BELINGTON, W.Va. — A New York man is behind bars after investigators say he used a fake drivers license to withdraw money from an individual’s account at a Barbour County bank. Alonzo Thompson Alonzo Thompson, 63, of Port Chester, New York faces charges of forgery and uttering, obtaining money, identity theft, and grand larceny. The…
FAIRMONT, W.Va. — Two in Fairmont are facing charges after a female toddler who was locked in a home fell out of a two-story window. Fairmont police said Victoria Frampton, 23, and Anthony Grogg, 22, placed a child lock on the door to prevent the child from getting out. Police noted that the child was unattended…
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. —Harrison Circuit Judge Joseph F. Shaffer Jr. sentenced the woman guilty of hitting a DOH worker while driving drunk to two to 10 years of home incarceration. Kiley Michelle Wagner registered a BAC of .20 after the accident on U.S. 50 in Harrison County last March. The judge cited a lack of prior criminal…
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — A Harrison County man will spend at least 15 years in prison for the February 2024 murder of Dallion Lewis. A judge granted Dennis High mercy on Thursday in the killing of Lewis, according to WDTV. The state argued High lured Lewis into a van where others were waiting at the August trial.…
CABELL COUNTY, W.Va. – The Cabell-Huntington Health Department will be one of the organizations participating in Save a Life Day, an initiative aimed at providing education, raising awareness, and distributing free naloxone (Narcan) to the public. The initiative, which began in 2020 in West Virginia, has now expanded nationwide, with all 50 states distributing free naloxone.…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A man that drowned while rescuing his child will posthumously receive a Carnegie Medal. The medal is awarded to those across the America and Canada who risk death or injury to help save another person’s life. Ke’Vaughn Montgomery Ke’Vaughn Montgomery, 25, of Charleston, died on July 15, 2024, after going after his eight-year-old…
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — Law enforcement is trying to determine the whereabouts of Brittany Nichelle Brown, 39, who is believed to be homeless. The Harrison County Sheriff’s Office reported Brown had last been seen Monday afternoon, Sept. 22. She seen at the Eastpoint shopping center Aldi. It’s possible she was also in the Sardis area. Brown is…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A Kanawha County man convicted of wire fraud has been sentenced to prison. Theodore Miller Theodore Miller, 35, of South Charleston, who deemed himself “The Wolf of West Virginia,” was sentenced Monday to seven years in prison, which will be followed by three years of supervised release. Miller has also been ordered to…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Although West Virginia started the year abnormally wet, ironically it’s been the driest August and September for some parts of the Mountain State in history. “It was a wet end to the winter, spring was fairly wet, and we began wet in the early part of the summer. July was top 5 or…
WESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Supreme Court is expected to hand down an opinion later this year after hearing arguments last week in a case regarding a new Vandalia Health facility in Weston. David Goldberg The case, St. Joseph’s Hospital of Buckhannon Inc. vs. Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital Co., involves the proposed new $56 million,…