RICHWOOD, W.Va. — There’s sadness among the The Pride of Nicholas County: The Lumberjack Express with this week’s death of longtime Richwood High School Band Director Greg James.
Hillary O’Dell presented Athletics Hall of Fame induction plaque to Greg James last fall. (Facebook)
James, who was in his early 70s, was a teacher in Nicholas County for 50 years. He took over the Richwood High band in the early 1980s.
Richwood High Assistant Principal Hillary O’Dell said James just completed another

Senator Shelley Moore Capito supports extension of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, regularly called FISA, which authorizes the warrantless surveillance of foreign targets located outside the United States.
Shelley Moore Capito
But Capito, in a call with West Virginia reporters acknowledged that’s intertwined with President Trump’s controversial selection of Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte to serve as Acting Director of National Intelligence.
Pulte is

WASHINGTON, D.C. — West Virginia Second District Congressman Riley Moore didn’t deny a recent report that he’s being considered as the next U.S. Secretary of Labor by President Donald Trump in an appearance Thursday on WAJR’s “Talk of the Town.”
Riley Moore
Moore said he couldn’t confirm the report in Politico but did offer his opinion on the credibility of the report.
“The reporter cited some pretty credible sources; that’s about all I can say,” Moore said. “If it weren’t a thing, I would be

PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — The man charged in the 2022 kidnapping and death of Wood County resident Gretchen Fleming pleaded not guilty Thursday during his arraignment in Wood County Circuit Court.
Preston Pierce, 58, appeared before Wood County Circuit Judge Jason Wharton on charges of first-degree murder, felony murder, concealment of a dead body and kidnapping. Pierce pleaded not guilty to all charges.
Pierce was arrested last month in North Carolina after he was indicted by a Wood County grand

BUCKHANNON, W.Va. — A workplace accident in Upshur County has claimed a life.
The Upshur County Sheriff’s Department confirmed Michael D. Martin, 73, of Mannington, W.Va. was killed in the mishap at Appalachian Forest Products in Buckhannon. The accident happened Tuesday afternoon around 3 p.m.
Deputies were called to the scene for a report of an industrial accident. Martin was dead at the scene when they arrived.
Authorities say circumstances surrounding his death remain under investigation.

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — State police have identified the person struck and killed on Interstate 64 in Cabell County Wednesday night.
Troopers said Kristy Manley, 36, of Huntington, was in a westbound lane of traffic near the 29th Street exit in Huntington when she was struck by a vehicle being driven by a Kentucky man at around 9:15 p.m.
The driver stopped and began administering CPR, according to troopers. Manley was pronounced dead at St. Mary’s Hospital.
State police are continuing their

Today on MetroNews This Morning:
–The Mountaineer baseball team arrives in Omaha to begin their question in the College World Series.
–Stormy weather could hit West Virginia again today
–Marshall expands its Metro Tuition Rate Program
–In sports, the semi-finals have arrived at the state high school baseball tournament
Listen to “MetroNews This Morning 6-11-26” on Spreaker.

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