Logan County Circuit Court Judge Joshua Butcher sentenced Daris Stanton to life in prison without mercy for the 2024 murder of Walter Elmore. The state recommended mercy for the guilty plea, however Judge Butcher decided the totality of the facts and the callousness of the defendant did not warrant mercy.

Former Logan Middle School teacher Curtis Collins has been fired by the Logan County Schools following his indictment on a charge of sexual abuse by a person in a position of trust to a child. Investigators allege Collins engaged in an inappropriate relationship with a Logan High School student. If convicted, the Williamson resident faces 10 to 20 years in prison. A.M. Stone | WVOW News THREE MILE CURVE The contract of a middle school teacher has been terminated following hi

Timothy Kennedy was convicted on all counts Monday in the 2023 ambush killing of Sgt. Cory Maynard after prosecutors said he shot the trooper while responding to an earlier shooting. WILLIAMSON A Mingo County jury convicted the man accused of killing a West Virginia State Trooper. Jurors returned a verdict on Monday (5/18/26) finding Timothy Kennedy guilty on all counts in the shooting death of West Virginia State Police Sgt. Cory Maynard. Trooper Maynard was shot and killed

44 year-old Curtis Collins was arrested Wednesday in Mingo County on charges of sexual abuse. He is accused of carrying on an inappropriate relationship with a ninth grade student at Logan High School. LOGAN A Logan Middle School teacher has been arrested on a charge of sexual abuse by a person in a position of trust. A criminal complaint filed in the Logan County Magistrate Court alleges 44 year-old Curtis Collins, of Williamson, carried on an inappropriate relationship wi

Daniel Lee Scaggs, 44, of Ethel, is facing a first-degree sexual assault charge following a West Virginia State Police investigation. According to a criminal complaint, a 12-year-old girl reported alleged abuse that occurred between the ages of 8 and 11. A preliminary hearing is set for March 9 at 10 a.m. LOGAN A Logan County man is accused of sexual assault that has allegedly been ongoing for years. On Thursday, West Virginia State Troop J-P Ziegler arrested 44-year-old

A Logan County murder case came to a close this week after 24-year-old Daris Stanton pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the 2024 shooting death of 42-year-old Walter Elmore during a drug-related dispute at a residence on Enchanted Circle in the Ethel area. As part of the plea agreement, the state will recommend mercy, though the judge is not required to accept it at sentencing. A.M. Stone | WVOW News LOGAN The case of a man accused of murder and kidnapping came to an

Jurors will see bodycam footage in the trial of Timothy Kennedy, accused of ambushing and fatally shooting WV State Trooper Sgt. Cory...

The Logan County Grand Jury returned multiple indictments last week during its September session held at the Logan County Courthouse....

One defendant's charge of Human Trafficking has been dismissed in Logan County Magistrate Court due to "insufficient information." LOGAN ...

Two 18-year-olds, Andrew Snyder and Alyssa Fodor, have been charged with human trafficking in Logan County after two missing juveniles...

The US Marshals Service Southern District of West Virginia CUFFED Task Force announced the results of Operation Shake Down, a two-week...

A Logan County has been accused of sexually assaulting his own 10-year-old child. LOGAN A Pecks Mill man has been arrested and charged...

On Thursday, 44-year-old Chad Michael White received consecutive sentences totaling more than thirty years for soliciting, traveling and...

Michael Cline ( center ) exits the Logan County Courthouse following a hearing a year ago on March 28th, 2024. Cline pleaded guilty...

BOONE COUNTY A Boone County judge has granted a mental evaluation request for the mother charged in connection with the starving death...

BOONE COUNTY The trial of Julie Miller, Donna Stone, and Jerry Stone, the parent and grandparents accused in the death of 14-year-old...

Logan County Clerk John Turner (center right) overseeing the arrival of election workers from each of the county's thirty-four voting...

ETHEL A man is in jail on a charge of murder following an early morning shooting in the Ethel area of Logan County. 23-year-old Daris...

A. M. Stone | WVOW News LOGAN A Mount Gay man entered a guilty plea Thursday for causing a drunken crash that killed a man last...

LOGAN An Ohio man who shot his mother in a Logan County nursing home received his sentence for attempted murder and wanton...