, served two separate stints on the state’s highest court. The first began in 1980 and continued until his retirement in December 1997. McHugh was reappointed to the Supreme Court in 2008 following the death of…