Fayette County News

Fayette County 911 Dispatchers say rangers with the West Virginia Division of Forestry are working a brush fire in Cannelton as of Friday night.

Although Fayette County voters overwhelmingly rejected the Oct. 24 $49 million bond call that would have consolidated Oak Hill, Fayetteville, Mount Hope and Midland Trail high schools, it remained the focus of conversation during Monday evening's board of education meeting.

A former Fayette County tax official is expected to plead guilty to embezzling about $55,000 in county funds.

A former Fayetteville mayor, recorder and councilman faces a charge of embezzling money from the Tax Office of the Fayette County Sheriff's Department.

An 11,000-acre local property marked as the future site of a new high-adventure base for Boy Scouts of America was purchased Tuesday by BSA, spokesman David Lavalle announced Tuesday.

If everything goes as planned, Fayette County will become the permanent host of the Boy Scouts of America's National Jamboree, a 10-day event that attracts nearly 40,000 Scouts and another 200,000 visitors every four years.

A special prosecutor has filed an information in Fayette County Circuit Court, charging former chief tax deputy Thomas Woodrum with one count of felony embezzlement.

Like some other area schools, Valley High School in Smithers has experienced high student absenteeism in recent days.

Two people were reportedly injured Monday evening in a double-vehicle accident in Fayette County, authorities said.

Police are looking for two men who escaped from the Slayton work camp. MOUNT OLIVE- -- Two prisoners escaped from Mount Olive Correctional Complex in Mount Olive in Fayette County, and are believed to be heading to their hometowns.

A Greenbrier County man is dead and a homicide investigation is ongoing after a shooting in the Springdale area of Fayette County Monday.

West Virginia recorded its third coal-related fatality of the year Tuesday when a miner was killed after a line on a hoist car broke, sending it back into the underground mine.

Although authorities believe that Fayette County's former chief tax deputy allegedly embezzled about $53,000 from the county tax department, charges have yet to be filed.

A pair of West Virginia prison inmates are on the loose after escaping from a minimum-security work camp just outside the Mount Olive Correctional Facility.

After months of heated debates, Fayette County voters will take to the polls Saturday and decide whether to support a $49 million bond call that would, in addition to several improvement projects, result in the consolidation of four of the county's six high schools.

Fayette County Clerk Kelvin Holliday said half the votes have been counted so far in the Fayette school bond levy.

Fayette County voters will consider a $49 million bond issue Saturday that would build a new high school and close four existing county high schools, as well as renovate several other schools.

Fayette County could soon consolidate its four high schools into one brand new facility, but it all comes down to a vote.

Sophia Police Officers need your help tracking down a man they say has a history of criminal activity.

Hundreds of Mountain State residents are still in Huntington as the Create West Virginia conference continued into its second day.