GRAFTON, W.Va. — The second person charged in the starvation death of an 11-year-old in Taylor County has been arraigned and is being held without bond.
Aaron Moran (WVRJA)
Aaron Moran, 42, of Grafton, is the father of Miana Morgan, who died a year ago this month.
Taylor County Prosecutor John Bord said Moran was arraigned Monday on one count of murder by a parent or guardian and one count of neglect of a dependent resulting in death.
“It’s a two-count indictment,” Bord said. “They asked for

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The West Virginia Democratic Party hopes the 2026 elections can help rebuild the party’s power with a significant increase in Democratic candidates filing to run for office.
According to state Democratic Party chairman Del. Mike Pushkin, D-Kanawha, there are Democrats running in 90 of this year’s 100 House of Delegates races and 17 of the 19 State Senate races. He said that is not a trend that developed overnight.
Mike Pushkin
“This is a process that started really three

FRENCH CREEK, W.Va. — Although temperatures were cold, there wasn’t a cloud in the sky for Monday’s Groundhog Day celebration at the West Virginia Wildlife Center in Upshur County.
Several hundred, including Governor Patrick Morrisey, waited with frosty breath as to what French Creek Freddie would offer as a prediction on the one day of the year the groundhog becomes the focal point of the universe. Under a blue-bird sky with the sun reflecting off the ice and snow from a snowstorm more than a

Today on MetroNews This Morning:
–Debate continues over Governor Patrick Morrisey’s sought after 10 percent income tax cut
–Corrections officials believe body cameras would be a huge improvement in the state’s jails and prisons
–Finding another way to deal with chronic truancy would help bring home children housed in out of state facilities
–In Sports: An upset win for the Mountaineer women
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The state collected less revenue than it thought it would in January while maintaining a surplus in collections seven months into the fiscal year.
Gov. Patrick Morrisey
Gov. Patrick Morrisey announced January’s numbers in a Sunday evening news release.
Revenues came in $19.3 million below estimates for the month. The year-to-date collection number dropped to $108.8 million above estimate. January’s collections did better than January 2025.
The new numbers come as Morrisey is

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Educators with the West Virginia University Reed School of Media and Communication expect to see the landscape of social media experience major changes pending the results of lawsuits active within the United States.
Joseph Jones
Associate Professor Dr. Joseph Jones said companies such as Meta and Google could be in line to potentially pay a significant financial penalty for knowingly designing addictive products. This comes about after it was announced last week that TikTok