Aaron LaPoe Hired as next Clay Batelle High School Football Coach

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. —The Clay-Battelle Cee Bees have hired their next head football coach. The Monongalia County Board of Education has hired Aaron LaPoe. He takes over for Ryan Wilson, who has served as the head coach for the past 29 years. LaPoe has been on various coaching staffs, but this will ...[read more]

Barn lot dispute leads to child abuse charges

SALEM, W.Va. An argument while hanging a star on a barn in Doddridge County that led to a domestic dispute has a Salem man behind bars. On Monday, deputies from the Doddridge County Sheriff’s Department were called to the residence on Elkhorn Road and found William Fragmin, 49, mowing the grass. ...[read more]

Suspect arrested in Morgantown after allegedly trying to ditch drugs

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Police in Morgantown have arrested a 20-year-old subject after allegedly throwing nearly 100 grams of marijuana out of a car during a traffic stop in downtown. On Tuesday, police observed a vehicle with an expired registration on Spruce Street near the intersection of Willey S...[read more]

Interim sheriff named in Preston County

KINGWOOD, W.Va. — Commissioners in Preston County have named James Fields the interim sheriff following the sudden passing of Preston County Sheriff Paul Pritt Monday. Fields has served as Preston County Sheriff in the past and was once hired by Pritt. No other information has been released. Effo...[read more]

One in custody following Upshur County stabbing

BUCKHANNON, W.Va. — State police arrested a subject in Buckhannon after he allegedly stabbed a man sitting on his front porch eating a cheeseburger Monday. Troopers arrived at the home Little Sand Run Road and found the victim with a stab wound in the chest and two more in the back by a suspect i...[read more]