FAIRMONT, W.Va. — One-time alleged Pagans Motorcycle Club leader Ryan Lane will receive no jail time after pleading guilty to a charge of “organized criminal enterprise” as part of the 2022 Marion County murder case of Henry Silver.
Ryan Lane
Lane was sentenced to five years of probation and ordered to pay a $10,000 fine along with court costs as part of a ruling by Marion County Circuit Judge Patrick Wilson on Wednesday, less than three months after agreeing to a plea deal for the single felony

GRAFTON, W.Va. — A Taylor County woman is in custody for allegedly allowing her stepdaughter to be malnourished to the point of death.
Taylor County Sheriff Randy Durrett said Shannon Robinson, 51, of Graton, was arrested Wednesday morning after an almost year-long investigation into the death of an 11-year-old girl who weighed just 43 pounds.
Shannon Robinson (WVRJA)
Durrett said were called to when called to a home on Nector Street in Grafton last February.
He said deputies responded to a call

CHARELSTON, W.Va. — Kanawha County’s Chief Health Officer said this year’s strain of the flu has turned out to be worse than expected.
“It has been a real butt-kicker as some of the patients have told me. I’m talking some really young, healthy men are telling me they hurt all over and can’t even go to work,” said Dr. Steven Eshenaur.
The strain which is spreading rapidly with person to person contact is H3N2. According to Eshenaur it comes with not only aches, pains, and fever, but also stomach

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory for the higher elevations of West Virginia for the next 24 hours. The advisory is for parts of Pocahontas, Randolph, and Webster Counties from 4 p.m. Wednesday through 1 p.m. Thursday.
“It’s in the higher elevations, the mountains and eastern part of the state. For those areas we’re expecting anywhere from two to four inches of snow,” said Meteorologist Joe Curtis at the National Weather Service office in

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — NIOSH jobs have been reinstated.
The federal workers union, American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) Local 3840, announced the development late Wednesday morning.
NIOSH has a large facility in Morgantown where several thousand workers lost their jobs through DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency) moves not long after President Donald Trump took office last year.
AFGE said after nine months of sustained organizing and collective action, layoffs within the Centers

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – With the 2026 regular legislative session underway, West Virginia Superintendent of Schools Paul Hardesty wants lawmakers to do something about the state’s school aid formula.
Paul Hardesty
During the state Board of Education’s meeting on Wednesday, Hardesty took aim at the formula’s “1400 rule,” which sets a minimum for the funding that county school systems can receive.
“The 1400 model says basically if you have less than 1400 students, you’re going to get additional