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…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The second person convicted in the 2020 shooting of a WVU student has been denied mercy. Shaundarius Reeder (WVRJA) A Monongalia County jury heard testimony Thursday and found Shaundarius Reeder should spend the rest of his life in prison for his role in the February 2020 death of WVU student Eric Smith. Reeder…
ELKINS, W.Va. — Two schools in Randolph County will now be staying open after it was being proposed they close their doors for good. The Randolph County Board of Education voted 4 to 1 Tuesday night to keep Harman School open. This comes after ongoing talks for the past few months to close the school. Following…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — State Attorney General Patrick Morrisey announced Wednesday that his office’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU) has filed criminal charges against two Hopemont Hospital nursing staff members in connection with last January’s scalding death of a non-verbal patient. Governor-elect Patrick Morrisey at Thursday’s news conference. (Photo/WCHS-TV) The MFCU charged Kylah Beard, CNA, of Morgantown,…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice has declared a State of Emergency for all 55 counties in the state as Winter Storm Blair bears down on the Mountain State. Gov. Jim Justice Justice also directed the West Virginia National Guard to mobilize personnel to assist local communities and citizens in response to the anticipated impacts…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The rescheduled mercy phase portion of the murder trial for a Fairmont man convicted in the murder of a WVU student will begin Tuesday. Shaundarius Reeder Shaudarius Reeder and accomplice Terrell Linear were convicted of first-degree murder in the shooting of Eric Smith at the College Park Apartments in February 2020. The jury…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Department of Agriculture is confirming the presence of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in Pocahontas County. The diagnosis comes from a backyard flock, marking the second case in domestic birds in the Mountain State. According to the WVDA, the diagnosis was made at its Animal Health NAHLN lab in Moorefield.…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — End-of-year storms damaged structures, toppled trees and powerlines, and left thousands without power in Monongalia and Marion counties on Tuesday. MetroNews Accuweather Meteorologist Bill Deger said the storm passed between Lumberport and Mannington at about 1:45 p.m. with high winds and isolated reports of pea-sized hail. “Producing wind gusts anywhere between 40 and…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning for the state’s highest elevations. The storm is heading for the higher elevations. (NWS graphic) The warning period will go from 1 a.m. Wednesday to 4 a.m. Thursday and cover the highest elevations of Pocahontas, Randolph, Grant, Pendleton, Preston and Tucker counties. According to meteorologists,…