Monday, May 20 2013 11:58 PM EDT2013-05-21 03:58:32 GMT
RALEIGH COUNTY- Friday Night a tattoo parlor owner saved a pregnant women's life after police said knife wielding suspect Michael Wafford tried to stab her to death at the Beckley Plaza Mall.When having
RALEIGH COUNTY- Friday Night a tattoo parlor owner saved a pregnant women's life after police said knife wielding suspect Michael Wafford tried to stab her to death at the Beckley Plaza Mall.When having
Tuesday, May 21 2013 9:22 AM EDT2013-05-21 13:22:51 GMT
Emergency responders were called to the scene of a train accident on Monday, May 20. A person was apparently hit by a CSX train in a remote part of Fayette County. The call came in at around 1:30 p.m.
The victim was apparently covering her head with a blanket to shelter from the heavy rain storms.
Tuesday, May 21 2013 7:29 AM EDT2013-05-21 11:29:18 GMT
Authorities at the Beckley Correctional Facility are searching for a missing inmate. Joshua Greenwood was reported missing late Monday night. Guards say he was unaccounted for in a 10:15 p.m. head count.
Authorities at the Beckley Correctional Facility are searching for a missing inmate. Joshua Greenwood was reported missing late Monday night.
Tuesday, May 21 2013 7:28 AM EDT2013-05-21 11:28:59 GMT
Beckley police responded to an accident early Tuesday morning. They say a drunk driver drove into a ditch. The accident happened Eisenhower Dr. near the All-State Insurance Office and Dollar General store
Beckley police responded to an accident early Tuesday morning. They say a drunk driver drove into a ditch. The accident happened Eisenhower Dr.
Tuesday, May 21 2013 2:00 AM EDT2013-05-21 06:00:34 GMT
One car crashed into a gas pump at the S&M Market in Bradshaw around 10:17 p.m. Thursday. Dispatchers with McDowell County Emergency Services say two people were trapped in the car. Bradshaw and Iaeger Fire
One car crashed into a gas pump at the S&M Market in Bradshaw around 10:17 p.m. Monday.
Oklahoma City is hosting the Big 12 baseball tournament this year. The West Virginia University baseball team was too close for comfort to the deadly tornadoes' path.
BECKELY -
This Friday the community is asked to come together to honor the bravest behind the badge in Raleigh County.
The Fraternal Order of Police is hosting their Officer of the Year Banquet in Beckley this Friday.
Lt. Paul Blume said the money raised will go to a good cause.
"They donate all proceeds to crime stoppers. So crime stoppers has partnered with us for this. But they get all the proceeds they are very beneficial to law enforcement. So it is the Fraternal Order of Polices way showing we want to give back to our community," Lt. Paul Blume with the Beckley Police Department said.
Five Distinguished Service awards and Officer of the Year will be presented during Friday night's dinner at the Moose Lodge in Beckley.
Tickets are 10 dollars each and are available at the Raleigh County Courthouse.