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Cpl. Jeffrey Hunt retired from the West Virginia State Police with 25 years of service the last of December 2023. He did not let the grass grow beneath his feet, accepting the position as Chief Deputy for the Calhoun County Sheriffs Department, trading his traditional greens for the black and gray. Chief Hunt began his Read More…
Tommy Newell of Mt. Zion was laying down for a nap on Thursday evening when he heard the sound of popping on the upper floor of his home. He ran up the stairs and quickly opened the door to a room where an electric heater had been, and regretted that quick decision. The backdraft from Read More…
Calhoun Control dispatched the Arnoldsburg Volunteer Fire Department, Calhoun EMS, Westfall’s Wrecker Service and the Calhoun Sheriff’s Department to a single vehicle accident on Altizer Road, Arnoldsburg on Thursday Evening. There were no injuries reported but Sheriff Warrenm Basnett arrested the vehicle driver Roger Ray Philips for DUI.
A seventeen year old male narrowly escaped serious injury around noon on Tuesday, May 17th. Traveling south, just outside of Grantsville, he ran off the roadway and upon hitting the berm lost control of his pickup truck, still bearing the temporary tags from his purchase just 20 days ago. He rolled the truck upon to Read More…
Tracy Shane Johnson appeared on April 20 with counsel Daniel Minardi before Judge Anita Harold Ashley to enter a guilty plea to the charge of Conspiracy to Commit a Felony in Violation of Chapter 60A. Ms. Johnson has been held in the Central Regional Jail since October 15, 2021 facing charges from Clay County that Read More…
**2/19/22 UPDATE – Defendant was charged with DUI and released on $3,000 cash bond. 2/18/22 ORIGINAL STORY Tim Norman was apparently traveling South on Route 16 in the area of Five Forks when he lost control of his Chevrolet Silverado. Home owner Rue Brannon heard a loud noise and came out to discover Norman’s truck Read More…
