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Elkins man sentenced on federal child sex abuse charge

BALTIMORE, MD – A federal judge sentenced an Elkins man to more than two decades in prison for child sex abuse crimes, officials said. U.S. District Judge Julie R. Rubin sentenced Donald Robert Wilt Edwards, Sr., 30, of Elkins, to 25 years in prison, followed by lifetime supervised release, for sexually exploiting a minor, the United States Attorney's Office of Maryland announced in a press release Wednesday. According to the press release, U.S Attorney for the District of Maryland Kelly O. Hayes announced the sentence with Special Agent in Charge Jimmy Paul of the FBI Baltimore ...

3 Junior Firefighter Camp graduates hired

Three graduates of the West Virginia University Extension Junior Firefighter Camp have recently achieved their goal of becoming professional firemen after getting hired by the Bridgeport Fire Department in Harrison County. To prepare for their new positions, Justice Heater, Bryant Sponaugle ...

4-H seeks to help foster care youth

Five years after West Virginia University Extension teamed up with Aetna Better Health of West Virginia to provide funding for youths in foster care to join 4-H, the program has helped more than 700 youths and donated more than $50,000 to county 4-H programs. What started as an idea from a ...

U.S. attorney announces new leadership team

MARTINSBURG – U.S. Attorney Matthew L. Harvey has announced a new Senior Leadership team to help further the mission in the Northern District of West Virginia. The Senior Leadership Team includes First Assistant Christopher J. Prezioso, Administrative Officer Sybil D. Ott, Criminal ...

IRS recognizes National Whistleblower Day

WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service today highlighted the upcoming National Whistleblower Day, and the important role whistleblowers play in exposing fraud, reducing the tax gap, and strengthening compliance. Observed annually on July 30, National Whistleblower Day commemorates the nation’s first whistleblower law, enacted in 1778, and recognizes individuals who report wrongdoing and help protect public resources. Since the IRS program’s inception in 2007, whistleblower information has contributed to significant enforcement outcomes with more than $8 billion recovered and ...

Sitting Still for His First Haircut

The Inter-Mountain photo by Joe Blankenship Sitting still like a little gentleman, 17-month-old Hudson Wagler lets Angela Jones, owner of Angela's Clipper Shack in Beverly, cut his hair while his dad, Larry Wagler, holds him. This was Hudson's first-ever haircut.