LOUDENDALE, W.Va. — The Kanawha County Sheriff’s Department has released the names of the victims in a double fatal crash that happened Wednesday morning near Kanawha State Forest.
Deputies said Matthew Cornell, 56, and his wife, Tracey Cornell, 55, of Charleston, died when the pickup truck Matthew Cornell was driving went off Kanawha State Forest Drive at about 9:30 a.m., struck a tree and overturned in the bed of a roadside creek.
Both died at the scene, deputies said.
The crash remains under

Today on MetroNews This Morning:
–Mingo County murder trial completes a second week of testimony today
–NWS confirms it was a tornado in Preston County
–Senator Capito talks about the current state of the economy
–In Sports: WVU takes Game 1 of a pivotal series with TCU
Listen to “MetroNews This Morning 5-15-26” on Spreaker.

The post MetroNews This Morning 5-15-26 appeared first on WV MetroNews.

FAYETTE COUNTY, W.Va. –An investigation is underway in Fayette County following an active shooter incident on Wolf Creek Road in Fayetteville.
Max Johnson (Photo: Fayette County Sheriff’s Office)
According to Fayette County Sheriff Jess McMullen, Max David Johnson, 32, of Fayetteville was arrested Thursday.
McMullen said that deputies had been dispatched after they received reports of a male subject armed with a handgun inside a local business while employees and customers were present.

MINGO COUNTY, W.Va. –A psychologist who evaluated the Mingo County man on trial for the death of a state police trooper to the stand Thursday during the eighth day of trial.
Timothy Kennedy, 32, of Matewan is facing charges of murder, first-degree robbery, disarming a law enforcement officer, and two counts of attempted first-degree murder in the death of West Virginia State Police Sgt. Cory Maynard in June 2023.
The prosecutors, who say Kennedy ambushed Maynard while he was responding to a