CHARLESTON, W.Va. — November proved to be another strong month for revenue collections for the State of West Virginia. State Revenue Secretary Eric Nelson on Monday released the figures from the month showing collections at $443 Million which was $29 Million ahead of estimates. Fiscal year-to-date has seen the state collect $2.2 BILLION which is $130 Million ahead of estimates.
“We were led again, and it’s been consistent in prior months, by personal income tax and consumer sales tax collections

MOATSVILLE, W.Va. — A Barbour County man is in jail on charges after what police while attempting to execute a warrant.
State police and Barbour County deputies went to the residence of Brian Koval near Moatsville Sunday at around 4 p.m. They had a warrant for Koval’s arrest on drug charges.
According to state police, Koval, 49, barricaded himself inside his residence to avoid arrest. Police later entered the residence after a brief standoff. They found guns, ammunition, three throwable

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Much of West Virginia is in line for a winter storm to pass through in a quick 24-hour period. The system has already started moving through the midwest and will enter West Virginia late Monday night and progress from the southwest counties in a northeasterly direction. The storm system will cut a diagonal path across the state and leave behind a trail of weather problems.
“A lot of these places it’s going to be a wintry bag of precipitation. It wouldn’t be a shock for quite

WELCH, W.Va. — State police say the deaths of two brothers in McDowell County is suspicious.
The bodies were found during a welfare check Sunday evening at a residence along Stewart Street in Welch.
Troopers said the men hadn’t lived in Welch for very long.
The bodies have been sent to the state Medical Examiner’s Office for autopsies.
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AURORA, W.Va. — Students were sent home early at the Aurora Elementary School in Preston County Monday due to elevated CO2 levels caused by a natural gas leak.
The leak was reported around 9:30 a.m. and a total of 27 people were checked out by EMS crews. Two students have been taken to the hospital.
No other details have been released.
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MORGANTOWN, W.Va.. — An unidentified person is in custody following a suspicious blaze on Dawson Road early Monday.
Members of the River Road Volunteer Fire Department were dispatched to a report of a vehicle fire at 3 a.m. As crews made their way to the scene dispatchers told first responders there was also a camper trailer was also on fire very close to a nearby residence.
Volunteers put several fires out at the scene that were determined to be intentionally set.
One person was apprehended at

Today on MetroNews This Morning:
–A community mourns the death of a well known National Guard soldier on duty in Washington while a second guard member continues recovery from gunshot wounds.
–West Virginia is looking at another belt of winter weather in the next 24 hours
–The Salvation Army needs bell ringers as the Red Kettle Drive is off to a slow start
—In Sports: The college football season in West Virginia comes to a disappointing end
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