Elderly man, 2 sons found dead in Greenbrier County home

webmaster@ap.org ( The Associated Press) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:29:24 -0500

RAINELLE, W.Va. -- Police are investigating the deaths of three men whose bodies were found in their Greenbrier County home.The Greenbrier County Sheriffs Department identified the victims as 80-year-old Lacy Osborne and his sons, Michael Osborne and Davy ...

Authorities investigate series of fires in Logan

webmaster@ap.org ( The Associated Press) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:04:27 -0500

LOGAN, W.Va. -- Authorities are investigating a series of suspicious fires that have damaged several buildings in Logan.Media outlets report that two fires in the last week have been ruled as arsons. One occurred at the Knowles Animal Hospital and anot...

Cops: Berkeley man shot son, set fire before suicide

webmaster@ap.org ( The Associated Press) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:03:59 -0500

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. -- Authorities believe an Eastern Panhandle man shot his 9-year-old son to death and set their home on fire before killing himself last month in Glengary.State Police Sgt. J.D. Burkhart tells media outlets theres no reason to think a...

Buckhannon teen charged with trying to arrange beating

webmaster@ap.org ( The Associated Press) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:33:50 -0500

BUCKHANNON, W.Va. -- Police have charged a Buckhannon-Upshur High School senior with trying to hire a fellow student for $75 to beat up a boy. The Record Delta says 18-year-Jeffrey Saltis of Buckhannon was charged Tuesday with contributing to the deli...

TV anchor faces revoked license charge

(Staff reports) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:09:34 -0500

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A local television news anchor was arrested recently after allegedly driving on a revoked license from a previous driving under the influence conviction.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Members of the Kanawha County Sheriffs Department drug unit seized about $20,000 worth of narcotics and cash at a home in St. Albans on Wednesday.

State Police drop nonemergency code request

webmaster@ap.org ( The Associated Press) — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 08:38:55 -0500

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The West Virginia State Police has dropped plans for a statewide nonemergency number that the public could call to obtain information from law enforcement.The agency asked the state Public Service Commission in November to give it excl...

Two Pikeville players injured in W.Va. bar brawl

webmaster@ap.org ( The Associated Press) — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:17:22 -0500

WILLIAMSON, W.Va. -- Williamson police are investigating a brawl outside a night club that left two University of Pikeville football players injured.Police tell media outlets that more than 50 people were involved in the fight early Sunday morning outside ...

Man fatally shot by trooper at Mercer County cemetery

webmaster@ap.org ( The Associated Press) — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:16:48 -0500

BLUEWELL, W.Va. -- West Virginia State Police say a man was reaching for a rifle when a trooper fatally shot him at a cemetery in Mercer County.The shooting occurred Sunday at Woodlawn Cemetery in Bluewell. State Police troopers and Mercer County sheriffs ...

City man faces intent to deliver crack charge

(Staff reports) — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:50:47 -0500

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A Charleston man was arrested Monday and charged with possession with intent to deliver crack cocaine. Melvin Peters, 24, allegedly sold an unspecified quantity of crack cocaine in Charleston to a confidential informant who was wo...

Third arrest in Boone hostage case

(Staff reports) — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 11:49:33 -0500

YAWKEY, W.Va. -- Police arrested a third person late Saturday in connection with a Monday hostage case in Morrisvale, the Boone County Sheriffs Department said. The sheriffs department arrested Darrell McNeely, 40, of Julian and filed felony cha...

Man dies in hit-and-run accident, police say

(Staff reports) — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 18:32:02 -0500

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- An Elkview man died in what polices say was a hit-and-run accident on Elk River Road Friday evening.

The Kanawha County Sheriffs Office is investiga...

Elderly man pleads guilty to murdering wife

webmaster@ap.org ( The Associated Press) — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 12:22:56 -0500

BLUEFIELD, W.Va. -- A 71-year-old Lindside man has pleaded guilty to killing his wife and step-daughter.WVAA-TV in Bluefield reports that Gerald Allison entered a plea to first-degree murder for the 2011 shooting death of his wife, 65-year old Dorothy M...

Woman found dead, man unconscious in Chester

webmaster@ap.org ( The Associated Press) — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:32:26 -0500

CHESTER, W.Va. -- Chester Police Chief Ken Thorn said there was strong smell of gas in a house where authorities found a woman dead and a man unconscious.An autopsy is scheduled today to determine the cause of death.Thorn told WTOV-TV that officers wen...

State board upholds quarry permit, with conditions

webmaster@ap.org ( The Associated Press) — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:39:22 -0500

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. -- A new shale quarry is expected to open near Gerrardstown in the spring after a state board upheld its permit.The West Virginia Surface Mine Boards order came Wednesday in an appeal of North Mountain Shale LLCs permit by Potomac Riverk...

West Side shooting victim ‘less than cooperative'

(Travis Crum) — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:19:50 -0500

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A Charleston man told police he was shot Friday morning on the citys West Side -- but police cant find the exact spot where the shooting happened. Braheem Jamal Griffin, 18, of Charleston, told police someone shot him in the cal...

Mason sheriff seeks re-election despite criminal charges

(Travis Crum) — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:42:51 -0500

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Mason County Sheriff David Anthony filed for re-election Thursday as county commissioners readied a petition to remove him from office. Anthony, 42, of Point Pleasant, is being paid by the county but has not returned to work as sh...

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