MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Monday is the final day for West Virginia students to apply for full Hope Scholarship funding for the next school year.
State Treasurer Larry Pack, who is also chairman of the Hope Scholarship board, was a guest Monday on “Panhandle Live” on WEPM to discuss the deadline.
Larry Pack
“Today (Monday) is the last day that parents and students can sign up for Hope Scholarship for next fiscal year, next school year, and receive the full 100 percent Hope Scholarship amount, I think

Following an audit’s findings, West Virginia’s jails commissioner says body cameras are a top priority although he acknowledged millions of dollars in up front costs.
Corrections Commissioner David Kelly linked an investment in body cameras for officers to the possibility of a reduction in litigation risks.
“The implementation of body cameras is one of the top priorities of the agency,” Kelly told the Legislature’s Joint Committee on Finance during interim meetings at Canaan Valley on Monday.

OAK HILL, W.Va. — A veteran member of the Oak Hill Police Department is in stable condition, but has a long road to recovery from an accident.
Lt. James Pack of the Oak Hill Police was injured as he headed home from work last Thursday. He was travelling south on U.S. Route 19 when two utility trailers being pulled behind a roll-back truck became disconnected from the truck, crossed the median, and his Pack’s vehicle head on.
Pack was flow by HealthNet to CAMC in Charleston and has been in the

CHARLESTON, W.Va – Leadership in West Virginia is speaking out in support of the Never EVER campaign, an effort launched last week by the federal Department of Health and Human Services to promote awareness of government and business imposter scams.
HHS announced the campaign in partnership with its new Federal Elder Justice Action Plan, which is a government-wide strategy to “protect older Americans’ rights, strengthen accountability, and make help easier to find.”
“Elder fraud costs West

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A Kanawha County man previously charged in a 2022 shooting death is in custody for allegedly robbing a Go-Mart gas station Sunday night.
Shavan Collins (WVRJA)
Authorities said Shavan Collins, 39, of Charleston, was arrested and charged with robbing the Go-Mart on Bigley Avenue at around 8:15 p.m. Collins is accused of threatening to kill the gas station workers if they did not comply with his demands for money, then leaving the scene on a bike.
Officers said they identified

FAYETTEVILLE, W.Va. — A Fayette County man was arrested for reckless driving and leading police on a pursuit Saturday night.
Steven West (Fayette County Sheriff’s Office)
The Fayette County Sheriff’s Office said Steven West, 51, of Fayetteville, was charged with felony fleeing in a vehicle, in addition to misdemeanor offenses of failure to maintain control, failure to stay right, failure to signal, traffic signal violation, improper lane change, and reckless driving.
West allegedly ran a red

SISSONVILLE, W.Va. — Beer distribution company The Beverage Market said it wants to continue negotiations “in good faith” with striking workers involved in the current dispute between the company and the Teamsters Local 175 union.
The current contract between the company and the union expired in early May. 49 workers at The Beverage Market began their strike May 12, and have been on the picket line ever since. Union members have said the company is asking for “unfair concessionary proposals”