HUNTINGTON, W.Va. –An Ohio man accused of killing two Huntington men and injuring another last week appeared in Stark County, Ohio Magistrate Court Friday, where he waived extradition back to West Virginia.
Kevante White (HPD)
Kevante White, 27, of Akron, Ohio will be brought back to Cabell County to face two counts of first-degree murder and malicious wounding.
White is accused of Adrian Phillips, 26, and Derious Johnson, 39, both of Huntington in a parking lot in the 300 block of 14th Street

FAIRMONT, W.Va. — The Fairmont Fire Department was called to the former site of the JG Lampkin Funeral Home on Pennsylvania Ave around 9 Thursday night.
Captain Dustin Lambert the fire was reported at 8:57 p.m. and required a full call out of the city fire forces.
“We had to recall both shifts that were off duty to backfill,” Lambert said. “Initially our priority is to attack the fire, then we prioritize swapping our firefighters out to make sure they don’t get exhausted, and also staffing our

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — A former employee of WVU Medicine East has been indicted by the Berkeley County grand jury on 25 counts of fraudulent use of a state purchasing card and embezzlement.
The fraud, allegedly involving Tonya Armstrong totaled more than $10,000, according to a news release from state Auditor Mark Hunt.
Hunt’s office said the charges are the result of a state purchasing fraud investigation.
Armstrong, 56, of Ranson, was indicted last week after the state Auditor’s Public Integrity

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The full House of Delegates passed a bill Friday to regulate the sale of vaping products by a vote of 88-5.
David McCormick
Del. David McCormick, R-Monongalia, said House Bill 5437, the Vape Safety Act, is an effort to remove dangerous unverified materials that are primarily marketed to kids.
“That’s what this bill is all about, really,” McCormick said earlier Friday on WAJR’s “Talk of the Town “. “These kids are getting hooked on a lot of this stuff, and they’re being

PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — A former Parkersburg youth swimming coach was sentenced Friday to 5 to 25 years in prison after pleading guilty to several charges in December.
David Andrew Adams (WVRJA)
David Andrew Adams, 38, of Parkersburg, was sentenced after pleading guilty, under the Kennedy-Frazier Plea provision, to to five counts of first degree child sexual abuse.
Adams was originally charged in 2023 with sexually assaulting and abusing young girls under the age of 12. He formerly served as the