Alexandra Weaver

West Virginia takes next step in broadband access project

WVBE: English, math, science proficiency ‘approaching’ pre-COVID levels

CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (WBOY) — A man who was previously convicted of firearms trafficking without a license is back in jail after U.S. Marshals say he failed to report to his halways house and was found with an unregistered machine gun. Edgardo Quinones-Hiraldo, 35, of Puerto Rico, failed to report to the Dismas Residential Reentry Center in Clarksburg and was put on escape status by the U.S. Bureau of Prisons on July 18, according to a U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) press release sent Monday, July 22…

WEST UNION, W.Va. (WBOY) — A Doddridge County man is in jail facing charges of domestic assault, domestic battery, unlawful restraint and cruelty to animals. Marty Riffle, 28, is accused in a criminal complaint of dragging a puppy across the yard and kicking the puppy while wearing steel-toed boots when the puppy resisted. Riffle ended up dragging the puppy to a tree to tie her up, according to the complaint. The complaint did not mention the condition of the puppy or if any injuries were sustai…

CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (WBOY) — A New Jersey woman has pleaded guilty to wire fraud for conducting an investment scheme in which victims from West Virginia and elsewhere lost more than $300,000. Diana Mae Fernandez, 38, of Bergenfield, New Jersey, also known as “Diana Fernandez Koporan,” “Dana Fernandez,” and “Dajana Ko,” pleaded guilty on Friday according to a press release from the United States Department of Justice (DOJ). Fernandez told victims she operated investment firms called “The Self Made…

Three people are injured after a West Virginia Division of Highways tractor and a pickup truck collided on Interstate 79 northbound in Quiet Dell Wednesday morning.

A Shinnston home was damaged in a fire overnight.

UPDATE, JULY 1, 12:30 P.M.: VOLGA, W.Va. (WBOY) — The West Virginia Office of Miners’ Health Safety and Training sent 12 News the following statement: UPDATE, JULY 1, 12:01 P.M.: VOLGA, W.Va. (WBOY) — A representative with GMS Mine Repair and Maintenance told a 12 News reporter at the scene that there were no injuries. UPDATE, JULY 1, 11:23 A.M.: VOLGA, W.Va. (WBOY) — A spokesperson from the Department of Labor confirmed to 12 News that the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has opened…

A multiple-vehicle accident in Monongalia County shut down Interstate 68 westbound on Thursday afternoon, the Monongalia County Communications Center confirmed.

A New York woman has admitted to passing counterfeit bills at businesses in Wetzel County.