HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — A Huntington man is awaiting extradition proceedings after being arrested in Ohio this week on a sexual assault charge from Cabell County.
Mark Purtee (HPD)
Huntington police allege Mark Purtee, 52, sexually assaulted a 10-year-old girl last month. He’s charged with First-Degree Sexual Assault of a Child Under the Age of 12
Police said Purtee was a friend of the victim’s family.
Detectives and U.S. Marshals arrested Purtee in Marion County, Ohio earlier this week after a

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. –A former prosecuting attorney was sworn in Friday to serve as the United States Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia.
Matthew L. Harvey was confirmed to the position by the U.S. Senate on October 7. He was first nominated by President Trump on June 30.
Harvey will oversee a staff of 47 employees, including 20 attorneys and 27 non-attorney support personnel across Wheeling, Martinsburg, Clarksburg, and Elkins.
“I am grateful to President Trump placing his trust

CHARLESTON, W.Va. –The state’s Public Service Commission have scheduled two public comment hearings and an evidentiary hearing for the increase sought by Black Diamond Power CO.
The Charleston-based company filed the request on August 1 and is seeking a 6.97% increase. The company buys their power from Appalachian Power Co. and then resells it to 4,886 customers primarily in Clay, Wyoming and Raleigh counties.
If the increase is approved, it would increase the average monthly residential bill by

ELKINS, W.Va. — Randolph County authorities have filed an additional sex crimes charge against an Elkins pastor.
Kevin Curtis Jones (WVRJA)
Kevin Curtis Jones, 33, of Elkins, was charged Tuesday with Distribution & Exhibiting Material Depicting Minors Engaged in Sexually Explicit Activity.
Jones has been in jail since Oct. 2 when he was charged with allegedly using a computer to solicit an underage girl. Authorities said Jones, the pastor at Summit Church, used a phone to seek a “clandestine