BUCKHANNON, W.Va. — A man has been charged with strangulation after allegedly choking his juvenile stepdaughter.
Austin Cesaro (WVDCR)
Police say Austin Cesaro, 32, choked and threatened his 14-year-old stepdaughter, which prompted her to run away from home.
Deputies say they received a call saying the girl was missing and stole a vehicle. A Braxton County trooper found the vehicle and attempted to make a traffic stop. The girl then fled again and got into a wreck.
The trooper spoke with the

RAVENSWOOD, W.VA — Wednesday marks the first day of classes for schools in Jackson County, and with that comes the return of school buses on the roads.
Jackson County Sheriff Ross Mellinger
The Jackson County Sheriff’s Department is taking a proactive approach to making sure students are safe getting on and off buses this year. Sheriff Ross Mellinger makes it clear that passing a stopped school bus is against the law, and they have ways of tracking down anyone who does.
“We try to draw a hard

Today on MetroNews This Morning:
–Tucker County Commission defends new ambulance fees
–The Attorney General goes after another company tied to the Opioid Epidemic in West Virginia
–The UMWA pushes back against delays in the new silica dust rules
–In Sports: Quincy Wilson is back at his alma mater and ready for his first season as head coach
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MINGO COUNTY, W.Va. –The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection held a public meeting Monday evening to discuss the air quality permit applications for data center operations in Mingo County.
The meeting focused on the TransGas facilities, which are off-grid power-generating sites proposed for locations on 22 Mine Road near Holden and Twisted Gun Road near Wharncliffe.
The DEP is considering the applications following a push from state leaders to attract data center development to

CEDAR GROVE, W.Va. –Two Kanawha County Deputies were injured Monday evening while trying to serve felony warrants on a suspect in Cedar Grove.
The incident happened near the GoMart around 7 p.m. According to deputies, they were trying to serve the warrants when the suspect, in an attempt to get away from deputies, jumped into a creek bed.
One of the deputies, was said to have slid down the hillside trying to find the suspect, and is believed to have broken both of his legs. The other deputy is

KANAWHA COUNTY, W.Va. –A teenager who is accused in the January 2024 murder of a tobacco store clerk appeared in court Monday morning so they could fix a “clerical error” in his indictment before his trial.
Barack Williams appeared before Kanawha County Circuit Judge Maryclaire Akers, to fix Count 2 of his indictment. The count had been upgraded to 1st-degree robbery after a mistake was found on the original indictment had him charged with 2nd-degree robbery. He is also be charged with

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — A Huntington man pleaded guilty to bank fraud Monday admitting that he embezzled money from a law firm he worked at for approximately 30 years.
Todd M. Chapman, 57, admitted that he embezzled at least $602,000 dollars from a Huntington law firm while he worked as an office manager. The embezzlement included funds from client trust accounts and proceeds from a Paycheck Protection Plan loan authorized by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act).