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 ...

PHILIPPI — The Barbour County Board of Education has set hearing dates for the closure and consolidation of schools across the county. The BOE has released an impact statement, including supporting data, for the closures and consolidations plan, which includes closing Belington Middle ...

ELKINS — A Randolph County Board of Education member — who said at a recent meeting that he felt threatened by the state to vote a certain way about school closures and consolidation — is now clarifying his comments. Dr. Phil Chua reached out to The Inter-Mountain Monday regarding ...

BELINGTON — A New York man faces multiple felony charges after allegedly stealing a Barbour County man’s identity and taking $7,000 from his bank account. Alonzo Thompson, 63, of Port Chester, New York, is charged with two counts of forging, uttering or attempting to employ as true, a ...

ELKINS — Four local counties have received federal disaster drought designations, and another is also eligible for assistance. Randolph, Barbour, Upshur and Pocahontas counties are among 10 in West Virginia that received a Secretarial disaster designation by the U.S. Department of ...