Man dies following head-on crash in Upshur County

BRIDGEPORT, W.Va (WDTV) - Operations are still underway to recover the bodies and clear the wreckage of a Marion County plane crash. Kenny Gump didn’t see the crash but he heard it. “Oh yeah it was louder than thunder -- I mean it was loud it was like a...

METZ, W.Va (WDTV) - An aircraft has crashed on Stiles Fork Rd. in the outskirts of Marion County. Marion County Emergency officials tell 5 News initial reports of the crash came in at 7:15 p.m. There is no word of injuries yet, or the size of the aircraft. A 5...

BRIDGEPORT, W.Va (WDTV) - An accident on E. Main St. in Bridgeport shut down the roadway for about an hour. The accident, which involved two vehicles, happened around 2 p.m. Thursday in the 2600 block of E. Main St., according to the Harrison County 911 Center. Bridgeport Fire Chief told...

JANE LEW, W.Va (WDTV) - No injuries were reported in a fire that took fire crews several hours to contain. The call for the fire on Whisper Lane came in around 10:30 p.m. Wednesday, according to the Harrison County 911 Center. The home was reportedly occupied at the time, but...

BRIDGEPORT, W.Va (WDTV) - Multiple crews responded to two water rescues in Harrison County Wednesday night. The first rescue happened around 7:20 p.m. on Beech Hollow Rd. just outside of Bridgeport, according to the Harrison County 911 Center. Responding crews included Taylor County EMS and Boothsville and Grafton Fire Departments.

CLARKSBURG, W.Va (WDTV) - Clarksburg Police Department shared on Facebook they are attempting to locate a missing juvenile, Luscion Michael Hosey, 17, last seen on August 4 between 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. on S. 5th Street and Taft Street in Clarksburg. Hosey is described as a white male, 5′10,...

THORNTON, W.Va (WDTV) - A Taylor County man has been charged after officers said he murdered a man at a Thornton home. Officers were dispatched to investigate an incident at a home on Thomas Farm Rd. around 11 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 10, according to a criminal complaint. Police said...

NUTTER FORT, W.Va (WDTV) - A scout is doing a community project to earn his wings. Mother Goose Land Kindergarten in Nutter Fort is in need of a new sidewalk. Ryan Tichnell is from Lumberport, and he’s been in Troop 59 for 6 years. He’s working on fixing the...

CHEAT LAKE, W.Va (WDTV) - A semi-truck fire on I-68 has shut down the westbound lanes of traffic. Officials with the Monongalia County 911 Center told 5 News the fire is around mile marker 9. The westbound lanes of traffic are shut down, and the eastbound lanes are slowly moving...

BRIDGEPORT, W.Va (WDTV) - Retta Jean West, 95, of Clarksburg, passed away Friday morning, August 12, 2022, in the Pierpont Center in Fairmont. She was born in Clarksburg on October 11, 1926, the only child of Russell Goff West and Retta Virginia (Myers) West.She is survived by several cousins on both the West Family and the Myers Family.In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her best friend, Mary Daniels.Retta Jean was a graduate of the West Virginia Business College. She had worked at the Union National Bank for over 45 years. She was a member of the Stealey United Methodist Church and the Women’s Circle, and the Union Bank Retirees.Condolences for the West Family may be left at burnsidefuneralhome.comFriends will be received at Burnside Funeral Home, 607 S. Virginia Avenue, Bridgeport, from 12 Noon – 1 p.m. on Tuesday, with a Graveside Service immediately following the visitation at Bridgeport Cemetery with Reverend Michael Burge presiding.

CLARKSBURG, W.Va (WDTV) - Detectives with the Clarksburg Police Department are warning people about ongoing purse thefts and a gift card scam happening at the East Pointe Kroger. There are at least two different groups of people that are targeting older women at Kroger on Emily Drive, according to Detective...

MORGANTOWN, W.Va (WDTV) - The Morgantown Police Department is warning drivers of congested traffic this weekend due to students moving back for the start of classes at WVU. The MPD posted the map below showing where the most heavily congested streets will be once the school year begins. In addition,...

BRIDGEPORT, W.Va (WDTV) - A mainline water break in Morgantown caused some trouble for residents and businesses. The busted pipe also led to a gas leak, leaving over 100 people without water today in the Sabraton area. Now, they’re under a boil water advisory. The break happened right on Green...

NICHOLAS COUNTY, W.Va (WDTV) - A Florida man was arrested in Nicholas County after officers said he abducted a teenage girl from Pennsylvania. Thomas E. Grossman III, 47, of Tampa, allegedly traveled from Florida to Pennsylvania and abducted a 14-year-old girl, according to a release from the Nicholas County Sheriff’s Office.

CLARKSBURG, W.Va (WDTV) - A former WVU basketball player was arrested by the U.S. Marshals Service on an extradition request from Greece, officials said. Brian Casey Mitchell, 34, is accused of raping a female in 2011, according to U.S. Marshal Terry Moore. The woman was looking for her daughter while...

BRIDGEPORT, W.Va (WDTV) - The Carl Hopkins Aviation Expo is a now annual event all that was started with an idea to give back. It was founded in 2021 and named after the man who started the fist model aviation club in Clarksburg. His legacy lives on through people like...

GLENVILLE, W.Va (WDTV) - Glenville State University will soon host its annual gathering at Lambert’s Vintage Wines in Weston. Alumni and friends are invited to gather on Wednesday, Aug. 24 for the sixth annual GSU Night at Lambert’s Vintage Wines. The event is set to begin at 5...

BUCKHANNON, W.Va (WDTV) - The City of Buckhannon planned to make an expansion to the Stockert Youth and Community Center. Mayor of the city Robbie Skinner compared the youth center to YMCA. Members of the youth center board held a meeting on August 11 to tell residents more about this...

BRIDGEPORT, W.Va (WDTV) - Today was a big improvement from yesterday, where the day started off nice then quickly went downhill with heavy rain along a cold front. None of that today... conditions have only improved as the day has progressed. Tonight, low temperatures will fall into the low 50s for the first time in a while, with some of the higher elevations potentially into the upper 40s. Some patchy fog in the river valleys is expected early tomorrow morning. Cumulus clouds will steadily increase throughout the day tomorrow, but they won’t be producing any rain until early Sunday morning. The chance of showers will exist for the rest of Sunday, but chances are very low, and any rain that does fall is expected to be very light, amounting to less than a tenth of an inch. We’re moreso looking at Monday and Tuesday for rain, with the addition of thunderstorms, arising in the afternoons and evenings. Even these storms aren’t expected to produce more than an inch of rain over the two-day period. We’ll be watching this carefully though, as things could evolve as we get closer to the start of the work week. Temperatures today were below average, and highs will be remaining below average through the foreseeable future.

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.