PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — A man is dead after an officer involved shooting in Parkersburg.
Police Chief Matt Board said the incident happened around 9:20 Wednesday evening when officers were dispatched to the 4,000 block of 11th Avenue where a man was reportedly brandishing a firearm.
Board said when officers arrived, they found a man outside the home holding a long gun. He repeatedly refused to comply with commands from officers to put down the gun. He soon aimed the gun at police and two officers

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A well known on-line journalist and content creator has been charged in a domestic violence investigation in West Virginia.
Michael Bowman, 35, of Charlotte, North Carolina is charged with strangulation in Kanawha County Magistrate Court. Court documents indicate a complaint was filed in late August for an incident at a St. Albans apartment. Police said Bowman was accused of getting into a heated argument with a woman who lived there.
Records show the incident started when

HAZELTON, W.Va. — A federal judge in Connecticut has ordered the Federal Bureau of Prisons to reinstate the collective bargaining agreement with the union representing tens of thousands of agency employees, reversing, for the time being a decision made by BOP Director Billy Marshall.
The order from U.S. District Judge Vernon Oliver also directs the reinstatement of amendments, local supplemental agreements, and any other agreements reached under it. The agreement will continue through May 28,

WINFIELD, W.Va. — Leaders in Putnam County are drawing a clear line for data center developers hoping to invest in the region going forward.
The Putnam County Commission unanimously passed a resolution on hyperscale data centers during its Tuesday evening meeting. Commission president Andy Skidmore said on MetroNews “Midday” Wednesday that the resolution lays out that developers must follow local county rules and regulations, “as if House Bill 2014 didn’t exist.” The bill, otherwise called the

CLAY, W.Va. — Criminal charges against a Clay County father are headed to a grand jury for consideration after a preliminary hearing.
James Neal II appeared in Clay County Magistrate Court Wednesday. (Photo/WCHS-TV)
James Neal II, 34, of Bickmore, faces charges after he reportedly crashed his SUV into a parked front end-loader along Route 16 on August 22. The crash killed his two sons, James Neal III, 7, and Zayden Hurley, 13. A 14-year-old boy, identified only by his initials E.M., was

COMFORT, W.Va. — A busy week for Boone County education officials continued Wednesday evening with another hearing on school closures and consolidations.
Boone County Schools leaders held a hearing at Sherman Elementary School in Comfort, near Seth, about July’s proposed consolidation of Whitesville Elementary students into the existing Sherman school. Whitesville students would join Sherman in 2027-28. Earlier this week, officials heard from residents in Madison and Van on the potential closure