CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The newest member of the House of Delegates took the oath of office Wednesday.
Bill Vest, R-Fayette, was sworn-in by House Clerk Jeff Pack during a brief ceremony in the House Chamber.
Vest, of Oak Hill, was appointed Tuesday by Gov. Patrick Morrisey. He replaces former Del. Elliott Pritt who resigned last month after being arrested by the FBI and charged with allegedly grooming a 15-year-old girl for a sexual relationship.
Vest has worked for more than four decades in public

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Assessments are underway at the state’s busiest airport about the impacts of severe weather that swept through in August.
Dominique Ranieri
Heavy rainfall rolled through Kanawha County several weekends ago, and the West Virginia International Yeager Airport was not exempt. Airport Director and CEO Dominique Ranieri said airport operations were affected by those storms.
Since the airport is elevated on top of a mountain, Ranieri said, that oftentimes makes it a target for

BOLIVAR, W.Va. — A man convicted in a random, violent attack on a woman in Bolivar has been sentenced.
Chinchilla-Guerra (WVRJA)
The Jefferson County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office announced Tuesday that Isai Osmar Chinchilla-Guerra was sentenced to 37 to 160 years in prison for 14 felony convictions from his jury trial in June.
Chinchilla-Guerra will be eligible for parole after 15 years because he was a juvenile at the time he committed the offenses in 2024. 
“Defendant’s heinous crimes shocked

FAIRMONT, W.Va. — A former president of the Marion County Board of Education has filed an affidavit in the lawsuit filed by superintendent Dr. Donna Heston.
George Boyles worked closely with the board members and Heston from July 2022 until his term ended this past July 30.
In the affidavit, Boyles said last February Heston received a positive performance review. Board members agreed that Heston exceeded expectations in two categories and met expectations in three others, and no remedial action

INSTITUTE, W.Va – West Virginia State University’s celebration of alumna Katherine Johnson enters another year with the annual observance of Katherine Johnson Day on campus.
WVSU recognized Johnson’s legacy with a ceremony Wednesday, the 108th anniversary of her birth, dedicated to the impact she made during her career at NASA as depicted in the film “Hidden Figures.”
“Katherine came to West Virginia State and graduated at 18 years old with degrees in mathematics and in French, and she took that

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — In the biggest national settlement since the tobacco companies agreed to terms over lawsuits in the 1990’s, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram will pay billions of dollars and change the safeguards on their platforms to better protect children.
“West Virginia’s share of this settlement is going to be upwards of $114 Million, just an astronomical amount of money for our legislature to be able to distribute and spend in the furtherance of our children’s mental health

Today on MetroNews This Morning:
–Dolly Parton is being remembered throughout the world this morning, and here in West Virginia
–Marshall is helping 40 students left homeless with a fire inspection which condemned six structures
–The DMV has cancelled a multi-Million dollar contract to upgrade computers
–In Sports: We’re on the eve of the first high school football games of the season.
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