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 ...
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 — 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 ...
MONTROSE — A Randolph County man faces an impersonation charge after allegedly claiming to be an FBI agent receiving around $900 trillion weekly from the federal agency. Clinton Wayne Nelan, 33, of Montrose, is charged with one count of impersonation of a law-enforcement officer or ...
ELKINS — New charges have been filed against a Randolph County couple accused of child abuse after a child in their care was allegedly found bound by zip ties in a bathroom. Licha Faye Ortiz, 54, and Manuel Ortiz Jr., 69, of Beverly, are each charged with one count of child abuse creating risk of bodily injury and one count of conspiracy, both felonies. Each appeared separately in Randolph County Magistrate Court Monday for hearings. Manuel Ortiz did not have an attorney for his hearing, while Licha Ortiz was represented by attorney Les Mallow. During both hearings, Assistant ...
MORGANTOWN — A West Virginia University engineering student with aspirations of developing spacecraft for NASA will study Russian in Kyrgyzstan after earning a prestigious Boren Scholarship, a nationally competitive award that prepares future leaders in national security. Elkins native ...
