MANNINGTON, W.Va. — Police are looking for a man involved in a standoff with officers for several hours Wednesday in Marion County. Jason Kellar, 34, was able to flee a residence on Buffalo Street in Mannington late Wednesday night. Police said Kellar threatened them and barricaded himself in the residence for about six hours. A SWAT…
The news that AmeriCorps, a program created during the presidency of George H.W. Bush in 1990, is being gutted hit me like a ton of bricks. Regardless of what I am now, I will always be an AmeriCorps. This program and its offshoots were a home run for underfunded and impoverished communities in the United…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Trump administration and Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) have cut $400 million from the AmeriCorps agency. Shelley Moore Capito The cut eliminates 1,000 programs and terminates 32,000 employees nationwide. The cuts will decimate programs in West Virginia run by AmeriCorps in Marion and Pocahontas counties. U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito said this…
BRAXTON COUNTY, W.Va. –A Braxton County couple accused of killing their baby waived their rights to a preliminary hearing Monday, meaning the case will now head to a grand jury. James J. Smith,34, and Angel Talbert ,23, of Gassaway, are charged with first degree murder and child neglect resulting in death and conspiracy after their baby…