Today on MetroNews This Morning:
–Where does the House jobs agenda stand at the halfway mark of the session
–A man convicted of killing a Sissonville area woman will spend the rest of his life in prison.
–The House of Delegates gets the ICE bill from the Senate
–In Sports: The Country Roads Shootout is underway featuring top teams in West Virginia high school basketball
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BUCKHANNON, W.Va. — A West Virginia State Police Troopers is credited with helping save an elderly woman and getting an injured infant to medical care amid a fire.
A state police news release said Trooper C. J. Elmore responded to the home on Kalafat Street in Buckhannon Saturday. Elmore was told by a woman at the scene her eldelry mother was on the back porch. Elmore went onto the porch and was able to help the woman away from the burning home and to a nearby ambulance.
He then observed a

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The Morgantown man charged in the May 2024 murder of Kim Osborne will go on trial in April.
Joseph Nevera
Joeseph Nevera, 52, was in a relationship with Osborne and was in the process of moving out of his home.
On the day of her disappearance, witnesses said the two were seen arguing about taking things out of the home.
In November of 2024, Osborne was found in a shallow grave a little more than two miles from the home of Nevera.
The investigation determined Osborne told

CHARLESTON, W.Va. –State Division of Highways spokesperson Brent Walker says crews will be out patching potholes left behind by the recent bout of winter weather.
“Crews are going to be out there, look for them along the shoulder, we liked to set up work zones and get flashing lights and cones and all that but often times we’re on the shoulder, lights flashing and our guys are out there throwing them in the holes we can,” Walker said on MetroNews Midday Tuesday.
A winter storm in late January

Almost two months ago, members of the supermajority in the House of Delegates gathered to lay out priorities, especially in policies aimed at economic growth. Delegates called their flotilla of bills a “Jobs First Economic Opportunity Everywhere Agenda.”
Today, 28 days through the regular 60-day legislative session, delegates gathered again to describe their progress. A bunch of the bills have passed the House already, others are close and there’s still more time to focus on the remainder.
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