CHARLESTON, W.Va.— A fixture around the State Capitol for decades will be remembered Friday at the Capitol Complex.
Walt Helmick
Funeral services are slated for Friday and Saturday for the late Walt Helmick. Helmick, of Minnehaha Springs in Pocahontas County, won his first election in 1976 as a Pocahontas County Commissioner. He would go on to serve in an elected office in some capacity for the next 49 years. Along with his role as Pocahontas County Commissioner, Helmick served as a member of

Gov. Patrick Morrisey
MERCER COUNTY, W.Va. — State Police and other law enforcement agencies stood behind Governor Patrick Morrisey Thursday as he announced what he called, “one of the single largest drug busts in state history.”
After a month-long investigation, State Police, the Southern Regional Drug Task Force, and the Appalachia High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area were able to get 54 pounds of suspected fentanyl, 70 pounds of suspected crystal meth and 23 pounds of illicit marijuana off

WINFIELD, W.Va. — An elderly Putnam County woman died when she was run over early Thursday morning by her own car.
Putnam County Sheriff Bobby Eggleton said his deputies were called to a home in a Winfield subdivision around 8 a.m. Thursday.
“A neighbor called and said there was somebody laying in Mrs. Gore’s yard beside her driveway. We arrived and discovered it was actually her and she was deceased,” Eggleton explained.
Investigators believed the victim, Rosalee Gore, 78, of Winfield had been

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Parts of 15 West Virginia counties are considered in extreme drought conditions but the latest U.S. Drought Monitor does note some improvement.
It’s the driest in sections of Ohio, Marshall, Wetzel, Clay, Braxton, Nicholas, Webster, Upshur, Randolph, Pocahontas, Tucker, Grant, Mineral, Hardy and Hampshire counties.
The designation covers all of Marshall County and nearly all of Webster County while smaller sections of the other 13 counties.
Another large part of the state,

CHARLESTON, W.Va – West Virginians wanting to head to the Sunshine State can do so from Yeager International Airport starting this Friday as Breeze Airways launches service to Tampa.
It’s an exciting development for CRW, and chief marketing officer Paige Withrow said they heard what the community wanted and put it into action.
“We’ve seen a strong demand for service to Florida, so the return of this nonstop route with Breeze just provides another affordable and convenient option for passengers