ELKINS, W.Va. — The Randolph County Board of Education has learned they will be the target of a State of Emergency declaration when the West Virginia Board of Education meets next week in Charleston. Correspondence from the state department was read at the local board’s meeting in Elkins Tuesday night. Superintendent Shawn Dilly said so…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. –The West Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles is urging residents to be aware of a recent text message payment scam that’s going around the state. According to a news release from the DMV, scammers send out a “final notice” saying that someone has unpaid accounts. They include a link to where residents can pay…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The spring burning restrictions were lifted as of this past Sunday, but the West Virginia Division of Forestry still urges caution with any outdoor burning. “Individuals can burn now whenever they choose, but folks are still required to have a 10-foot safety strip around their burn pile and they can only burn…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Construction workers on the site of the new bridge to cross the Monongahela River discovered a body Monday. Deputies with the Monongalia County Sheriff’s Department responded to a wooded area between Scott Avenue and Smithtown Road where the body was found. The body has been transported to the office of the state Medical…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The decision to keep Mine Safety and Health Administration offices open is being met with wide approval, but concern remains about what else will be restored or what’s next to be cut. Brian Sanson UMWA Treasurer Brian Sanson said they would like to have an open line of communication with the Department of…
CLEMSON, S.C. — WVU hasn’t seen a lead this season they fear. They proved that multiple times in Clemson and on two different occasions in Sunday night’s 13-12 clinching game over Kentucky. A game that featured 17 different pitchers found the Mountaineers trailing 6-1 and 12-7 at varying points ultimately was decided on an eighth inning…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — An Albright woman is accused of taking jewelry from an elderly Monongalia County resident and selling it at the pawn shop in Westover. Family members said Julia Fowler, 51, was hired to care for their relative suffering cognitive decline and had worked in the home. Fowler is accused of taking jewelry the family…
TERRA ALTA, W.Va. — Terre Alta town council has appointed a new mayor and recorder in an emergency meeting Thursday. Former mayor Dan Hauger and former recorder Mikaela Bernard each resigned after the town failed to submit their budget to state officials on time. The late submission jeopardizes their ability to collect taxes and deliver services…
CLARKSBURG, W. Va. — A Columbus, Ohio resident has been sentenced to six years in federal prison for unlawfully possessing a firearm in Morgantown. Clyde T. Littlefield, was wanted for murder in Ohio when he was located at a Morgantown apartment. Members of the Morgantown Police Department and the U.S. Marshals Service found Littlefield with cocaine,…
BUCKHANNON, W.Va. — Fifteen West Virginia high school juniors have been named finalists in the West Virginia Scholar Program and are in the running for a full-ride scholarship to West Virginia Wesleyan College. Online voting begins June 9 and will end June 18. The winners will be announced at a luncheon at Wesleyan in late June.…