WASHINGTON, D.C. — FEMA has detailed the process for flood victims in central West Virginia to file for federal disaster relief funding.
President Trump approved West Virginia’s request for a federal disaster declaration in Upshur and Lewis counties after the devastating floodwaters on July 21. FEMA’s funding includes grants for temporary housing and home repair, along with other help to assist people and families impacted by the disaster.
FEMA advised people and families who experienced losses

SHENANDOAH JUNCTION, W.Va. — Former West Virginia State Senator Herb Snyder has died at the age of 72.
Herb Snyder
Snyder represented the Eastern Panhandle for 16 years in the West Virginia State Senate, from 1997 to 2005 and 2009 to 2017. A Democrat, Snyder also served as vice chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee and chairman of the Senate Government Orgaization Committee.
Prior to his time as a state lawmaker, he spent six years on the Jefferson County Commission after his election in 1990.

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Gov. Patrick Morrisey says he’s concerned about possible fraud in the school clothing voucher program where the money is possibly being spent on things like beer and cigarettes.
Morrisey mentioned that for the first time Tuesday after this year’s program began late and the application period was cut off after being opened for just a week.
Reporters questioned Morrisey during an event in Huntington about the ongoing controversy with the voucher program decisions and funding

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A former doctor with the West Virginia University School of Medicine has been charged with knowingly infecting others with a sexually transmitted disease.
John Jacob Pisquiy
Monongalia County Sheriff’s deputies said John Jacob Pisquiy, 35, is a is a carrier of HSV-2 (Genital Herpes) and intentionally and knowingly exposed and infected other victims through intimate contact.
Detectives said multiple victims told them they were exposed to or had contracted Herpes after having

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A 20-year-old West Virginia University student has been charged in Monongalia County with damaging a Flock Camera.
Illia Petrov, 20, has been charged with damage, destruction, or theft of equipment used by emergency responders and conspiracy and has entered pleas of not guilty.
Last month, Wesley Jackson, 20, was also charged for damaging two of the devices on Chestnut Ridge Road.  Jackson and Petrov were allegedly working together.
Court documents say the crime happened on

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Former United States Attorney and Kanawha County Prosecutor Chuck Miller has died.
Miller’s distinguished career included four decades in the military, beginning when he was 17 years old. Miller served in Vietnam as a Combat Medic in the U.S. Navy. His service also included time as Judge Advocate General in the West Virginia Army National Guard and state Air National Guard. He later rose to become the legal advisor for the Director of the Air National Guard in Washington,