Category: NewsWatch
Fayette County appoints new interim county clerk
Anna SaundersDec 06, 2019
FAYETTEVILLE, WV (WOAY) – Fayette County has appointed a new interim county clerk. Alicia Treadway will be interim county clerk once Kelvin Holliday retires at the...
Lawsuit: W.Va. department put child in sexually abusive home
Tyler BarkerDec 06, 2019
CHARLESTON, WV (AP) — A woman says in a lawsuit that the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resource knowingly placed her in an abusive and unsafe home where...
UPDATE: Three West Virginia Division of Corrections employees fired after Nazi salute photo
Tyler BarkerDec 06, 2019
UPDATE (12/6/19) – CHARLESTON, WV (WOAY) – Three individuals have been fired and 34 remain suspended without pay, and the West Virginia Department of Military...
Investigation leads to one arrested after trying to solicit money to Shop with a Cop in Raleigh County
Tyler BarkerDec 06, 2019
RALEIGH COUNTY, WV (WOAY) – The Raleigh County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a fraudulent schemes case in which individuals are soliciting money on...
Local sheriff’s office donates to charity after No Shave November
Kassie SimmonsDec 06, 2019
FAYETTE COUNTY, WV (WOAY) – The Fayette County Sheriff’s Department donated to the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Southern West Virginia this morning at...
Free tuition program bolsters first-time freshman enrollment
Tyler BarkerDec 06, 2019
CHARLESTON, WV (AP) — West Virginia’s higher education oversight agencies say the community college enrollment rate has increased since the state began offering free...
W Virginia man convicted of killing man paying child support
Tyler BarkerDec 06, 2019
CHARLESTON, WV (AP) — A West Virginia man will likely spend life in prison for fatally shooting a father who was delivering child support money to a woman, a jury...
Two men who entered abandoned mine in Raleigh County illegally last year have died
Tyler BarkerDec 06, 2019
BECKLEY, WV (WOAY) – It’s been almost one year since four people entered an abandoned mine in Raleigh County, now two of the four have died. Eddie Williams...
UPDATE: Tim Berry changes his mind, will run for re-election for Beckley City Council
Tyler BarkerDec 06, 2019
UPDATE: (12/6/2019) – BECKLEY, WV (WOAY) – Councilman at large, Tim Berry, is not finished with city politics just yet. Berry has decided to run for...
Princeton Police collect donations for Christmas With A Cop
Anna SaundersDec 05, 2019
PRINCETON, WV (WOAY) – Princeton Police will be having their second annual Christmas With A Cop on December 18th. Officers were out on Stafford and Ingleside...
