PAX, W.Va. — State police are looking for the driver of a car who fled a crash scene on the West Virginia Turnpike in Raleigh County.
Troopers said they tried to stop the motorist heading south on I-77 between Pax and the North Beckley exits at about 3:15 p.m. Thursday after observed traffic violations.
The driver wouldn’t stop.
Troopers said the vehicle was then involved in a wreck with a tractor trailer closer to the North Beckley exit. He ran from the scene near Maple Fork Road in Raleigh

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A bill moving through the state Senate would bring the death penalty back to West Virginia, allowing for capital punishment in first-degree murder cases that also involve the sexual assault of a child.
Senate Bill 1037 would allow prosecutors to seek the death penalty in cases where an adult perpetrator is convicted of first-degree murder and first-degree sexual abuse of a child under 12. The bill passed the Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday evening and is sponsored by Sen.

FAIRMONT, W.Va. — Fire crews spent several hours from Thursday night into Friday morning battling a blaze at the former JG Lampkin Funeral Home in Fairmont.
The blaze was first reports along Pennsylvania Ave at 9 p.m. Thursday. Initial reports said entrances were barricaded hampering access to the structure.
Firefighters remain on the scene as of Friday morning.
The JG Lampkin Funeral Home was founded in 1929 and served the Black community for more than 90 years.
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The House Judiciary Committee has sent House Bill 4538, to allow the limited use of equipment to enforce speed limits in Division of Highways work zones, to the full House for passage.
Jason Pizatella
West Virginia Contractors Association President and CEO Jason Pizatella testified that five workers in construction zones were killed last year. Over the last five years, there have been more than 1,700 work zone crashes that have killed 15 workers.
“We as an industry have had a

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A Friday morning edition of MetroNews This Morning gets you caught up on what’s going on across the state.
Listen to today’s podcast here.
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TRUSSVILLE, Al. — Alabama State Police are reporting a Beckley native was killed in an accident late Tuesday night on I-59 in Trussville.
Kaleb Michael Bulva, 36, of Beckley, West Virginia, and Michael Tyler Smith, 31, of Kings Mountain, North Carolina, were passengers in the vehicle that crashed on I-59 South near Deerfoot Parkway. No other vehicles were involved.
Troopers said the crash happened at 11:28 p.m., and both men were pronounced dead at the scene.
There were two other occupants in