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Sergeant Cory Maynard of the West Virginia State Police was shot and killed while responding to a shooting call in Mingo County on June 2, 2023. Twenty nine year old Timothy Kennedy of Beech Creek, WV opened fire on responding officers, fatally wounding Sergeant Maynard and then fled the scene. This stemmed from a shooting Read More…
On Sunday May 28th, 2023 at approximately 8:00 a.m. Trooper J.D. Richards received notification from Calhoun County Control that David Little had contacted dispatch on a recorded telephone line stating that his daughter, Felicia Marie Parsons had been dropped off at his property at 777 Cain Road, Big Bend, WV in Calhoun County a couple Read More…
UPDATE: Victims of the UTV accident on Sand Ridge were listed as Kaleb Hall, Driver with 2 passengers, Chris Johnson and an unnamed 17 year old. One was Life flighted, one was transported to Charleston by Roane EMS and the other was transported to Roane General by a personal vehicle. Trooper David Moore is the Read More…
Trooper J. D. Richards filed a complain in the Magistrate Court of Calhoun stating that on or about Sunday, May 21st, 2023 at approximately 6:30 p.m. while conducting routine road patrol on WV R.t 16 SB in the area of Arnoldsburg, he observed a red in color Dodge Caravan weaving in it’s lane, traveling at Read More…
In a criminal complaint filed in Calhoun Magistrate Court by Trooper J.D. Richards of the WV State Police, he stated that on Sunday, May 21st 2023 at approximately 9 p.m., while processing another prisoner in the State Police Detachment in Grantsville, an individual came in the door saying that there was an active altercation down Read More…
Information taken from the complaint of Corporal D.C. Moore filed in the Magistrate Court of Richard Postalwait: On Tuesday, April 4, 2023 at approximately 10:30 p.m., Corporal DC Moore, observed ablue in color, Ford Escape, parked in the 1700 block of Norman Ridge. The vehicle had its lights on, and the drivers door was hanging Read More…
Governor Jim Justice held a press briefing shortly after 1 today with regard to the notification of the resignation of the Colonel of the West Virginia State Police following actions by Troopers for which the Governor called “Despicable.” The Governor said that at 11:30 p.m. last night, March 19th, Captain Drew Pendleton informed him on Read More…
In a complaint filed by Prosecuting Attorney, Nigel Jeffries, it stated that on n February 26, 2023, Sgt. C.J. Weekley of the WVSP was asked by Calhoun County Probation Officer Alisha Lawson to accompany her on a compliance check of the residence of Victor Carpenter, Sr. a probatione. Officer Lawson and Sgt. Weekley arrived at Read More…
According to a Criminal Complaint filed by Trooper N.T. Warden of the Roane County Detachment, on On Monday, February 27, 2023, at approximately 10 p.m. Trooper N.T. Warden, was dispatched by the Roane County 911 Center (RTC) to a single motor vehicle crash located in the 3400 Block of Arnoldsburg Road in Spencer, Roane County, Read More…
Ridgeview News will run information off the official complaint once it’s released, but a high speed chase between Calhoun’s WV State Police and 32 year old Joshua Parsons played out on social media Saturday night around 10 p.m. The chase went through the area of Arnoldsburg, through the City of Spencer and ended on Ripley Read More…