MARTINSBURG, W.Va. —  Eight more people have been sentenced for their roles in a massive Eastern Panhandle drug trafficking organization.
Acting U.S. Attorney Randolph J. Bernard for the Northern District of West Virginia tells MetroNews an indictment from January of 2024 named Gary Brown, Jr. and eighty-one others, charging that the defendants caused substantial amounts of fentanyl, methamphetamine, and cocaine to be distributed in Berkeley and Jefferson Counties.
Those sentenced this week in

BECKLEY, W.Va. — Police have identified 10 people in connection with a big fight that happened outside the Beckley-Raleigh County Convention Center last Saturday following the Beckley Woodrow Wilson High School commencement ceremony.
Beckley Police Deputy Chief David Allard said the school resource officer did a good job piecing together videos taken of the fight to find out who was involved.
“He identified people and from that, conducted interviews and those interviews led to additional people

PUTNAM COUNTY, W.Va. –A local program is once again going to be coming together to pack boxes of food for local students who may need assistance during the summer months.
The Backpack Buddies Program, which helps students in Putnam County, Western Kanawha County, and Boone County, will be hosting its 13th Annual Community Packing Day Saturday June 7th at the Teays Valley Nazarene Church in Putnam County.
Backpack Buddy Director Doug Erwin, who was on 580 Live with Dave Allen Monday, says that

MOATSVILLE, W.Va. — A Philippi resident is behind bars after shooting an acquaintance in the head and threatening to kill his family.
Deputies from the Barbour County Sheriff’s Office said Christopher Bolyard, 34, shot Justin White, 40, in the head at a residence on White Road in Moatsville at approximately 6 p.m. Wednesday.
While deputies responded to the scene, they learned Bolyard threatened to kill the victim’s family.
At the scene, White was found face down on a garage floor with a gunshot

GLENVILLE, W.Va. — State police have charged two men in connection with a fight last month on the Glenville State University campus.
Troopers arrested Tyler Lee Anderson, 22, of Charleston, in the Capital City Wednesday. He’s charged with malicious assault and battery after an investigation into a May 11 fight.
Troopers said Anderson and Devan Gauldin, 22, of Prosperity, got into a fight near Goodwin Hall. Both men went to the ground and Anderson stabbed Gauldin with a knife. Troopers said

Today on MetroNews This Morning:
–USDA has questions about West Virginia’s SNAP waiver request
–WV School of Osteopathic Medicine has concerns about the “Big Beautiful Bill”
–A disability rights advocate calls on the state to address problems with state run hospitals
–In Sports: The high school baseball tournament starts today in Charleston
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LEWISBURG, W.Va. –The large national reconciliation bill that recently passed the U.S. Representatives is causing concern for the West Virginia Osteopathic School of Medicine.
The bill, which is called the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” would essentially change how much money college students can borrow and how they would pay back their loans by eliminating the Grad PLUS loan program and others. Grad PLUS loans allow graduate and professional students to borrow up to the cost of their education minus