CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The National Weather Service warns rainfall could become intense in some parts of West Virginia in the next 12 to 24 hours.
There are flood watches in place for counties of the southern West Virginia coalfields for this afternoon and tonight. However, Meteorologist Gabe Wawrin with the Charleston Weather Bureau said it’s an alert to just be aware of the weather situation.
“Play it by ear and see where the showers and storms set up. That’s why we are urging everyone to stay up

Today on MetroNews This Morning:
–A flood watch is in effect for most areas south of Route 60
–Senator Capito has questions for RFK Jr. about funding cuts in more areas
–A national set of bicycle races continues in Charleston
–In Sports; Softball Regionals are winding down and we’ll hear from the coach of a WVU basketball recruit
Listen to “MetroNews This Morning 5-20-25” on Spreaker.

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FAIRMONT, W.Va. — A Fairmont house fire Monday morning is being blamed on an electric golf cart purchased hours before.
Members of the Valley Volunteer Fire Department were called to 800 block of the Market Street Extension at 10:46 a.m. and found the home to be on fire with what was thought to be a side-by-side, according to Deputy Chief Zac Eakle.
“We conducted fire suppression and knocked the fire in the room down and in the adjacent room along with knocking the side-by-side fire out,” Eakle

Over the weekend, former President Joe Biden was diagnosed with metastatic prostate cancer.
Clay Marsh
Dr. Clay Marsh, chancellor and executive dean for health sciences at WVU, says while prostate cancer typically has good treatment options, this is scary news for the 82-year-old.
“Even though there’s good treatment, it’s not good news that he (Biden) has metastatic prostate cancer,” Marsh said Monday morning on MetroNews Midday.
Dozens of current and former elected officials took to social

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Police are searching for the driver of a tractor trailer damaged part of the Spring Hill Cemetary in Kanawha County.
Investigators say that the tractor trailer drove into a very narrow, dead-end road on Sunday, leaving behind tracks in the grass and wall damage. Several headstones were also overturned.
The driver abandoned the trailer and left in the tractor.
Crews pulled the abandoned trailer out of the cemetery backwards down a narrow road.
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