WHEELING, W.Va. –A new set of students have won the title of 2025 Culineering Champion.
The Drive and Dine Coyotes from Wetzel County Technical Education Center were named the grand champions Thursday at Oglebay Park Resort in Wheeling.
Second place went to the Culinary Caddies from Wheeling Park High School; third place went to the MCTEC Culineers from Mercer County Technical Education Center.
The competition was hosted by the West Virginia Department of Education Office of Career Technical

FAYETTE COUNTY, W.Va. –A Scarbro man faces charges for alleged arson and attempted murder in Fayette County.
Michael Wood (Photo: Fayette County Police Department)
Michael E. Wood, 46, was arrested Thursday morning and is charged with arson in the first degree and two counts of attempted murder.
According to Fayette County Sheriff Jess McMullen, deputies responded to a residence in the Scarbro area on Wednesday around 9:10 p.m. on reports of a domestic disturbance. McMullen said the suspect fled

MOUNT CLARE, W.Va. — The suspect killed in a shooting with police following a pursuit with police in Harrison County Tuesday has been identified.
Cpt. Jason Saurino said Tyrell Stephan White of Huntington has been identified as the driver of the vehicle.
“The suspect is Tyrell Stephan White, and the last known address we have for him is out of Huntington, West Virginia,” Saurino said.
Police attempted to stop White Tuesday at 6 p.m. on Route 20 on Falls Run Road when he sped away. During the

SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A man was taken into custody by ICE agents Thursday in South Charleston.
Kanawha County Prosecutor Debra Rusnak told MetroNews that a young woman felt like she was being watched and followed by two men while she was shopping at the TJ Maxx in South Charleston Thursday afternoon.
Police were called to the business to investigate, and ICE was then called during the investigation about unrelated information.
According to Rusnak, that man was detained and the other was

As a federal shutdown hit Day 23, the U.S. Senate couldn’t advance a Republican-backed measure to pay federal employees, military members and contractors who have continued to work.
The bill, known as the Shutdown Fairness Act, needed Democratic support to get past a 60-vote filibuster hurdle. Instead, the vote was 54 to 45, with support from three Democrats.
Both of West Virginia’s senators, Shelley Moore Capito and Jim Justice, had concluded the pay legislation would not move forward even

PEIA’s financial proposal for next fiscal year includes a 3% aggregate premium increase for both employees and employers and a $200 monthly spousal surcharge increase.
The agency also proposes making several changes to a lower premium plan for West Virginia residents who receive almost all of their medical care in-state.
The finance board for the Public Employees Insurance Agency went over the plan during a meeting Thursday afternoon.
PEIA will next take out the plan for public review.
Dates and

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Third grade students from Belle, Chesapeake, and Mary Ingles Elementary Schools in eastern Kanawha County made their way to the Clay Center in Charleston Thursday to enjoy a different form of learning science.
For a third consecutive year, Arclin Amines, a chemistry-based manufacturer in Belle, hosted over 100 students at its STEM celebration. The third graders learned solubility, density, and got to be a part of endothermic and exothermic chemical reactions. Students also