MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A West Virginia University associate professor has been indicted on two counts of conspiracy to commit a felony drug crime by a Monongalia County grand jury.
Jeanette Garcia
Jeanette Garcia, an associate professor in the WVU College of Applied Human Sciences, is accused conspiring with at least one student to provide and obtain the prescription drug Adderall between January 1, 2025, and August 31, 2025.
Garcia was named in a two-count indictment handed up by the grand jury

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Drivers who deliver Coors, Miller, and Modello beer to stores and bars across 30 West Virginia counties remain on the picket line in a labor dispute with distributor The Beverage Market.
Members of Teamsters Local 175 went on strike this week only days after rejecting the latest contract offer from the company.
“We’ve reached out to to try and get dates to resume negotiations multiple times, but the company has not responded and continues to refuse to provide dates to sit

PRINCETON, W.Va. — The investigation into a fatal accident in Mercer County continues.
State Police released more information about the accident Friday which claimed the lives of two students at Princeton Senior High School. The driver of the vehicle was Aden King, 19, of Bluefield. Troopers say King was killed along with a juvenile passenger. Sources confirm the second victim was his brother Price King, age 17.
According to State Police Aden King was travelling on Courthouse Road in Princeton

West Virginia’s Secretary of State, Kris Warner, asked a federal judge to toss U.S. government demands for unredacted voter registration data.
Now, the U.S. Department of Justice is arguing against West Virginia’s position. DOJ entered a response brief in the case this week.
The federal judge assigned to the case is Thomas Johnston, a George W. Bush appointee.
The Department of Justice kicked the whole case off weeks ago by filing a lawsuit to compel West Virginia officials to release the list

CHARLESTON, W.Va – A Kanawha County man will spend up to the next 40 years in prison for stabbing another man to death outside the GoMart convenience store in Kanawha City nearly two years ago.
William Selbe was sentenced by Kanawha County Circuit Judge Jennifer Bailey to the maximum of 40 years in prison on Friday after pleading guilty to a charge of second-degree murder in the June 2024 death of Nicholas Hodge, Jr.
Selbe admitted in court that he and Hodge took drugs together and later got

The latest jousting over control of The Greenbrier Hotel is over whether local court in Greenbrier County is the right ground for the fight.
The longtime banker for Senator Jim Justice’s family business network is asking a judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed over control of The Greenbrier Hotel in a local courtroom because the location violates venue agreements in contracts signed by the Justices.
Lawyers for Carter Bank wrote that the Justices and their attorneys knew this:
“Over the past five

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — As the wait for spring continues, meteorologists now say a dose of midsummer weather will move into the region this weekend and into next week.
Meteorologist Matt Brudy said the weather system bringing the heat is sauntering across the country and will be firmly in place here by Sunday. Highs in the mid 80s Sunday are in the forecast; then the first part of the week the warm air will completely take over.
“Looks like Monday and Tuesday are going to be the two warmest days,