ELKINS — A Randolph County man charged with possessing inappropriate material of a minor and giving that same minor methamphetamine received the maximum prison sentence Wednesday. Pete Rameriz Perez, 46, of Valley Head, was sentenced by Randolph County Circuit Judge Jaymie Wilfong to no ...
CHARLESTON - Elliott Pritt, the former Democrat-turned-Republican lawmaker who resigned from the West Virginia House of Delegates after being accused by federal authorities of sexually exploiting a child, will now no longer appear as a candidate in November. According to the Secretary of ...
CHARLESTON – Gov. Patrick Morrisey's kickoff to a two-day southern West Virginia listening tour on water issues was overshadowed Tuesday by his handling of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program. Morrisey was at Marshall University in Huntington Tuesday morning to begin his ...
BUCKHANNON — The Upshur County Commission and State Senator Bill Hamilton recently made public their opposition to the proposed Valley North Transmission Line Project. The project, which would run through 18 West Virginia counties including Upshur, Randolph, Tucker and Barbour, is a proposed 260-mile, 765-kilovolt transmission line that would connect the John E. Amos Power Plant in Putnam County to Frederick County, Maryland. It would consist of high-tension, high-voltage power lines that would stretch across the Mountain State, with towers anywhere from 150 to 174 feet ...
BUCKHANNON — An Upshur County man is facing a felony charge after allegedly punching a healthcare worker and threatening to kill her. Leon Devale McDonald Jr., 35, is charged with one count of battery and assault on a healthcare worker, a felony. He is currently being held at the Tygart ...
BUCKHANNON – Local officials responded with gratitude and relief after Monday's announcement that $4.5 million in federal funding will be coming to flood-ravaged Upshur and Lewis counties. Gov. Patrick Morrisey announced Monday that President Donald Trump and the Federal Emergency ...
