MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Visitors to two Eastern Panhandle hospitals will soon have to check in and wear a badge while they are on the hospital campus.WVU Hospitals East made the announcement this week.
Berkeley Medical and Jefferson Medical Centers will implement the new visitor badging system starting Monday.
A press release from WVU Hospitals East explains the process:
All visitors age 18 and older will be required to check in and wear a visible badge while on campus.
The initiative is aimed at

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Safety in Monongalia County Schools is a top priority and constant concern for the Director of Safe Schools and Athletics, Adam Henkins.
Adam Henkins
Henkins said the system tries to mitigate disputes or situations that could boil over before they do. In the background, officials review facilities and develop response plans in case the worst-case scenario should play out.
“We’re trying to be preventive instead of reactive, and both of those go hand-in-hand,” Henkins said on

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — WVU’s next provost is getting set to arrive in Morgantown.
Beverly Wendland
The WVU Board of Governors met incoming Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs Beverly Wendland for the first time during its meeting Friday.
Wendland, an accomplished cell biologist, most recently served as senior advisor to the chancellor at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri; she begins work in Morgantown July 1. Before her official start, she’ll lead the national search for a new

CHAPMANVILLE, W.Va. — A complaint about drug activity leads to two arrests in Logan County.
Chad Williams
State Police say they were in
formed about possible drug activity at a home on Morning Glory Drive in Chapmanville on Saturday. They also were informed some individuals may be held against their will inside the home.
Troopers raided the home and arrested the home’s resident, Chad Williams, 49, of Chapmanville. They also arrested Rolland Reddick, 30, of Canton, Ohio. Police recovered a

SISSONVILLE, W.Va. — A fire in Kanawha County sent one person to the hospital.
The blaze was reported around 11 a.m. Saturday at a home on Sissonville Drive in the Sissonville community. Firemen found the garage fully involved in flames when they arrived. Neighbors reported hearing multiple explosions prior to noticing the fire.
The fire spread into the home before it could be brought under control.
One person inside the home suffered burn injuries and was taken to a local hospital for

Daniel Totten
BARBOURSVILLE, W.Va. — A Barboursville man is behind bars after he refused to pull over for police and barricaded inside his home.
Barboursville Police attempted to pull over Daniel Totten for a traffic violation. Instead he fled police and led them on a short chase to his home on Main Street in Barboursville. Police say he ran into the home and refused to come out.
Members of the Barboursville Police, Cabell County Sheriff’s Department, and State Police set up a perimeter to wait

BUCKHANNON, W.Va. — A Buffalo, New York man has been arrested for attempting to run a scam in Upshur County.
Naymat Ulla
Sheriff Mike Coffman said his department was notified of the scam during a fraud investigation at a local bank. The information was relayed to the state Attorney General’s office investigators.
The Sheriff’s deputies were able to make contact with the scammers and arrange a money drop. The first scheduled meeting was to have been Friday, but the scammers postponed the pickup

KANAWHA COUNTY, W.Va. –Kanawha County Schools custodian Art Lane says he is speaking out against the job cuts the district is facing because he is concerned about their impact on students.
“I’m concerned about the students eventually coming to dirty schools, unsafe schools because they have cut so many custodians, and like I said the buildings are not shrinking, the buildings are the exact same size,” Lane said on MetroNews Midday last week.
The district announced last week it plans to cut