SPENCER, W.Va. — West Virginia’s rural farmlands today look like a scorched earth in some cases. The typically lush and green pastures and meadows in the Mountain State are a deep shade of brown with a severe lack of rainfall in recent weeks. A new drought map showed five counties in the central and western parts…
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — Multiple police agencies were involved in a pursuit involving a tractor-trailer Wednesday morning on I-79 southbound that originated in Clarksburg. Deputies said a woman driving a commercial tractor-trailer with Texas plates was involved in a hit-and-run at around 7:20 a.m. Not long after the incident, the 18-wheeler rolled into the parking lot of…
RANDOLPH COUNTY, W.Va. — A Randolph County logging company is involved in a civil lawsuit for trespassing and cutting down timber on the Monongahela National Forest. United States Attorney’s Office has filed a lawsuit against John R. Fox and Fox Logging, LLC, after the company allegedly trespassed and cut down 10 acres of the forest…
ST. CLAIRSVILLE, Pa. — A Guatemalan wanted in connection with a 2022 sexual assault on the Caperton Rail Trail in Star City has been captured by U.S. Marshals in Pennsylvania. Antonio Gabriel Mendez Acting U.S. Marshal for the Northern District of West Virginia Terry Moore said Antonio Gabriel Mendez, aka Emilio Pascual Guzman, 32, was arrested…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A lawsuit against the state following the 2019 death of an inmate inside the North Central Regional Jail has ended in an out-of-court settlement this week. Jesse Forbes The state Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation agreed to a $1 million settlement with the family of Zachary Bailey after the third day of testimony…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The drought state of emergency for all 55 counties in West Virginia will continue for another month. Gov. Jim Justice extended the proclamation Friday. Gov. Jim Justice “This drought continues to plague our farmers, so we’re extending our State of Emergency to help get water to those who are in desperate need,” Justice…
THOMAS, W.Va. — A 2,700-acre tract of land which is largely the view the public gets from Lindy Point in the Blackwater Falls State Park will soon be protected in perpetuity. John Crites, owner of the beleaguered Allegheny Wood Products company has agreed to a sale of the long talked about property to the U.S. Forest…
WALKER, W.Va. — A Wood County man is in the North Central Regional Jail after being arrested on attempted murder and arson charges. Charles Hess (WVRJA) Wood County deputies said they caught up with Charles Hess IV, 23, Tuesday night in Walker. Deputies had been looking for him since Sunday night. Hess allegedly attacked his mother–left…
MONONGAH, W.Va. —The former Monongah police chief caught in a viral video of a violent traffic stop will go before the West Virginia Law Enforcement Professional Standards Subcommittee later this month. Joe Shaffer Chief Nathan Lanham lost his job following the Aug. 2 stop and now the attorney representing the woman he pulled over says he…
SMITHVILLE, W.Va. — The family of a Ritchie County man who never came home from the Korean War finally have the information they thought would never be known. Their relative has been located and is coming home. The remains of U.S. Army Sgt. Kester B. Hardman, 22, of Smithville have been positively identified and will…