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February 19, 2019

Ex-West Virginia official who made racist Michelle Obama post pleads guilty to $18G FEMA fraud

The former West Virginia official who made headlines in 2016 when she made a racist remark about then-U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama pleaded guilty last week to defrauding the Federal Emergency Agency out of thousands of dollars intended for flood victims.

February 3, 2019

‘Wall’ post, showing mounted heads, gets 911 official placed on leave: report

An emergency services official in West Virginia was placed on administrative leave Saturday because of a post that appeared on his personal Facebook page, according to a report.

February 3, 2019

High school basketball team’s bus flips over; all aboard said to be 'medically cleared': reports

Everyone aboard a girls high school basketball team's bus that flipped in West Virginia on Saturday night has been "medically cleared," including one student who had been airlifted to a trauma center, according to a report.

February 2, 2019

Police break up rowdy snow day near West Virginia University

Officers from the Morgantown Police Department were called to a street near the campus of West Virginia University on Friday to break up a snow day party that turned rowdy.

January 26, 2019

Democrat ends 2020 presidential bid -- 11 days after quitting state Senate to run

Former West Virginia state Sen. Richard Ojeda ended his 2020 presidential bid Friday, just 11 days after he left his seat to focus on his White House bid.  

January 15, 2019

Youngest black legislator is pro-God, guns, babies: 'I'm very pro-life'

Caleb Hanna is not your typical college student and at 19-years-old, he's already making history as the nation's youngest black legislator.

January 8, 2019

Amid shutdown, Manchin says he'll donate salary to food banks

Sen. Joe Manchin on Tuesday revealed his intention to donate any paychecks he receives during the ongoing partial government shutdown to food banks in his home state.

December 16, 2018

Letters to Santa found behind chimney are 'delivered' a century later

Santa Claus will be receiving a few extra letters this Christmas after notes, written by children more than a century ago, were discovered at a museum in West Virginia — and got "delivered" earlier this month.

December 13, 2018

West Virginia mine rescue spurs concerns over copper thefts after group trapped underground for days

The days-long rescue operation for three people in an underground coal mine in West Virginia has highlighted concerns about copper thefts in other abandoned shafts after a father of one of the women found alive said she entered in search of copper.

December 12, 2018

Three missing in abandoned West Virginia coal mine are found alive, officials say

Three people lost in a nonoperational West Virginia coal mine have been found alive, authorities said Wednesday evening.