Today on MetroNews This Morning:
–Cleanup continues in Boone and Logan Counties from high water on Monday-Tuesday
–The NWS confirms tornado toudchdown in Marion County.
–Kroger opens up its first Market Place today in West Virginia today
–In Sports: WVU Baseball finishes 4th in the nation

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MINGO COUNTY, W.Va. –An arrest has been made in connection to a bank fraud investigation in Mingo County.
According to a West Virginia State Police release, Ashley Newsome, 37, of Lenore was arrested Monday and charged with 127 counts of fraudulent use of an access device, as well as charges of grand larceny and compute fraud.
The investigation began in August 2025, when Bobby Kolfee, 52, of Delbarton reported that approximately $18,000 had been unlawfully withdrawn from his bank account over

CHARLESTON, W.Va. –There has been settlements and charges filed in connection with the U.S. Department of Justice’s 2026 National Health Care Fraud Takedown.
U.S. Attorney’s Matthew Harvey and Moore Capito made the announcements Tuesday afternoon.
Harvey announced civil settlements with two defendants in connection with alleged scheme to defraud Medicare and Medicaid. According to his release, the settlements stem from each defendant’s respective use of pre-signed, invalid prescriptions that

KANAWHA COUNTY, W.Va. –One person is dead following a crash along Interstate 64 westbound in Kanawha County.
Authorities said a tractor trailer and another vehicle was involved in the crash around 5:30 p.m. at the Dunbar-South Charleston Bridge. The tractor trailer did catch on fire. Officers said the truck driver has died.
One westbound lane is currently open, however emergency personnel ask drivers to avoid the area until the wreck can be cleared.
 
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SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The first-of-its-kind Kroger Marketplace will usher in a new era of shopping in the Mountain State when its doors officially open Wednesday morning.
The 122,000 square foot store is the first Kroger Marketplace in the Mountain State. It’s located at the developing Park Place Plaza Shopping Center in South Charleston. Workers officially broke ground on the $40 million project last July.
A ribbon-cutting ceremony will begin the festivities Wednesday morning at 7:30 a.m.

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The Morgantown Police Department has charged four people in connection with an assault at the University Avenue Sheetz location.
Police allege Teanna Burris, Jarmaine Javon Burris, Jarmaine Ulyses Burris and Myecha White attacked two victims in the parking lot on June 14.
Surveillance video shows Jarmaine Javon Burris punching one victim, knocking him to the ground and continuing to the attack. Teanna Burris is seen striking the victim then lifting his head with his hair