CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — Several state education officials took part in the first Harrison County Board of Education meeting after the partial state takeover.
The West Virginia Board of Education seized partial control over Harrison County Schools during the state’s meeting earlier this month. State officials received a report that the county was set to spend $16 million of reserve funding over a two-year period because it was employing hundreds of employees over the state funding formula.
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A photo gallery from flooding in Buckhannon to tornado damage in St. Marys.
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ST. MARYS, W.Va. — A severe summer storm bearing the hallmarks of a tornado tore through Pleasants County late Tuesday afternoon, leaving a distinct path of destruction that crossed the Ohio River and damaged local infrastructure.
According to firsthand accounts and images provided by local witness C.R. Neale, the violent storm system produced significant damage to mature trees and a major bridge structure as it moved through the Mid-Ohio Valley. While the National Weather Service has not yet

ROCKET CENTER, W.Va. — Mineral County authorities have identified the two drivers killed in a head-on collision that took place Sunday night on Rocket Center Road.
The sheriff’s office said Justin Haines, 52, of Keyser and Richard Bennett Jr., 55, of Frostburg, Maryland, died in the wreck that happened at around 8:15 p.m.
Both men were pronounced dead at the scene.
Investigators said Haines’ pick-up truck went across the center line and collided with Bennett’s van.
There was one passenger in

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Federal prosecutors are now investigating a sexual misconduct case involving a former Kanawha County sheriff’s deputy.
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Cass Close, 55, was set to go on trial on state charges beginning August 3 for allegedly sexually assaulting a female inmate while working as a court bailiff in the Kanawha County Judicial Building.
Close appeared in Kanawha County Circuit Court Tuesday before Putnam County Circuit Judge Phillip Stowers, who was appointed as a special judge

WEST UNION, W.Va.— Families with students in the Doddridge County school system will receive free broadband internet access for the upcoming school year.
Adam Cheeseman
The Doddridge County Board of Education, Citynet, the Doddridge County Economic Development Authority and the Doddridge County Commission announced the deal this week.
“All 568 households that have students in Doddridge County will receive free internet through this partnership,” Doddridge County School Superintendent Adam