BUCKHANNON, W.Va. — A man is dead after an early morning fire in Upshur County. Fire crews responded to the blaze in the 2000 block of Turkey Run Road just north of Buckhannon around 6:20 a.m. Tuesday. Investigators said damage to the home was severe and flames completely consumed the structure. The victim was discovered after…
MOATSVILLE, W.Va. — A suspect from Moatsville is behind bars after police say he assaulted a woman and fled from police over the weekend. Deputies from the Barbour County Sheriff’s Department responded to the scene in the Arden area Saturday and witnessed Christopher Wagner, 33, slamming a woman to the ground by the throat. When deputies…
FAIRMONT, W.Va. — The suspect in the July 16 stabbing at the Fairmont Bowling Center has been arrested. Richard Moore Richard Moore, 39, of Fairmont, faces a charge of malicious assault and is being held in the North Central Regional Jail. Moore allegedly got into an argument with another man Tuesday night. The dispute moved outside…
ELKINS, W.Va. — Fire Chief Steve Himes says an investigation is underway into what caused an industrial fire at a storage site Monday. Steve Himes Himes said firefighters remained at the Livingston Avenue site Tuesday afternoon watching for the possibility that the blaze could reignite. Meanwhile, investigators are trying to find out what started the fire.…
FAIRMONT, W.Va. — Marion County authorities say a July 2023 domestic-related shooting death was in self-defense. Marion County Sheriff Jimmy Riffle Marion County Prosecutor Jeffery Freeman and Marion County Sheriff Jimmy Riffle discussed the results of a year-long investigation into the shooting death of Charles Echols at a Tuesday morning news conference. Echols was shot by…
SUTTON, W.Va. — West Virginia Natural Resources Police are engaged in the search for a man missing and presumed drowned at Sutton Lake. The incident happened just before noon Monday at the lake and according to the agency, the victim is a 25-year old man from the Charleston area. He was with family and had a…
PADEN CITY, W.Va. — A circuit judge has stopped Wetzel County School Superintendent Cassie Porter from closing Paden City High School and ordered its immediate reopening. Judge Richard Wilson Judge Richard Wilson issued a temporary restraining order Friday after ruling that Porter illegally closed the school in June when she cited a state code that allows…
Former President and current Republican nominee for President Donald Trump is recovering following a shooting at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania that claimed one rally-goers life, injured another, and injured Trump. Law enforcement identified Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, of Bethel Park as the shooter. He died on a nearby roof following a counterstrike by the…
MYRTLE BEACH, SC — A two-year-old girl from Doddridge County is dead following a family vacation to Myrtle Beach. Authorities said Lylah Dillon, of New Milton, was pulled from a lazy river attraction Sunday evening. She was taken to the hospital where she later died. An autopsy is being performed to determine the exact cause of…
HUTTONSVILLE, W.Va. — A pedestrian is dead after being struck by a vehicle in Randolph County. The deadly collision happened at the Par-Mar convenience store in Huttonsville at just before 2 a.m. Tuesday. The names of those involved have not been released. The investigation is being conducted by the Randolph County Sheriff’s Department.