MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A Monongalia County man who was arrested for the shooting death of his wife will plead guilty to a murder charge.
Rick Cordes, 52, of Morgantown, has agreed to plead guilty to second-degree murder for the shooting death of Jennifer Hribar back in April 2024, which will include a sentence of 30 years in prison. Cordes formally accepted the plea in front of Judge Perri Jo DeChristopher inside Monongalia County Circuit Court on Tuesday, where close to a dozen of Hribar’s family

FAYETTEVILLE, W.Va. — Fayette County Emergency Services Director Jack Kincaid says flooded out communities in his county are in need of the most basic in necessities.
“We’re working on getting them, to start with, water, then food and then cleaning supplies,” Kincaid told MetroNews Tuesday.
Damage assessments are also underway. The county took a hit with two storms Sunday. Kincaid said they now have a better idea of where the most significant damage occurred.
“Armstrong Creek was hit pretty bad.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Patrick Morrisey issued a State of Emergency declaration for all 55 West Virginia counties Tuesday after the latest batch of storms swept through the state.
Heavy rainfall ripped through West Virginia from Sunday through Tuesday, causing widespread flooding and damages to communities. A woman died in Fayette County floodwaters. This declaration remains in effect for 30 days unless action is taken beforehand. A State of Emergency declaration gives agencies at the state

BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. — Heavy rains and flash flooding swept through Harrison and portions of southern Marion County Monday, delaying the start of the school year for some and causing serious damage.
Rescue in the Boothsville areaPhoto: Barry Bledsoe
Harrison County Commissioner Patsy Trecost said damage across the area is widespread and water was still receding Tuesday. The extent of the damage is unknown right now, but crews are working to make assessments and check on people in rural areas of the

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Ten Kanawha County schools will remain closed the first three days of the new school year beginning Wednesday following widespread flash flooding.
Paula Potter
Kanawha County School Superintendent Paula Potter said the decision was made to close the schools in the Riverside High School attendance area in eastern Kanawha County.
Potter said she believes delaying the start of the school year for those families will help them as they try to navigate through flood damage.
“My

Senator Jim Justice says talk of The Greenbrier Hotel’s decline has been exaggerated, and he thinks much of that can be put to rest following a $500 million financial deal.
“People hear of all the noise, and people think, well, gosh, The Greenbrier is running down or whatever it may be, you know. And so, all of a sudden, all these people come: I wish to goodness you could talk to them because they would have all said 100% you know, ‘Gosh, what we found is so much better than anything we could

INSTITUTE, W.Va. — U.S. Senator Jim Justice made a stop Tuesday afternoon to the West Virginia State University campus to highlight the HBCU Arts Act, which he is co-sponsoring.
West Virginia State, an HBCU (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) school, would be one of many institutions benefiting from the legislation under consideration by federal officials.
Jim Justice
Justice maintained that despite some attempts from previous West Virginia leadership to diminish the arts, their