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Upshur County grand jury indicts 26

BUCKHANNON – A total of 26 individuals were named in indictments by an Upshur County grand jury this week, on charges including malicious assault, strangulation and incest. Gary Matthew Gundersen, 43, of Buckhannon, was indicted for soliciting a minor via computer; two counts of use of obscene matter with intent to seduce a minor; failure to provide notice of change to required sex offender registration information, lifetime registrant; and sexual assault in the third degree, all felonies. Lee Auston Godbey, 29, of Summersville, was indicted on two counts of distribution and ...

Inmate gets drug charge while in jail

ELKINS – An inmate has been charged for allegedly being found with drugs on his person within the Tygart Valley Regional Jail. Harley Blaine Croston, 40, is charged with possession of a controlled substance by an inmate, a felony. He is being held in the Tygart Valley Regional Jail on a ...

Vote set for using City Hall properties as loan collateral

ELKINS — Elkins City Council approved the first reading of an ordinance which, if passed in the final reading, would approve using the City Hall parking lot and the Elkins Fire Department as collateral for financing of the City Hall renovation project. During the most recent City Council ...

Benson touts ‘Mountaineer momentum’

MORGANTOWN – Touting “Mountaineer momentum,” WVU President Michael Benson offered a bit of a progress report Monday during his second State of the University address. “We are in a state of intentional forward motion,” he said during the roughly 30-minute address offered prior to ...

Steelers’ chaplain to speak at WVWC

BUCKHANNON — West Virginia Wesleyan College’s Office of Religious and Spiritual Life will host Kent Chevalier, chaplain for the Pittsburgh Steelers and author of “Do It Afraid” on Sept. 25 at 7 p.m. in Wesley Chapel.  Born and raised in the Pittsburgh region, Chevalier dedicated ...

Lawmakers seek compromise on Raylee’s Law

CHARLESTON – A group of lawmakers are trying to avoid the drama of the last night of the Legislature and find agreement on a draft bill meant to protect students from being pulled out of public school while under child welfare reviews, but homeschool advocates remain opposed and some ...