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Woman arrested for selling drugs in Lost Creek
BRIDGEPORT, W.Va (WDTV) - Police made an arrest last night after finding a woman selling drugs in Lost Creek. Police went to a home in the area, and found two people with marijuana on the scene. Upon investigation, they found a large amount of methamphetamine in an outbuilding on the...
Harrison County judge grants injunction in Lincoln Middle School athletes suspension case
A hearing for a preliminary injunction is underway for a group of Lincoln Middle School track athletes who were barred from competing by the school after protesting a ruling in the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals that blocked West Virginia's Save Women's Sports Act.
Local VA nurse wins DAISY Award for extraordinary patient care
CLARKSBURG, W.Va (WDTV) - The Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center honored Kathy Ellis with the DAISY Award Friday afternoon. The DAISY Award is given out four times a year at the VA, and is part of the DAISY Foundation’s program to honor nurses and share gratitude for all that they do.
ToquiNotes: He's "Just a Mailman," but Kirk Cistaro Changed a Small Corner of the World in Buckhannon
It was the spring of 2014, and it was graduation day at Notre Dame High School. The guest speaker that day was my near lifelong friend Kirk Cistaro who just so happened to be a NDHS Alum from the Class of 1985. Among the members of the graduating class was...
First Friday at the Clarksburg History Museum
CLARKSBURG, W.Va (WDTV) -Today is First Friday in Clarksburg, and the Clarksburg History Museum is joining the fun. For First Friday, the museum will be featuring exhibits about infamous Clarksburg serial killer “Harry Powers” and famous UFO writer Gray Barker, who is originally from Braxton County. Officials are glad Friday festivities give them and others a spotlight.
Victim injured in hit and run
NUTTER FORT, W.Va (WDTV) - Multiple agencies responded to a hit and run on Maryland Avenue in Nutter Fort Thursday evening. Harrison County 911 officials say the call came in at 8:33 p.m. Officials say the victim was hit riding a small motorcycle. They say the victim was transported to...
Rain Showers Return for the Weekend
BRIDGEPORT, W.Va (WDTV) - Temperatures will remain mild today, but rain showers also return as we enter an active-weather pattern for at least the next week. With temperatures on the rise, scattered showers and thunderstorms can begin at any time from this afternoon into this evening. As a cold front crosses, conditions will cool down with only scattered rain chances for most of the weekend. There are no severe weather threats at the moment for the weekend, but with more rain chances in store next week flooding concerns will rise later in the week. Michael Moranelli has the details in your First Alert Forecast.
New food pantry opens in Philippi
PHILIPPI, W.Va (WDTV) - A new food pantry has opened in Philippi’s business district. Bless This Food opened their doors for the first time to the public Wednesday with a ribbon cutting ceremony and a public reception. The pantry gets its food from the Mountaineer Food Bank in Gassaway...
How Philippi’s new semi-pro football team came together
Back in January, the fate of the former Alderson Broaddus University (AB) campus in Philippi was still up in the air. Less than six months later, not only has the site reopened as a commercial facility, but one of its tenants is West Virginia's newest semi-professional football team, the Appalachian Thunder.
Broadband Funding Theft Case Sparks Fraud Alert
As the state embarks on a massive, federally-funded broadband project, a Morgantown internet service provider is facing federal broadband fund theft charges. The criminal case alleges that Timothy Chad Henson, owner of Monongalia County internet service provider Clearfiber, Inc., defrauded the federal government for more than a quarter million dollars.
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