CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — Harrison County authorities have shed more light on an ongoing investigation in Clarksburg about a child being kept in a cage.
Sheriff Robert Matheny II
Harrison County Sheriff Robert Matheny II said on MetroNews “Midday” Wednesday it was a very disturbing scene. The 11-year old told forensic investigators at the Child Advocacy Center he was hit with a paddle by Michael Gibson, 44, that caused bruising and pain that would last for days and confined him in a locking “homemade

FAIRMONT, W.Va. — An investigation is underway into an explosion at a Marion County home that hospitalized a man.
State police said they responded to a Wine Drive residence in Fairmont Monday night at around 10:10 p.m. Troopers said that the home sustained ‘significant damage’ because of an explosion that may have occurred because of a gas leak.
Stephen Overstreet, 29, of Fairmont, suffered injuries in the explosion and was taken to a Pittsburgh, Pa. burn center for further treatment.
The state

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — An operation mainly targeting noncompliant sex offenders in southern West Virginia resulted in 59 arrests.
U.S. Attorney for Southern West Virginia Moore Capito joined federal, state, and local authorities Wednesday afternoon at the Robert C. Byrd U.S. Courthouse in Charleston to announce the results of Operation Coal Country, a multi-week collaborative effort among many different agencies. The U.S. Marshals Service for Southern West Virginia, State Police, FBI, Homeland

JACKSON’S MILL, W.Va. — More than 400 Lewis County middle school students are making Jackson’s Mill their home for the school year after July 21 floodwaters damaged Robert L. Bland Middle School in Weston.
Carolyn Long
Classes began Tuesday at the WVU-owned historic property a few miles from Weston.
Lewis County School Superintendent Carolyn Long said they considered several options and thought Jackson’s Mill would be ideal if university leadership would allow it. Long said WVU President Michael

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Broadband is getting closer to a lot of front doors in West Virginia.
The state Broadband Enhancement Council heard two reports at its meeting Wednesday focusing on projects nearing completion.
Appalachian Power project
AEP Managing Director of Broadband Scott Osterholt said Appalachian Power’s expansion of broadband in Logan and Mingo counties is nearing completion status. He said nearly 5,000 potential customers in Logan County and 1,500 potential customers in Mingo County

CHEAT LAKE, W.Va. — Deputies from the Monongalia County Sheriff’s Department assisted the state Department of Natural Resources with an investigation into a boating accident that injured two elderly people Wednesday morning.
First responders were called to the Sunset Beach area at 9:30 a.m. and helped the couple in their 70s to safety.
The couple is being treated for unspecified injuries.
Mon EMS, volunteer firefighters from Cheat Lake and Brookhaven assisted.
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