CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Another West Virginian can go home $50,000 richer this week.
While the Powerball jackpot was not hit during Monday’s drawing, a $50,000 ticket was sold at Convenience Plus on 1st Street in Huntington. The ticket matched four numbers and the Power Ball.
The winning ticket in Huntington marks the third $50,000 Powerball ticket sold in the Mountain State over the last two weeks. One ticket was purchased at the Martinsburg Walmart, and another was purchased at the Welch Bantam

CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — A former Harrison County sheriff’s deputy is free on $100,000 bond after he was arrested Tuesday on charges related to child pornography.
Larry Brewer, 47, was the county’s DARE officer in 2022.
He’s charged under a fairly new state law that created the crime of child sexual abuse material created by use of AI tools.
State police said they began investigating Brewer when a nude photo of a juvenile was found on an iPad he owned.
A preliminary hearing will be scheduled in the

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BOONE COUNTY, W.Va. — A dozen West Virginia families are searching for answers on this Christmas week after a bad storm blew through their areas last Friday.
Nearly all of the Mountain State experienced high winds during the overnight hours thanks to a thin strip of high winds advanced in front of a cold front.
Communications director for central Appalachia region of American Red Cross Krista Farley-Raines says residents woke to roofs being torn from their homes.
“We’re currently at 12 cases, so