BRUCETON MILLS, W.Va. — A girl is in critical condition at J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown after she was originally reported unresponsive at a Preston County campground.
According to a news release from the state police, the girl was injured at Big Bear Lake campground near Bruceton Mills. Troopers from the Kingwood detachment said she was carried to a vehicle that left the area.
Pennsylvania State Police later pulled over a vehicle and charged Lisa Miller, 60, of Dawson, Pennsylvania,

WEBSTER SPRINGS, W.Va. — A Webster County mother is charged with abusing her 17-month-old daughter.
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State police have charged Bella Carpenter, 20, with child neglect causing serious bodily injury and conspiracy.
Troopers said the girl suffered a broken shoulder, sternum and ribs along with spinal fractures and lung bruising.
The girl was initially treated at CAMC Women and Children’s Hospital and then transferred to Cincinnati Children’s Hospital.
The alleged abuse took

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BELLE, W.Va. — A plastic repurposing plant was the topic of a multi-hour town hall meeting in eastern Kanawha County hosted by the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection.
Over 50 residents in the town of Belle attended a public comment hearing Tuesday evening to learn more about a proposed plastic-conversion facility planned for the area. The plant is planned at the former 84 Lumber property along Dupont Ave.
Clean-Seas West Virginia is the company seeking an air quality permit

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The state Department of Environmental Protection has ordered Monarch Cloud Campus, which is building a site for a data center in Point Pleasant, to take corrective action after a rainstorm last Saturday caused water and mud from the site to into a nearby neighborhood.
WV DEP Secretary Harold Ward
The DEP issued a unilateral enforcement order to Monarch Tuesday.
According to a DEP news release, the enforcement order requires Monarch “to immediately repair and strengthen the

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia University is on the receiving end of the largest grant in the history of the university.
WVU President Michael T. Benson
WVU announced Tuesday its partnership with the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University in the Resilient Energy Technology and Infrastructure (RETI) Consortium will receive $321 million in public and private funding.
The project, which features the development of an industrial energy innovation hub, was one of 12 projects