CHARLESTON, W.Va – Officials overseeing the West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation (WVDCR) are asking for better accountability in the state’s jails with hopes of cutting down avoiding costly lawsuits.
During a budget hearing last week, acting state Secretary of Homeland Security Douglas Buffington II explained why WVDCR wants to put body cameras on its officers. He said the money owed to the state’s Board of Insurance and Risk Management (BRIM) as a result of litigation is

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia children considered truant occupy more than 100 beds in West Virginia care facilities that could be used by some of the 400 children currently placed outside the state for treatment.
Alex Mayer
State Department of Human Services Secretary Alex Mayer said his department discovered the number as it continues to look for ways to bring kids home.
“We find that a lot of our in-state facilities, particular those at the highest level of care which are three and a half

BERKELEY SPRINGS, W.Va. — Senior Life of Morgan County will continue serving Morgan County seniors despite two damaging and expensive incidents in the past week.
Director Tammy Kees was a guest on Panhandle Live Friday and talked about the first incident that happened during the snow storm over the weekend.
“So the snowstorm came in, of course, and everybody was bundled down and warm and we didn’t come back into work until Tuesday morning. And so one of the things that we did was move our fleet

BARBOURSVILLE, W.Va. — Interstate 64 in Cabell County was slowed Saturday afternoon after a tractor trailer skidded on its side.
The interstate was fully closed for a significant amount of time after the noon wreck and then one lane was opened in each direction.  Traffic was expected to be delayed into Saturday evening.
The wreck occurred between Barboursville and Ona.
 
 
 
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CLEAR FORK, W.Va. — The state Department of Environmental Protection says clean-up crews were able to keep a transformer oil spill in Wyoming County away from downstream water intakes.
The spill was first reported Friday near a substation along Clear Fork.
“As of Saturday morning, approximately 10,000 gallons of an oil-and-water mixture have been recovered. Impacts to downstream water intakes are not expected, and officials have not observed any effects on aquatic life at this time,” the DEP