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Former pastor among 23 indicted

ELKINS – A total of 23 people were indicted by the Randolph County Grand Jury on Monday, including a former Elkins pastor and two Montrose men accused of attempted first degree murder. Kevin Curtis Jones, 34, of Elkins, was indicted on one count of soliciting a minor via computer; one count of distribution and exhibiting of material depicting minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct or computer-generated child pornography; one count of delivery of a controlled substance; and one count of distribution of a hemp-derived cannabinoid product to a person under the age of 21, all ...

Man faces felonies in cattle prod incident

BELINGTON — A Barbour County man faces felony charges after alleged chasing a woman through the woods with a cattle prod and threatening police. Kenneth Bernard Everson, 53, is charged with one count of domestic assault third offense and one count of threats of a terrorist act, both ...

Man charged with grand larceny in gambling house theft

BUCKHANNON — An Upshur County man faces two felony charges after allegedly stealing over $18,000 from Jeanie's Hot Spot. James William Champ, 48, is charged with one count of grand larceny and one count of entry into a building other than a dwelling, both felonies. He is currently being ...

Randolph County Commissioner Chris See passes away at age 65

ELKINS — Longtime and current Randolph County Commissioner Chris See passed away at the West Virginia Caring Hospice Inpatient Center on Sunday after a brief illness.    See, 65, was re-elected as Randolph County Commissioner in the Tygart District for a third time in 2020. He was ...

W.Va. man honored as Freedom 250 Hometown Hero

MARTINSBURG — Surrounded by family, fellow service members, law enforcement officers and community supporters, West Virginia Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe was recognized Saturday with the inaugural Freedom 250: Hometown Hero Award from the U.S. Department of Justice before also ...

New exhibit highlights West Virginia’s evolving story

MORGANTOWN — After a recent afternoon discussion tracing West Virginia’s place across generations of American history, visitors to West Virginia University’s Downtown Library moved upstairs to experience that history firsthand. Located on the sixth floor, the West Virginia & Regional ...