WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Southern West Virginia resident has become the eighth individual arrested in connection with a plot against government officials during the recent UFC event at the White House.
The U.S. Department of Justice announced in a release Thursday Chandler D. Scaggs, 21, of Chapmanville, W.Va. was arrested for his role in the plot.
According to investigators Scaggs was allegedly to be one of the snipers in the planned June 14th attack on the UFC Freedom 250 event.
Scaggs allegedly

CHARLESTON, W.Va. –A South Carolina woman pleaded guilty Thursday to aggravated identity theft.
Della Palestino, 60, of Lexington, South Carolina admitted in court that she conducted four fraudulent transactions and withdrew a total of $37,645 from the bank accounts of four individuals.
According to a release from U.S. Attorney Moore Capito, between August 23, 2024 and September 26, 2024, Palestino had visited four financial institutions in the Southern District of West Virginia where she had

Tourism Secretary Chelsea Ruby, a veteran of three administrations, plans to depart at the end of the month.
Gov. Patrick Morrisey announced the departure today.
“I want to thank Chelsea Ruby for her years of leadership of the Department of Tourism and her service to the people of West Virginia,” Morrisey said.
Chelsea Ruby, Secretary of WV Dept. of Tourism
Ruby worked in Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin’s communications office and served as the executive director of West Virginia’s 150th birthday

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Several broadband expansion projects funded by the American Rescue Plan Act are scheduled to close out this month in several areas of West Virginia.
Robbie Morris
Members of the West Virginia Broadband Enhancement Council said Thursday finishing the projects is a promise kept.
“Everyone should be very pleased to know that the field reviews are being done and the assuance that what the state has paid for through federal or state tax dollars has been built and the service is

WINIFREDE, W.Va. — Nearly three years after a devastating flash flood in eastern Kanawha County wiped out a firefighting substation, a positive stride forward has been made.
Gov. Patrick Morrisey, firefighters, as well as local, state, and federal officials gathered Thursday morning to break ground on the new Chesapeake Volunteer Fire Department substation in Winifrede. The project costs $2.9 million and is primarily funded by FEMA through disaster relief money.
Jeremy Hamilton
Chesapeake VFD