BUCKHANNON — An Upshur County man faces charges after allegedly strangling and striking his partner, while also facing outstanding charges in Gilmer County for a similar incident. Christopher Austin Eberly, 27, is charged with one count of strangulation, a felony. He is also charged with ...
ELKINS — A Randolph County man accused of sexually assaulting an adopted child entered into a plea agreement on Monday. Eric Lee Martin, 52, of Mill Creek, entered into a Alford plea to one count of attempt to commit sexual assault in the third degree, a felony, in Randolph County Circuit Court on Monday. By entering into an Alford plea, Martin did not have to admit to the criminal act and could assert his innocence, but he still accepted the imposition of a sentence. In October 2024, Martin was initially indicted by the Randolph County Grand Jury on three counts of sexual assault in ...
ELKINS — A Randolph County man faced a felony charge after allegedly failing to update his sex offender registry in time. David Lee Plaugher, 63, is charged with one count of failure to register as a sex offender, a felony. He is currently being held at the Tygart Valley Regional Jail on a ...
ELKINS - The Randolph County Commission approved changes to the Special Emergency Ambulance Service Fee Ordinance during Thursday's regular meeting at the Commission Annex. The Commission voted in favor of the Service Fee Ordinance during a meeting in April and Kesling said the RCC was making some changes after receiving some feedback from the community, despite the fee being well publicized before it was enacted. "When we voted on the fee we had no public comment on it and I knew there would be public comment on it because it's a big thing," Kesling said. "People started paying ...
ELKINS - The Green Eggs Foundation will host a handful of workshops and programs this summer for area children that are centered around arts and music. The organization, which was launched in April of 2025, aims to inspire creativity and ignite a lifelong love for the arts in school-age ...
ELKINS — A Randolph County woman is facing a felony charge after allegedly hitting multiple parked cars while having an infant in the front seat. Cynthia Ann Meek, 31, is charged with one count of child neglect creating risk of serious bodily injury, a felony. She is currently being held at ...
