A Ritchie County State Trooper was struck this weekend by a suspected drunk driver while speaking to the driver of another car he had pulled over. The officer is recovering in the Intensive Care Unit at a Charleston Area Hospital and is expected to make a full recovery. Police say that while it is rare […]

An Oakton, Va., man pleaded guilty yesterday in court to driving under the influence during the events that led to the death of a 20-year-old Hagerstown student on the West Virginia University campus in Morgantown on February 27. The 20-year-old student died from head trauma after jumping onto the bumper of the defendant’s car and […]

A blast at a West Virginia coal mine killed twenty-five workers and left four people unaccounted for on Monday afternoon. Officials do not yet know the cause of the blast, but say it may be the worst mining accident in two decades. According to sources familiar with the case, the plant had a history of […]