A second man involved in alleged prescription pill trafficking was arrested by the Jackson County Sheriff’s Department last week.

CASA of the Fifth Judicial Circuit recently announced the hiring of local resident JoAnne Patterson. Patterson is the new executive program director for the non-profit, child abuse and neglect prevention advocacy group.

A Given man was killed Monday evening after his tractor-trailer rolled over on him as he was conducting repairs along the West Virginia Turnpike.

A South Carolina man died Monday morning when he was thrown from the SUV he was driving as it rolled on I-77 just south of the Kenna interchange.

The former Ripley Police Officer charged with sexually abusing a minor girl entered a plea of not guilty Friday morning in Jackson County Circuit Court.
 

A lawsuit was filed last week in Circuit Court against West Virginia Polymer, a Millwood manufacturing company, claiming that the company has failed to pay lease payments for several months and seeking to bar the company from selling any assets until payments are received.