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Joint narcotics investigation results in felony charge

ELKINS – A West Virginia man faces a felony charge after Elkins and Belington police allegedly found “over one-quarter pound of suspected fentanyl” during a joint narcotics investigation over the weekend. William Houdini Johnson Jr., 41, is charged with manufacturing or possession with ...

Counterfeit bill case resolved in magistrate court

ELKINS — A Randolph County man accepted a plea agreement in Randolph County Magistrate Court that lowered his felony charge to a misdemeanor after he allegedly used a counterfeit $100 bill at an Elkins restaurant. Christian Riggleman, 37, accepted an agreement to plead guilty to obtaining ...

Commission approves PRO contract

ELKINS — The Randolph County Commission approved a contract with Randolph County Schools for the placement of two Randolph County Sheriff’s deputies in two of the county’s schools for the upcoming school year. Since the fall of 2021, the County Commission and school district have ...

Randolph woman enters guilty plea

ELKINS — A Randolph County woman accused of child neglect after a child in her care was found by the roadway on US-219 on two separate occasions in August accepted a plea agreement that lowered her felony charge to a misdemeanor on Oct. 9. Britney Nichole Arbogast, 33, accepted an ...

Closing arguments made in religious vaccine exemption lawsuit

BECKLEY — After four days of hearings spread out between September and October, a decision of whether to grant a permanent injunction for a group of Raleigh County parents seeking to force local and state education officials into accepting their religious exemptions to West Virginia’s ...

Former pastor facing a new felony charge

ELKINS — The former pastor of the Summit Church in Elkins is facing a new felony charge after police allegedly found sexually explicit content involving a juvenile on his cellphone, including an AI-generated image of the alleged victim. Kevin Curtis Jones, 33, has been charged with one ...