CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A former Southern Regional Jail corrections officer pleaded guilty Thursday to using excessive force against inmates over a two-year span.
U.S. Attorneys said Nathaniel Pack, 29, served at the jail in Beaver, W.Va. and used “unreasonable and unjustified force against inmates” seven different times between April 2020 and March 2022. Pack was charged with taking inmates to a “blind spot” interview room — where surveillance cameras did not capture footage — and joining other

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Kanawha County Schools are tackling the stigma around mental health with a new program.
Jon Duffy
Kanawha County Schools Executive Director of Counseling Jon Duffy outlined a comprehensive plan to the county board of education during Thursday’s meeting.
“In Kanawha County Schools, we know that more than one teen died by suicide last school year,” Duffy said. “And our district’s goal for the 2026-27 school year is zero suicides.”
Duffy said according to the 2019 Youth

ROMNEY, W.Va. — State police troopers are seeking the public’s help in the identification of a driver wanted in a deadly hit-and-run that happened in Romney earlier this week.
Troopers said Deborah Edwards, 64, was struck as she crossed U.S. Route 50 near the Family Dollar at around 9:30 p.m. Monday. She later died.
Investigators released a photo Thursday. They said they want the public’s help in identifying those in the photo.
Anyone with information is asked to call the State Police Romey

West Virginia’s Republican senators, Shelley Moore Capito and Jim Justice, today voted against advancing a joint resolution directing the president to withdraw United States armed forces from Iran unless there’s a declaration of war or authorization to use military force.
The effort to advance the resolution was defeated in a 47-49 vote. One Republican, Senator Susan Collins of Maine, was a yes vote. Senator John Fetterman, a Democrat from Pennsylvania, was a no vote. Two Republican senators who

MIDDLEWAY, W.Va. — Two people were injured after a single engine aircraft went down in Jefferson County Thursday afternoon.
The crash came across the scanner just before 2:30 p.m. near Middleway.
The plane went down in a field near 494 Harry Shirley Rd, about a half mile from Leetown Road.
Scanner page Eastern Panhandle Working Fires reported two occupants were both out of the aircraft and injured, Priority 2.
Medical aviation was requested to the scene for one of the patients and was scheduled

Elliott Pritt, the state delegate and school teacher charged with seducing a 15-year-old girl, is being held in jail, had his teaching certificate suspended, faces calls to resign from the House of Delegates and probably won’t be able to be replaced on general election ballots.
Pritt is due in federal court for a preliminary hearing at 2 p.m. Monday.
Pritt was arrested Wednesday in Oak Hill, charged with enticement of a minor and made an initial appearance before U.S. Magistrate Judge Dwane