Lost Creek, WV

CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (WBOY) — A mother and her preteen daughter were shocked on Sunday when they went to use the restroom at the Kroger on Emily Drive in Clarksburg and found an unattended handgun in the stall. While the presence of the gun may be shocking, gun safety websites say that finding a gun in […]

FAIRMONT, W.Va. (WBOY) — A massive estate sale in Fairmont is being billed as a “decorator’s dream.” The owners of Heston Farm are downsizing their collection of items from their business and personal collections, and the proceeds will benefit WV Caring Hospice, according to a press release sent Wednesday. The collection is described in the […]

CLARKSBURG, W.Va (WDTV) - For the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic, the West Virginia Italian Heritage Festival is returning to Clarksburg. On Wednesday, the Harrison County Commission granted festival organizers $3,000 in funding. County Commissioner David Hinkle says the festival is not only a staple for Clarksburg but for...

BRIDGEPORT, W.Va (WDTV) - Clarksburg Water Board customers will have an opportunity to receive free water for six months as an incentive for returning a survey. The CWB will be mailing out surveys to determine the composition of customer-side service lines and where people most at risk of complications from lead exposures are located at.

CLARKSBURG, W.Va (WDTV) - An inmate at Federal Corrections Institution Gilmer was sentenced on Monday for a threat charge, officials said. Shawn L. Price, 42, was sentenced to 5 years behind bars, according to United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld. Price pleaded guilty in May to one count of “Transmitting Threatening...

JANE LEW, W.Va. (WBOY) — The Fruitful Market opened its doors for business about a month ago, after Hannah Furby and her husband jumped at the opportunity when the building went up for sale. The Furby family had always wanted to open a produce and meat market, and they felt that this was their chance. […]

JANE LEW, W.Va. (WBOY) — A man has been charged for allegedly keeping a woman captive at gunpoint in a camper in Lewis County. On Friday, deputies with the Lewis County Sheriff’s Department responded to a reported hostage incident at a camper located on Westfield Road in Jane Lew, according to a criminal complaint. Prior […]

SALEM, W.Va. (WBOY) — James McManus spends much of his time traveling between Pennsylvania and Parkersburg via Interstate 79 and U.S. Route 50. One day, he decided to change up his stopping point. “I typically stop in Clarksburg at a rest area to walk my dogs,” McManus said. “I bypassed that and decided to pull […]

FAIRMONT, W.Va. (WBOY) — The Marion County Commission honored an Army National Guard veteran at its meeting on Wednesday. Toby Heaney received a proclamation for his service. The West Virginia native served from January 1997 to October 2021 in the Army National Guard. Most of that time was as an active-duty artilleryman. Heaney is a graduate of […]

BUCKHANNON, W.Va (WDTV) - A non-profit group provides free flights to those in need of medical treatment. George Tenney, from Buckhannon, is a cancer patient at Cancer Treatment Center of America in Chicago. He’s flown more than 100 times with Angel Flights East, a group that provides free flights for...

WESTON, W.Va – After a two-year streak of playoff appearances was snapped in 2020, a 2-8 finish in 2021 left the Lewis County Minutemen short of the postseason for the second year in a row. A large contingent of sophomore and junior contributors are now juniors and seniors and the focus for fall camp so […]

JUNIOR, W.Va. — A woman has been charged after allegedly setting an empty building in Lewis County on fire “because people were talking down to her.” On July 27, first responders arrived at the scene of a structure fire on Jackson Street in Junior which had not been occupied for “a few years,” according to […]

BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. (WBOY) — Sixty-eight golfers teed off at the Bridgeport Country Club on Wednesday to take part in the U.S. Mid-Amateur Qualifier. The top three golfers from the event will qualify for the U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship held in Erin, Wisconsin from Sept. 10 through Sept. 15. “It’s exciting not only for these golfers locally […]

BRIDGEPORT, W.Va (WDTV) - Wednesday was a big day for the United Way of Harrison and Doddridge Counties. The organization was given a proclamation by the Harrison County Commission marking Aug. 8, 2022 as United Way Day. On top of that honor, they welcomed a new campaign chair for the...

FAIRMONT, W.Va. (WBOY) — A mobile lung cancer screening unit is coming to Marion County.   LUCAS is a state-of-the-art service from WVU Medicine that offers low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) scans. In West Virginia, more people die of lung cancer than colorectal, prostate, and breast cancer combined. LUCAS travels to the 42 counties in the […]

CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (WBOY) — The United Way of Harrison and Doddridge Counties (UWHDC) announced in late July it has teamed up with “ultimate advocate” Wayne Worth. The UWHDC said in a press release Worth will be its 2023 Campaign Chair, and that together, it hopes to raise $780,000 to support its 20 partner agencies as […]

JUNIOR, W.Va (WDTV) - A woman set fire to a home in Barbour County home last month after she allegedly told officers “people were talking down to her.”. Officers responded to a structure fire in Junior just after 11:30 a.m. on July 27, according to a criminal complaint. The...

WESTON, W.Va. (WBOY) — A Weston woman’s efforts to restore the Old Hill Cemetery have earned her the Historic Landscape Restoration Award, presented through the Preserve WV AmeriCorps program. The city’s Vice-Mayor Sherry Rogers said in a press release Tuesday that Anna Cardelli took an interest in the cemetery when she moved to Weston, and […]

FAIRMONT, W.Va (WDTV) - A local church has been trying to rebuild, but now they need more help. “If you can see the church behind me; its leaning, and its old, and its not safe to be in, but the Lord’s holding it up until we get it built,” said Pastor Paul Mitchell.

BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. (WV News) — All Saints Catholic Church in Bridgeport is celebrating its 75th Anniversary as a parish and will be the site of a free concert at 4 p.m. Sept. 11 featuring the internationally known ecumenical gospel choir Composition of Praise from Washington, D.C. Musical lovers and...