MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — A family in Berkeley County is okay after a carjacking.  According to Berkeley County Sheriff Rob Blair, they were stopped at a gas station off Shepherdstown Road Sunday when a man came up to them and threatened them with a firearm.  The victim says the man demanded the occupants exit the vehicle and threatened to shoot them if they did not comply. They got out of the vehicle and the suspect drove off. 
“They did the right thing. They they let the individual take the

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A Kanawha County Sheriff’s Department K-9 is credited with helping apprehend a watched fugitive.
Samuel Manriquez
Deputies learned the whereabouts of Samuel Manriquez who had an active federal warrant. Deputies attempted a traffic stop with Manriquez in the vehicle. However, he fled on foot. Deputies learned he had fled to a home in Cross Lanes, but refused to exit the home. Following a lengthy standoff the homeowner returned and cooperated with deputies to let them into the

Today on MetroNews This Morning:
–Public hearings before the PSC on the MARL Transmission line get started this week
–A scary incident leaves a West Virginia Turnpike toll collector with minor injuries
–Those deep freeze temperatures on a couple of days in April have severely crippled this year’s fruit crop
–In Sports: WVU defeats Kentucky to force a final game in the Morgantown regional of the NCAA baseball tourney
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BUCKHANNON, W.Va. — Fifteen West Virginia high school juniors have been named finalists in the West Virginia Scholar Program and are in the running for a full-ride scholarship to West Virginia Wesleyan College.
Online voting begins on June 5 and ends on June 14
The winner will be announced at a luncheon on the campus of West Virginia Wesleyan on June 17 follow an on-campus broadcast of MetroNews “Talkline.”
The scholarship includes four years of tuition, fees, room and board valued at $160,000.

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A new initiative and startup that aims to play a role in increasing the supply of critical rare earth minerals to support infrastructure in the United States has been officially launched at West Virginia University.
WVU Vice Provost Mark Gavin announced on WAJR’s Talk of the Town on Friday that the university has established the Rare Earth Elements Initiative as part of an effort to expand on research focused on extracting rare earths and critical minerals from unconventional

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The provisions of House Bill 5437, the Vape Safety Act, will begin to take effect over the next year, and the West Virginia Alcohol Beverage Control Administration is preparing to license, regulate, and enforce the law statewide.
Fred Wooton
On WAJR’s “Talk of the Town,” commissioner Fred Wooton said they have sent notices to 400 businesses in the state about the changes and have started training their workers.
The administrative and criminal enforcement operations officially