MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The trial of a Cheat Lake resident accused of killing his wife has been continued to April 28 in Monongalia County Circuit Court.
Rick Cordes
Rick Allen Cordes has been charged with first degree murder in connection with the April 19, 2024 shooting at their Falling Water Lane home. Detectives from the Monongalia County Sheriff’s Department learned Cordes and his wife, Jennifer Haribar had been seen at at least two Cheat Lake bars fighting with Cordes being the instigator.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The House of Delegates passed a bill Monday that supporters say will provide a permanent funding source for Emergency Medical Services statewide.
Joe Statler
Del. Joe Statler, R-Monongalia, the bill’s chief sponsor, said after years of attempts at getting consensus, this group of delegates passed a bill with permanent funding from EMS using profits from the West Virginia Lottery.
HB 5168 says at the end of each fiscal year lottery profits will be used to create a $6 million

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — More than 200 Berkeley County high school students received various forms of discipline from school officials after walking out of class last week as part of ICE protests.
Ryan Saxe
The protests occurred last Monday-Wednesday at Spring Mills, Martinsburg and Hedgesville high schools.
Berkeley County School Superintendent Ryan Saxe told the Panhandle News Network Monday that out of the 99 students who protested at Spring Mills, 91 received in-school detention, four students

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The state Senate Judiciary Committee is due for a busy week as it takes up discussion on several bills relating to child welfare and Child Protective Services.
In preparation for those discussions, the committee welcomed concerned community members to voice their opinions during Monday’s committee meeting.
Tom Willis
“We know that there are stories. We want to hear your stories, and as we go through the bills this week on CPS and child welfare, what you share with us this

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A Kanawha County murder trial will not go forward next week after the defendant recently obtained new counsel.
Jacob Fields appeared before Circuit Court Judge Maryclaire Akers on Monday as Judge Akers continued his trial until April 20. Fields is charged with first-degree murder in the 2025 shooting death of Tiffany Adkins outside the Sheetz convenience store in Kanawha City.
The trial was initially scheduled to begin on Monday, previously delayed because two of the

Today on MetroNews This Morning:
–Winter lets us know it’s not done yet
–A couple of murder arrests from the weekend
–The tug of war over the Hope Scholarship will continue
–In Sports:for Team USA hockey, it’s like a return to 1980
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NITRO, W.Va. — A McDowell County man charged with being naked inside Mardi Gras Casino in Nitro Sunday morning is being held on a murder charge from McDowell County.
Thomas Lawson (WVRJA)
Thomas Jeffrey Lawson Jr., 33, of Iaeger, allegedly came up to a Nitro police officer in the casino at about 1 a.m. Sunday, yelled an obscenity and ran, he had no clothes on. The officer tackled him and took him into custody.
McDowell County Sheriff James Muncy told several media outlets Lawson is named in a