CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — A suspect who fled police is dead after the pursuit ended in gunfire in Harrison County.
State Police pulled over the suspect Tuesday afternoon on what was a routine traffic stop just off  Route 20 on Falls Run Road. But troopers say the man took off and led them on a high speed chase. During the chase, troopers reported the suspect brandished a firearm. Eventually the chase ended on Saddletree Road in the Mount Clare community.
According to troopers the man, whose name has

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Following a months’ long downward trend of overdose deaths in the Eastern Panhandle, Berkeley County Recovery Resources reports the numbers were ticking upward last month.
Quick Response Team member Kaitlyn Himes blames synthetic opioids.  “The fentanyl, we know it’s here. The xylazine, we know it’s here. The other two are confirmed too. So, the medetomidine and the nidazine are essentially the same thing as fentanyl and xylazine, but more potent. So, the nitazine being that

WHEELING, W.Va. –The West Virginia Department of Education will once again host its annual Culineering Challenge on Thursday.
The competition, now in its fourth year, challenges CTE students to combine food and engineering. It was inspired by the hit Netflix show Baking Impossible. The show’s winner, Sara Schonour, and her teammate, Rodolfo Goncalves, will be on hand to help judge.
Emily Pearson, coordinator at the West Virginia Department of Education’s Office of Career Technical Education,

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Two men have been arrested in connection with separate arson investigations in Huntington.
According to the Huntington Fire Department, Mark Anthony Jackson, 41, and Eric Franklin Congleton, 49, were each arrested and charged with arson.
Jackson was arrested on October 10 for an October 3 incident in the 2600 block of Guyan Avenue where a vehicle was on fire.
Congleton was arrested on October 13 for his alleged involvement in a separate vehicle fire in the 300 block of 6th

CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — The accused gunman in the February 2024 killing of Dallion Lewis on Jack Run Road is on trial in Harrison County this week.
Kameron Griffin, 25, of Akron, Ohio allegedly hid in the back of a vehicle Lewis was riding in and jumped out when the vehicle stopped and shot Lewis to death over a $100 drug debt.
Dennis High was found guilty of murder and sentenced to life with mercy in August for driving the vehicle and stopping along Jack Run Road as a signal to Griffin and Taneil

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — It’s going to be a busy June for leaders in Charleston, as two major championship sporting events will be in the Capital City.
On Tuesday afternoon, Mayor Amy Shuler Goodwin announced that the USA Gymnastics for All GymFest will be held at the Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center from June 25 through June 28. It was also announced at the press conference that the USA Cycling Pro Road National Championship races will be just days before from June 17 through June 21.
Amy

BECKLEY, W.Va. — West Virginia State Police and federal law enforcement used the traffic disruption of Bridge Day to arrest 18 people in the country illegally.
Governor Patrick Morrisey detailed the operation in Beckley during a Tuesday press conference when he announced the arrest of those individuals on either end of U.S. Route 19 between Sutton and Beckley.
“We know there were a lot of traffic signs that were posted and there were a lot of people disobeying those traffic directions. When we