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Clarksburg, WV

CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (WV News) — A 35-year-old Clarksburg man who continues to drive under the influence despite having been convicted in a 2014 DUI with death is headed to prison. Harrison County Chief Judge Christopher J. McCarthy sentenced Edwin Lynn Mayo Jr. to 2-5 years in prison for felony...

Clarksburg man with DUI with death in his past continues to drive under influence, gets prison

CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (WV News) — A Clarksburg man who has served federal prison time on two prior occasions for drug crimes has been charged with three counts of felony drug possession by Mountaineer Highway Interdiction Team South. Two members of the unit were injured when Jo-El Rene Torres resisted...

Clarksburg man — 2-time prior drug felon — hit with new felony drug possession charges

Virginia State

Gypsy, WV

GYPSY, W.Va. (WV News) — Two area 19-year-olds were arrested in connection with a May 19 dri…

Abigail Rose Nestor

Grafton, WV

GRAFTON, W.Va. (WV News) — A Grafton man was back in Taylor County Circuit Court to plead guilty to a felony firearm charge. Twenty-nine-year-old Dallas Ray Sheme was initially indicted by the Taylor County grand jury on one count of person prohibited from possessing a firearm. The charge carried with it a potential determinant sentence of up to five years.

Sheme sentenced in Taylor County Circuit Court

CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (WV News) — United Way of Harrison and Doddridge Counties Executive Director Brad Riffee, Clarksburg City Council members Wayne Worth and Will Hyman and others volunteered their time and effort Wednesday to clean up the streets of downtown Clarksburg. The United Way hosted a trash and litter...

United Way of Harrison and Doddridge Counties hosts litter cleanup in Clarksburg

West Virginia State

Bridgeport, WV

BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. (WV News) — Barry Balon is one of five candidates running for Bridgeport City Council. Voters will be asked to select two candidates.

Barry Balon: Candidate for Bridgeport (West Virginia) City Council

CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (WV News) — Downtown Clarksburg’s First Friday event for June will honor West Virginia’s 160th birthday. “All the First Friday events have a theme, and June’s is West Virginia because West Virginia Day is June 20,” First Friday Committee Co-Chair Mike Spatafore said.

First Friday in June to celebrate West Virginia's 160th birthday

BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. (WV News) — Brian Kemmerer is one of five candidates running for Bridgeport City Council. Voters will be asked to select two candidates.

Brian Kemmerer: Candidate for Bridgeport (West Virginia) City Council

BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. (WV News) — Don Burton is one of five candidates running for Bridgeport City Council. Voters will be asked to select two candidates.

Don Burton: Candidate for Bridgeport (West Virginia) City Council

Buckhannon, WV

BUCKHANNON, W.Va. (WV News) — Officials had a few tense moments in Buckhannon on Thursday, as a natural gas leak required the evacuation of a limited area. By 9:15 a.m., however, the all clear had been given after repairs were made, and the area at Walgreens, Community Care and the Peoples Bank was back open, according to Randy Sanders, city recorder and information coordinator.

Update: All clear given in Buckhannon after gas leak repaired

BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. (WV News) — WVU Medicine United Hospital Center is partnering with non-profit blood services organization Vitalant to host a blood drive. The event will be held Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at The Bridge Sports Complex in Citynet Center Court 1, located at 400 Forrester Boulevard, Bridgeport.

WVU Medicine United Hospital Center to host blood drive

Bridgeport Lions Club meeting, 6:30 p.m., Benedum Civic Center, 164 W. Main St., Bridgeport. President John Vash, 304-476-7503.

Calendar of Events for Thursday

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Mountain Lake Park, MD

MOUNTAIN LAKE PARK — On Saturday, June 24, the Mountain Laurel Garden Club will host its Country Gardens Tour from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. (rain or shine, no pets). The tour features two gardens in the Paradise Point area of Deep Creek Lake, a fern and host garden in Mountain Lake Park, and a flower farm off Gorman Road (Route 560).

'Serenity Falls' on garden tour

TENNERTON, W.Va. (WV News) — The Region I team in this year's North/South All-Star softball games at the Buffalo High School softball complex next Thursday, June 8 will feature a heavy local influence. Helmed by the coach Levi Bender's Buckhannon-Upshur coaching staff consisting of assistants Tiffany Board, Jordan Hart,...

B-U, Grafton feature heavily on Region I All-Star softball team

West Liberty, WV

West Union, WV

WEST UNION, W.Va. (WV News) — The football careers of Logan McCartney and Braylon Hilliard are far from over. As McCartney heads to West Liberty and Hilliard signs with Glenville State, both players will have a chance to keep playing the sport that they love. Instead, this weekend’s Battle Against Cystic Fibrosis All-Star Football Game is one of the last times they will play at the high school level.

McCartney and Hilliard set to represent RCB in BACF all-star game

Pennsylvania State

Morgantown, WV

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WV News) — To those who have had the pleasure to watch West Virginia’s JJ Wetherholt dominate the Big 12 as he became the conference’s Player of the Year, he has become the “Hit Man.”. But to the man who coached Wetherholt his final...

JJ Wetherholt enters NCAAs as more than just a hitter

GRAFTON, W.Va. (WV News) — Grafton baseball standout Ben Louzy has been selected to play in the annual North-South all-star game on June 4 at George Washington High School after an outstanding senior campaign in which he helped guide coach Bartsel Keener’s team to a 7-13 overall record.

Grafton baseball standout Ben Louzy selected to play in North-South game

CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (WV News) — Buckhannon-Upshur's Zach Calef-Boring is set to cap off a decorated prep high school baseball career by headlining a group of 12 local players set to represent the North in the annual North/South All-Star baseball doubleheader starting at 12 p.m. this Sunday, June 4 at George Washington High School.

B-U's Zach Caleb-Boring headlines group of 12 local players in annual North/South All-Star baseball game

Indiana State

West Virginia's baseball team will face Indiana in the Lexington Regional of the NCAA tournament on Friday, June 2. The Mountaineers (39-18) were one of 34 at-large selections to earn a spot in the 64-team field on Monday, joining 30 automatic qualifiers who won their conference championships. WVU is a...

WVU to face Indiana in NCAA Baseball regional

West Virginia will play in the Lexington Regional of the 2023 NCAA Baseball Championship along with host and No. 1 regional seed Kentucky, No. 3 Indiana and No. 4 Ball State. The Mountaineers and Hoosiers will square off on Friday, June 2, at Kentucky Proud Park, with first pitch coming at 7 p.m. No. 1 seed Kentucky will play No. 4 seed Ball State at noon at the same venue.

Scouting WVU's NCAA regional foes

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Fairmont Police: 22-year-old man dead of apparent homicide at Fairmont Hills Apartments

FAIRMONT, W.Va. (WV News) — A 22-year-old man was found dead at the Fairmont Hills...

Fairmont Police: 22-year-old man dead of apparent homicide at Fairmont Hills Apartments

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