VAN. W.Va. — One person died in a house fire in Boone County early Saturday morning.
The blaze was reported at shortly after 5 a.m. at a two-story house near Van High School.
A victim was found near the front door.
The state Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating.
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CHELYAN, W.Va. — A West Virginia Turnpike worker was injured Saturday after falling out of a tollbooth that was hit by a truck.
State police said it happened Saturday morning at about 9:16 when a truck carrying steel I beams, driven by Cameron Huntington, 28, of Colorado hit a southbound tollbooth near Chelyan.
John Terry, 61, of Gallagher, was working the tollbooth and fell out the window after contact from an I beam caused the booth to rock.
The tollbooth fell to the right striking a vehicle

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — An Inwood man learned his fate after pleading no contest in the shooting death of a man last year.
Michael Allen Taylor (WVRJA)
Michael Allen Taylor, 40, entered the plea last Tuesday to the felony offenses of second degree murder and use of a firearm during the commission of a felony. He was sentenced to an aggregate 50 years in prison.
Taylor shot and killed for the shooting death of John Offenstein, who had offered Taylor a place to stay when he became homeless.

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — State Treasurer Larry Pack came to Morgantown Friday to recognize the National SMART529 Sweepstakes winner.
Larry Pack on WAJR’s Talk of the Town
Pack presented the check to Ellie Ryba at Fat Angelo’s Pizza, where she works for her parents. The money contributed to the SMART529 account earns tax-free interest that can be used for a degree at a traditional university, community college, technical college, or certification program, as well as graduate and doctoral programs.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Those who knew the 17-year-old boy shot and killed earlier this week on Charleston’s West Side are scheduled to gather for candlelight vigil Saturday night.
It is scheduled for 8 p.m. near the Family Dollar on West Washington Street. That’s close to where the shooting occurred early Tuesday morning.
Charleston police have charged a 15-year-old boy with murder but he hasn’t yet been taken into custody.
Police have said the victim and the shooter knew one another and the crime

CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — Harrison County House of Delegates GOP nominee Tim McNeely says he can now look toward the November election.
McNeely stayed ahead of incumbent Del. Laura Kimble in the race for the nomination to the 71st District seat. McNeely lead by four votes after election night, six votes after the canvass and six votes after the recount that ended Thursday night.
During a Friday appearance on MetroNews “Talkline”, McNeely said he knocked on hundreds of doors through the campaign and

FOLSOM, W.Va — Members of the United States Department of Labor’s Mine Safety & Health Administration are investigating a serious incident at a mine near the Harrison/Wetzel County line.
One person was flown by HealthNet from the Harrison County Mine 7 North Portal near the Folsom area of Wetzel County for treatment Friday.
No information has been released about the extent of injuries.
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WESTON, W.Va. – Ten people face charges after being arrested in connection with what Lewis County Sheriff’s deputies call a narcotics operation.
The Lewis County Sheriff’s Department says its officers responded to a residence in the 200 block of Rada Avenue in Weston around 1:30 pm on May 27 and made contact with multiple people. Deputies said they observed a man “unconscious in the driver’s seat of an SUV parked on the property,” later identified as 36-year-old Andrew Queen, with “burnt foil