CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Former Fayette County Delegate Elliott Pritt pleaded not guilty to three federal charges during a brief hearing Monday morning in federal court in Charleston.
Elliott Pritt is pictured at the Carter County, Ky. Detention Center.
Pritt, 36, was indicted last week in connection with what federal prosecutors describe as grooming by Pritt of a 15-year-old girl, forcing her into a sexual relationship. Pritt was a school teacher in Fayette County at the time.
Pritt pleaded not

GRAFTON, W.Va. — Officials at Grafton City Hospital believe some personal information may have been compromised during a recent data breach.
The hospital has issued a notice of a data security incident after an email account was compromised May 6, 2026.
After the incident hospital officials secured the network, engaged additional third-party experts, enhanced its data security, and commenced an investigation that determined certain personal or medical information could have been subject to

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A Kanawha County Delegate said the time has come to take a look at the safety of the elevated interstate in Charleston. Four people were killed in a Friday night crash when their pickup truck jumped over the median wall and landed in the Martin-Marietta gravel yard 42-feet below.
The wreck was the third in recent days on the elevated interstate–and one of those three involved Delegate Dana Ferrell’s daughter and her boyfriend. They were struck by another vehicle and while

Today on MetroNews This Morning:
–Green Power school buses started with great promise, but have never delivered
–A deadly weekend on West Virginia highways
–Changes are coming to the way votes are canvassed after an election in West Virginia
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The zipper merge may make a return to some West Virginia highway construction projects.
Todd Rumbaugh
At least a form of it.
The state legislature asked state Transportation Secretary Todd Rumbaugh about the status of the zipper merge.
Rumbaugh talked about it at the most recent legislative interim committee meetings.
“West Virginians have always done the early merge,” Rumbaugh told lawmakers earlier this month. “We have tried to do the zipper merge in the past. It doesn’t

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A recent order by state Attorney General J.B. McCuskey will redirect future opioid settlement cases from the West Virginia First Foundation to the state legislature.
Jonathan Board
Since 2022, the funds have been divided between the Foundation (72.5%) and state and local government (24.5%).
According to McCuskey, beginning soon 72.5 % of future opioid settlement proceeds won through litigation with manufacturers and distributors will go directly to the state’s general revenue

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A renewal of the Monongalia County levy focused on emergency medical services will be on the ballot in the upcoming November General Election Ballot.
The Mononongalia County Commission unanimously approved the placement of the levy on the ballot during its recent meeting. It will be in the same format in which it was originally passed back in 2022.
The proposed four-year levy renewal would keep the 4.8 cents for every $100 of assessed valuation for Class II (owner-occupied)