CRIME & SAFETY
19-year-old killed in late night shooting
Bellaire, OH — 21-year-old Brian Melott has been arrested on charges of murder in Belmont County. On Saturday evening, the Bellaire Police Department responded to the area of 700 41st Street apartments for shots fired. The 19-year-old victim was found with a single gunshot wound to the chest. Officers and EMS provided medical attention to the victim, who later passed away. Melott is being held in the Belmont County jail on a charge of murder without bail. A court proceeding is anticipated this Monday, and the investigation is still ongoing.
Garage fire damages three buildings in McMechen
MCMECHEN, W.Va. (WTRF) — Crews from three Marshall County departments responded to a large garage fire Sunday evening. The McMechen Volunteer Fire Department says a fiberglass carport caught fire at a home on 7th Street at around 7:30 p.m. No one was injured, but the blaze destroyed the carport and damaged the home and two […]
Two of West Virginia’s worst mine disasters happened 10 years apart on same date
CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) – West Virginia’s long history of coal mining does not come without tragedy, and two of the deadliest mining disasters happened just 10 years apart on the same date. The date was April 28. On that day in 1914, 183 miners lost their lives in an explosion at a mine in Eccles […]
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