WINFIELD, W.Va. — Former Marshall University star and St. Louis Rams long-snapper Chris Massey is facing four misdemeanor charges after he got into an altercation with his son’s Winfield Middle School assistant football coach, a Putnam County sheriff’s deputy.
Massey, 45, has been charged with obstructing an officer, battery, trespassing, and disorderly conduct after the fight that happened last Thursday in the parking lot of the middle school.
Massey, who is an assistant coach for Winfield High

CHARLESTON, W.Va – West Virginia State University honored one of its own on Tuesday with its annual Katherine Johnson Day Observance on the late alumna’s birthday.
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Johnson, a mathematician for NASA and its predecessor organization, earned both her high school and college degrees on the campus of WVSU, graduating in 1937 at the age of 18. Her legacy as an alumna of the university is still felt to this day.
“We honor that life and legacy through the work we do in our classrooms, in our

BERKELEY COUNTY, W.Va. —  A Hedgesville man is dead and another seriously injured following a crash Monday night in Berkeley County.
The West Virginia State Police in Martinsburg responded just after 9:30 p.m. to the 1300 block of Buck Hill Road.
A Porsche sedan had reportedly left Buck Hill Road, striking a tree along the passenger side of the vehicle.
The passenger, identified as Bryant Anderson,19, of Hedgesville died at the scene.
The driver, Bryce Anderson, 22, of Hedgesville, was

PRINCETON, W.Va. — Five men have been charged in connection with a shooting that happened in Princeton on Aug. 17.
A news release from the Princeton Police Department said the shooting occurred on Thornton Ave. in front of Silver Springs Baptist Church.
Those arrested Monday included Kameron Morris, Kameron Starkey, Kendrick Moore, David DiNardo and Brandon Williams.
All five all charged with wanton endangerment with a firearm and conspiracy.
Police say they’ve recovered two pistols and one

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A false report of ‘shots fired’ on the WVU downtown campus in Morgantown is under investigation.
At around 7:40 a.m., the campus alert system warned students, faculty, and residents about shots fire near the Wise Library along University Avenue.
The all-clear was given at 8:06 a.m.
WVU Executive Director of Strategic Communications Shauna Johnson released the following statement:
“WVU Police responded to a false report of shots fired at the Downtown Library on the West

Today on MetroNews This Morning:
–Two cases involving school vaccination requirements will be combined
–Quick action by Good Samaritans saves a life in Boone County
–Potomac Edison seeks approval of a stretch of the controversial MARL project in Jefferson County
–IN Sports: The lid comes off soo for the high school football season
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The state Public Service Commission has received the first filing for the much-talked-about MARL transmission line project.
It’s a notice of intent from Potomac Edison that it will seek approval to build 15 miles of the line in Jefferson County. The power company said the construction is expected to top $20 million.
The notice was filed Monday.
Different sections of the transmission line are planned to cross about a half dozen West Virginia counties on its way from