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Randolph man sentenced to 7 years in federal court

ELKINS — A Huttonsville man has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison for selling methamphetamine in Randolph County, officials state. Justin Michael Hoover, 35, was sentenced to a total of 87 months, approximately 7.25 years, in prison for selling methamphetamine in Randolph County, U.S. Attorney Matthew L. Harvey announced Thursday. Hoover sold methamphetamine to a confidential source from both his home and his vehicle, the release from the U.S. Attorney's Office states. In total, investigators recovered more than 61 grams of methamphetamine. Hoover’s criminal history ...

WVU gameday traffic no worse than usual

MORGANTOWN – Reports of traffic backups on Interstate 79 between Star City and Mount Morris, Pa., appear to stem more from construction on an overpass rather than West Virginia University gameday travelers or the new traffic lights at Exit 155 at Chaplin Road. Greene County (Pennsylvania) ...

Voices of Flight 93 still echo

SOMERSET COUNTY, Pa. — Turning off State Highway 30 near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, into the Flight 93 Memorial site does not prepare one for the solemnity of the place or the raw emotions that rise when walking through the Visitor’s Center. Within that building, visitors can listen to ...

W.Va. Broadband Enhancement Council receives updates

CHARLESTON – Broadband expansion projects funded through one federal bucket of money are on their way to completion, while projects funded through a separate tranche are awaiting construction with the possibility of additional funding being approved. Members of the West Virginia Broadband Enhancement Council received updates Wednesday morning during a virtual monthly meeting from officials with the state Office of Broadband and several vendors managing projects to expand broadband access across the state to unserved and underserved residents. Jeffrey Hartley, a project manager with ...

Police respond to report of man with gun

The Inter-Mountain photos by Edgar Kelley and Brad Johnson Officers with the Elkins City Police, Randolph County Sheriff's Office and the West Virginia State Police responded to reports of a male individual with a handgun outside of a daycare center on Kennedy Street in Elkins about 12:45 ...

$10K burglary case ends with plea deal

ELKINS — A Randolph County man accused of stealing more than $10,000 worth of items from a Mill Creek woman's garage entered into a plea agreement in Randolph County Circuit Court Wednesday. Robert Eugene Cooper, 41, pleaded guilty to one count of grand larceny, a felony. He will be ...