CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Ethics Commission has ordered public reprimands on a pair of public officials.
The commission announced Friday that Reedy Mayor Richard Martin is being reprimanded, fined $1,000 and ordered to undergo Ethics Act training for what he did with city money.
The commission said Martin violated the state Ethics Act when he used city funds to pay his personal electric bill, rehire his father to a city position without city council approval and remove money from the

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The state Bureau of Public Health has identified an increase in pertussis, whooping cough, cases.
The bureau has issued a public health alert.
There have been 126 cases across the state this year. Public Health said the state hasn’t seen that kind of increase in 15 years.
Cases have been identified statewide, with the highest concentration in the western region of the state.
Eighteen percent of the overall cases involving infants. There have been 28 people hospitalized.
The

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia is going to get an early taste of winter weather a the weekend ends and the work week begins.
But first—-a quick moving cold front will bring showers and the chance for thunderstorms beginning Friday evening.
“It’s going to be a round of showers and thunderstorms moving through the entire state associated with a cold front,” National Weather Service Meteorologist Simone Lewis told MetroNews.
Several teams have moved up their high school football game start times

Today on MetroNews This Morning:
–A West Virginia coal miner is killed on the job
–Officials at Yeager Airport anticipate flights to be impacted by an FAA scaleback of flights nationally by 10 percent
–Roane County School Board votes reluctantly for consolidation plan
–In Sports; it’s the final week of the regular season in high school football and WVU basketball wins their second game
Listen to “MetroNews This Morning 11-7-25” on Spreaker.

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DAVIS, W.Va. — A coal miner died in Tucker County Thursday.
The accident occurred at the Mountain View Mine near Davis.
Gov. Patrick Morrisey identified the victim in a Facebook post as Joey Mitchell Jr.
“All West Virginians should keep Joey’s family, friends, and fellow miners in our thoughts and prayers,” Morrisey said. “Our coal miners are among the hardest-working and most courageous people in our state. They represent the strength, humility, and resolve that define West Virginia. We owe

ROANE COUNTY, W.Va. –The Roane County Board of Education voted Thursday night to close two of their elementary/middle schools and consolidate their students into nearby schools.
Board members voted 4-1 to close Geary Elementary/Middle School and Walton Elementary/Middle School. Their K-5 students will be consolidated into Spencer Elementary, grades 6-8 will move to Spencer Middle, and Pre-K students will be placed in the space at Roane County High School currently occupied by the Office of