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Upshur County man facing extortion charge

BUCKHANNON — An Upshur County man faces an extortion charge after allegedly pretending to be the owner of a business. Michael Chad Shipman, 35, is charged with one count of attempting to commit extortion, a felony. Shipman was being held at the Tygart Valley Regional Jail on a $5,000 ...

Elkins native Talbott to study abroad for a semester in Austria

MORGANTOWN — Clare Talbott, a sophomore at the West Virginia University Davis College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, has packed her bags for Vienna, Austria, for an exciting semester abroad at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), one of the foremost natural ...

Police: Body of missing woman found

ELKINS — State Police have announced that the body of a woman missing since last week was found Wednesday evening. Gabrielle Allen, 64, was last seen walking south on Route 219 toward Beverly around 5 a.m. Sunday, March 15, captured on camera near Roy’s RV.  On Thursday morning, the ...

Elkins will not fund EMS or airport authority

ELKINS — The Elkins-Randolph County Regional Airport Authority and the Randolph County Emergency Medical Squad will not receive funding from the City of Elkins in the coming year, according to the approved Fiscal Year 2027 General Fund Budget. During Elkins City Council’s March 19 ...

Upshur man charged after police pursuit

BUCKHANNON — An Upshur County man faces charges after allegedly fleeing from police through the streets of Buckhannon. Lincoln Marshall Norman, 32, is charged with one count of fleeing with reckless indifference, a felony; and one count of obstructing law-enforcement, probation, parole, ...