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Man facing 10 felony charges

PHILIPPI — A Barbour County man is facing 10 felony charges after allegedly sexually abusing a child for around five years. Roscoe Jackson Keenner, 76, is charged with five counts of sexual abuse by a parent, guardian, custodian, and five counts of sexual assault in the first degree, all ...

Plea agreement drops attempted murder charge

ELKINS — An Ohio man accused of attempting to run over an Elkins Police Department officer with his vehicle in March entered into a plea agreement this week that dropped the attempted murder charge against him. Kevin Allen Strickland, 32, of Sunbury, Ohio, appeared in Randolph County ...

Randolph County Senior Center offers MSFF Bazaar this week

ELKINS — The Randolph County Senior Center’s annual Bazaar, traditionally offered during the Mountain State Forest Festival, is off to a roaring start, with local seniors showcasing an array of handcrafted items. The Bazaar will continue through Friday. All of the items for sale at the ...

Board of Public Works begins annual tasks

CHARLESTON — Some of the faces are the same, some of the titles are different, but the process for approving next calendar year’s property tax assessments for major utility and business property continues on. The West Virginia Board of Public Works met Monday morning to accept the ...

NextEra unveils proposed MARL route

Two segments in Monongalia County and the entire width of northern Preston County are included in NextEra Energy Transmission’s preferred route for its MidAtlantic Resiliency Link transmission project. NextEra unveiled the “community-informed route” it will submit to the West Virginia ...

‘This is a special place to work’

MORGANTOWN — Sara Myers had just finished lunch and was getting ready to eat again — but don’t judge her, OK? “All these food trucks,” said Myers, who is a technician in the cardiac catheterization lab at WVU Medicine Children’s. “I kind of have to.” That’s because ...