CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The public funeral service for state Supreme Court Justice Tim Armstead will take place in the House of Delegates Chamber next Tuesday.
Armstead died Tuesday of cancer. He was 60-years-old.
Armstead, who served 20 years in the House, will be remembered in visitation services from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. The service will begin at 6 p.m.
Gov. Patrick Morrisey praised Armstead’s public service record during his appearance at the West Virginia Business Summit Thursday.
“We’d all agree

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A Monongalia County jury deliberated for about 30 minutes Thursday morning before reaching a guilty verdict on all charges in the case against Jonathan Ramirez in the January 2024 murder of Jacob Lough.
Jonathan Ramirez (WVRJA)
The mercy phase of the trial was set to start at 2 p.m. Thursday. The same jury that convicted him of murder will decide if he should get a chance for parole in 15 years.
Ramirez, 24, of Watauga, Texas, traveled to West Virginia in mid-January 2024 to

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va – Health services continue to grow in the Kanawha Valley and around the region as Vandalia Health’s offerings are set to expand in the near future.
David Ramsey 
Vandalia Health president and CEO Dave Ramsey addressed what’s in store at the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce Business Summit on Thursday, with facilities within the CAMC network taking center stage.
One of those is Teays Valley Hospital, which is currently undergoing expansion.
“We’re expanding that

CHELYAN, W.Va. — Southbound traffic stalled on the West Virginia Turnpike Thursday morning in Kanawha County when a tractor-trailer caught on fire near the Chelyan toll plaza.
Southbound traffic backed up near Chelyan. (Photo/WV 511)
The fire was reported at before 10 a.m. and southbound quickly backed up for a few miles close to the Marmet exit.
Southbound traffic was moving again by 10:45 a.m. but slowly.
There were no injuries reported.
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FAIRCHANCE, Pa. — A Morgantown man has been charged in connection with a fatal hit-and-run in Fayette County, Pennsylvania.
Stephen Lemro
Stephen Lemro, 74, of Morgantown, is accused of hitting Paula Silvis, 70, at the intersection of West Church and Morgantown Streets in Fairchance Wednesday.
Authorities said Lemro fled the scene, then returned and was taken into custody by police.
Lifesaving measures were attempted at the scene by witnesses and first responders but Silvis died later at a local

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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A Monongalia County jury has found a Pennsylvania man guilty on all charges related to a January 2024 crash on Interstate 79 that killed two Morgantown residents.
Thomas Horner III, 39, of Bobtown, was convicted in Monongalia County Circuit Court on Wednesday of two counts of negligent homicide and one count of reckless driving with injury after two days of testimony and deliberation.
Horner was found guilty of causing the crash on January 3 near the 149-mile marker of I-79