COLLIERVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A gunman who killed one person and wounded 14 others in a Tennessee grocery store did not appear to target anyone specifically as he rampaged through the building on a sunny Thursday afternoon, police said. The entire shooting was over within minutes as first respo…
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Police have given the all-clear after a search of two state office buildings in Virginia’s capital Friday prompted by a report of a possible active shooter. Read more
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A 17-year-old West Virginia girl has been sentenced to 10 years of incarceration on four counts of accessory after the fact in the slayings of four people. Read more
The following is a list of incidents reported to police agencies on Sept. 22; however, the call may have resulted in something other than what was originally reported. Read more
Two parents were arrested on child neglect and drug charges Tuesday after police in Raleigh County reportedly found them in a vehicle doing heroin while an infant was in the back seat. Read more
The Beckley Police Department will be conducting a DUI sobriety checkpoint on Tuesday, Sept. 28, between the hours of 3 and 9 p.m. on Second Street and Thornhill Courts. An alternate location will be Johnstown Road and Jefferson Street. Read more
A man in Greenbrier County was arrested Wednesday after stabbing two people with a Samurai sword. Read more
princeton — An attempted routine traffic stop led to a brief car chase and a drug bust in Princeton Tuesday night. Read more
Members of the Beckley/Raleigh County Drug and Violent Crimes Task Force and the Raleigh County Sheriff’s Office Special Response Team executed a search warrant Tuesday at the residence of Larry Wayne Meadows on Ritter Drive in Shady Spring, according to a press release from the Raleigh Coun… Read more
A convicted felon in Shady Springs was arrested Tuesday after a search warrant at his residence turned up several illegal substances, including methamphetamine, heroin, marijuana and roughly 500 pills. Read more
The following is a list of incidents that were reported to police agencies on Sept. 21; however, the call may have resulted in something other than what was originally reported. Read more
BLUEFIELD – First responders were dispatched Tuesday after a motor vehicle accident involving a pedestrian was reported in Bluefield. Read more
Three defendants who were arrested in 2018 for the death of an 8-year-old Oak Hill girl will go to trial Oct. 22 before Fayette County Circuit Court Judge Paul Blake. Read more
A Fayette County man pleaded guilty Tuesday to attempted enticement of a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity. Read more
welch — A McDowell County woman wanted for murder surrendered to authorities Tuesday night while her alleged accomplice remained at large. Read more
WELCH — Police are searching for two suspects wanted in connection with a murder in McDowell County. Read more
Two Wheeling residents were charged in Ohio County on Friday for the murder of a couple whose remains were found in Raleigh County in August 2018, Raleigh County Sheriff Scott Van Meter reported on Monday. Read more
NORTH PORT, Fla. (AP) — FBI agents and police Monday searched the home of the boyfriend wanted for questioning in the death of 22-year-old Gabby Petito, whose body was discovered over the weekend at a Wyoming national park months after the couple set out on a cross-country road trip. Read more
HOUSTON (AP) — A Houston police officer was killed and another was wounded Monday morning during a shooting that also killed a 31-year-old man whom the officers were attempting to arrest on drug charges, authorities said. Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Republican political operative pardoned by President Donald Trump after his conviction in a 2012 bribery plot has been charged again with campaign-related crimes, this time involving a 2016 illegal campaign contribution scheme and a Russian national. Read more
The following is a list of incidents reported to police agencies on Sept. 19; however, the call may have resulted in something other than what was originally reported. Read more
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — Two students were wounded in a shooting at a Virginia high school and a suspect is in custody, police said Monday. Read more
NEW YORK (AP) — A lawyer for Donald Trump’s indicted corporate finance chief told a judge Monday he has “strong reason to believe” more indictments are coming in an ongoing New York investigation into the former president’s real estate empire. Read more
\dge o the Circuit Court of Fayette County, at 9 a.m., in the Courtroom of the Fayette County Courthouse for arraignment. Read more
The following is a list of incidents reported to police agencies on Sept. 18; however, the call may have resulted in something other than what was originally reported. Read more
A captain in the Fayette County Sheriff's Department has been appointed to a role as a Fayette County magistrate beginning Oct. 1. Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a city still on edge after the Jan. 6 insurrection, law enforcement bore down in large numbers on the Capitol on Saturday over concerns that a rally in support of the jailed rioters would turn violent. It didn’t. Read more
The following is a list of incidents reported to police agencies on Sept. 17; however, the call may have resulted in something other than what was originally reported. Read more
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a West Virginia woman has pleaded guilty to a child sex trafficking conspiracy in which she was charged with providing a 17-year-old relative to a former police chief for sex in exchange for money. Read more
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Two Delaware women who confronted supporters of former President Donald Trump and took a “Make America Great Again” hat from them at the 2020 Democratic National Convention have been sentenced to probation. Read more
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — A judge has opted against prison time for a Kentucky man who pleaded guilty to shipping low-level nuclear waste to a Kentucky landfill without proper labeling. Read more
DENVER (AP) — A judge on Friday sentenced a former student to life in prison without parole for a 2019 shooting inside a suburban Denver high school that killed one teenager and injured eight others, telling the defendant he had shown no remorse and had failed to help a devastated community … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — Burned before, Capitol Police say they are taking no chances as they prepare for a Saturday rally at the U.S. Capitol in support of rioters imprisoned after the violent Jan. 6 insurrection. Read more
The following is a list of incidents reported to police agencies on Sept. 16; however, the call may have resulted in something other than what was originally reported. Read more
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — A federal judge on Friday said he would postpone the Oct. 12 trial of five men accused of planning to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. Read more
The following is a list of incidents reported to police agencies on Sept. 15; however, the call may have resulted in something other than what was originally reported. Read more
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A woman from Fayette County pleaded guilty Wednesday to an offense related to sex trafficking a 17-year-old minor female. Read more
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A judge on Tuesday rejected an attempt to salvage a proposed charter amendment on the future of policing in Minneapolis, ruling just days before early and absentee voting is due to begin in the city where George Floyd died in police custody that any votes on the question w… Read more
The West Virginia State Police will conduct a sobriety checkpoint on Rt. 107 (Stokes Drive) in the Hinton area of Summers County this Friday, Sept. 17. Read more
The following is a list of incidents reported to police agencies on Sept. 13; however, the call may have resulted in something other than what was originally reported. Read more
ATLANTA (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday announced a statewide civil rights investigation into Georgia prisons, citing particular concern about violence. Read more
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Four former Minneapolis police officers charged with violating George Floyd's civil rights pleaded not guilty Tuesday in a federal hearing that included arguments on several pretrial motions, including requests to hold separate trials. Read more
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — A former employee of a West Virginia nonprofit organization has pleaded guilty to theft of federal funds, officials said. Read more
An Ewart Avenue man admitted to a Raleigh County Sheriff's Office detective that he raped and murdered 29-year-old Tonya Adkins of Beckley in August and dumped her body near New River Drive, according to a criminal complaint filed Friday before Raleigh Magistrate Tomi Peck. Read more
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (AP) — Federal prosecutors in West Virginia will conduct a conference next month to discuss the methods used to convict a former nursing assistant in the deaths of numerous patients at a veterans hospital. Read more
DUNWOODY, Ga. (AP) — An explosion rocked an apartment building in suburban Atlanta on Sunday, causing the three-story structure to partially collapse and leaving four people with minor injuries, authorities said. Read more
The following is a list of incidents reported to police agencies on Sept. 11; however, the call may have resulted in something other than what was originally reported. Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Capitol Police said Saturday it has recommended disciplinary action in six cases after an internal review of officer behavior stemming from the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Read more
The following is a list of incidents reported to police agencies on Sept. 10; however, the call may have resulted in something other than what was originally reported. Read more
passed on Sept. 19, 2021 in Kentucky. She had a long battle with Cushing's disease. Due to Covid-19, there will be no service. She will be laid to rest in Alderson, W.Va. at a later date.
[br]CORLISS [ndash] Betty Jane Wright, 92, of Corliss passed away on Tuesday, September 14, 2021 at Bowers Hospice House, Beckley. Born on April 9, 1929 in Honey Dew, WV, she was the daughter of the late Joseph Benjamin Armstrong and Truma Elva Sevy Armstrong. In addition to her parents, she…
