MILL CREEK, W.Va. — Three people, including two Randolph County Sheriff’s deputies were injured in a car wreck Sunday morning. The accident was reported on Taylor Lane in Mill Creek. Deputies were responding to a call when they collided with a truck. The driver of the truck and Deputies A. B. Beverly and B. M. Roy…
PHILIPPI, W.Va. – Operators of a large coal mine in north central West Virginia have announced plans to extinguish an underground mine fire. Core Natural Resources will temporarily seal the longwall operation of the Leer South operation in Barbour County. The seal will starve the underground fire of oxygen. Core officials say the decision to seal…
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…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — One person was killed in a vehicle crash Monongalia County Tuesday morning. Monongalia County sheriff’s deputies said the wreck occurred on Blue Horizon Drive when an SUV traveling northbound crossed the centerline and struck a semi-truck head on. The driver of the SUV died at the scene. The name of the victim hasn’t…
PHILIPPI, W.Va — There’s an underground mine fire in Barbour County that required temporarily suspending operations. The fire occurred at Leer Mine South near Philippi. The entire mine was evacuated, according to reports from local media. Mining operations at the site were shut down temporarily. No injuries have been reported.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — State Attorney General Patrick Morrisey has announced a $119.5 million settlement with Altice–the parent company of Optimum and Suddenlink–after a nearly four-year investigation. Patrick Morrisey Morrisey, who becomes West Virginia’s 37th governor on Monday, said the company promises to make capital investments, address the attorney general’s concerns and build out and upgrade its…
SHINNSTON, W.Va. — A medical examiner was called to the scene of a two-vehicle crash in Shinnston Friday evening. Authorities said two other people were injured in the crash on U.S. Route 19 South Pike Street. The collision occurred a few minutes before 5 p.m. Shinnston police and state police troopers were on the scene. The…