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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

ELKINS — The closing of two Randolph County schools weren’t the only items approved by the Board of Education this week. In addition to approving the closures of both Harman K-12 and North Elementary, Randolph County BOE members also voted to approve Superintendent Dr. Shawn Dilly’s ...

ELKINS — The case against an Upshur County woman accused of attempting to take a Randolph County Sheriff’s Office deputy’s firearm will be brought before the grand jury after she waived the right to her preliminary hearing this week. Halley Faith Conley, 19, of Buckhannon, appeared in ...