Olympic legend Mary Lou Retton arrested on DUI charge, records show
Olympic gymnastics legend Mary Lou Retton was arrested on a DUI charge in West Virginia earlier this month, court records showed.
West Virginia becomes 1st state to ban range of food dyes
West Virginia’s governor signed a bill that would first ban food dyes in school meals - and eventually in products that are sold state-wide.
Video: Driver nearly hits child after illegally passing school bus
Authorities in West Virginia have released shocking footage of a driver illegally passing a stopped school bus and nearly hitting a child.
Ex-police chief sentenced for paying $100 to rape teen
Larry Clay Jr. was chief of the Gauley Bridge, West Virginia Police Department in 2020 when he reportedly convinced a woman to sell her stepdaughter to him for $100.
Middle school football player dies from head injury; second this week
A 13-year-old football player in West Virginia has died from a head injury during practice, the second such tragedy this week. His father now advocates for better head protection in youth sports.
Allegheny woodrat: Elusive ‘species of concern’ captured on West Virginia trail cam
The Allegheny woodrat was described as both “federally threatened and downright adorable" by the U.S. Forest Service - Monongahela National Forest.
Target store in West Virginia partially collapses due to slipping hillside
No timeline was immediately provided on the demolition and when the store could reopen.
WWII soldier's remains found, ending family's 80-year search: 'He's a hero'
The long search for Private First-Class Mose Vance, a World War II soldier from West Virginia, has ended as his remains are found in France.
Man in prison for assaulting his mother now charged with murder of missing daughter
Angele Overstreet was just 3 months old when she was last seen in May 2021.
Rapist who escaped from prison using jet ski is captured, authorities say
Samuel Paul Hartman, 39, was arrested along with his wife, his mother and his mother’s boyfriend.
Bob Huggins, West Virginia’s basketball coach, resigns hours after drunken driving arrest
West Virginia basketball coach Bob Huggins has been arrested on suspicion of drunken driving, a month after the university suspended him for three games for using an anti-gay slur while also denigrating Catholics during a radio interview.
West Virginia state trooper shot and killed, suspect arrested
Sgt. Cory Maynard was killed in the shooting.
7-year-old charged with arson after setting parents' house on fire while they slept
The child is accused of intentionally setting the fire while the parents were asleep inside.
West Virginia could ban transgender care
The Republican governor has not taken a public stance on the measure and it's unclear whether he will sign it into law.
West Virginia governor signs new carry bill, allowing for guns on public college, university campuses
West Virginia’s governor has signed a bill allowing people with concealed carry permits to take firearms onto public college and university campuses.
Man charged 37 years after boy was murdered in argument over stolen bicycle
Nearly 40 years went by before police were able to piece together what happened in West Virginia to the 13-year-old known as “Jerry.”
West Virginia advances mandate to display ‘In God We Trust’ in schools
Republican Sen. Mike Azinger, who introduced the bill, says he wants to give students something to look up to and to tell them it's okay to “say God” in school. The bill requires that the phrase appears in an area in each school building.
West Va. man accused of kidnapping woman, burning her with torch
Police found the woman hiding under a porch, and she told officers the man hit her and burned her stomach and leg with a torch.
Man accused of shooting tourists in Venice arrested in West Virginia
A man wanted in connection with the shooting of two tourists from the United Kingdom in Venice last summer was arrested in West Virginia Monday, according to authorities.
'We never leave anybody behind': Remains of WWII veteran lost in action return home to Ventura
Navy Shipfitter 2nd Class Claude R. Garcia, 25, was killed in the Pearl Harbor attacks in 1941. He was once believed to be lost in action and his remains were brought home Tuesday to his final resting place in Ventura.