Braxton County News

The FBI is now looking into a pair of cold cases in connection with the James Childers case.

The Nicholas County Sheriff's Office is looking for a man it says was driving a stolen vehicle that struck and killed a volunteer fire chief who was riding an all-terrain vehicle along Widen-Dille Road in Birch River.

You don't have to have an artist's soul to live in the little town of Sutton -- population about 1,000 -- but you certainly would fit right in if you do.

Filled with the excitement of having completed their year-long program, members of the 2008-09 Class of Leadership Fayette County were awarded with certificates and a commitment of $500 toward college expenses during commencement ceremonies held May 17.

Authorities have released the cause of death for two women believed slain by a Clarksburg handyman.

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Police in Clarksburg have identified the two women believed killed by handyman James Childers.

West Virginians should choose the apple more often than the Big Mac if they want improved collective health.

Investigators have called off a Braxton County search for additional human remains, deciding instead to review the notes and audio tapes sent in Monday by a Clarksburg man believed to be involved in at least five homicides.

The West Virginia State Police have suspended the search for bodies in Braxton County believed to be related to the James Childers case.

State Police say a weekend search found no evidence of three bodies that a handyman claimed to have dumped in Braxton County before he committed suicide.

A homicide investigation that began with a tip to Clarksburg Police has now spread into three counties.

Posted Wednesday, June 3, 2009 ; 05:45 PM Post Comment Updated Wednesday, June 3, 2009 ; 06:31 PM When police went to Childer's house Tuesday, he fatally shot himself.

A man who led authorities to two bodies with a package of handwritten notes and a two-hour audiotape killed himself Tuesday as deputies knocked on his motel room door to arrest him on murder and arson charges.

A Harrison County man suspected of killing five people took his own life Tuesday morning before authorities could apprehend him at a hotel just outside Clarksburg.

More details came out Friday, from the Clarksburg Police, about James Childers and the murders and arson he confessed to committing.

Story Created: Jun 2, 2009 at 9:59 PM EDT Story Updated: Jun 3, 2009 at 12:34 PM EDT Clarksburg Police release more information into a multiple homicide investigation spanning throughout three counties.

What weighs 335 tons and takes 7,476 people to lift? That's the amount of litter picked up by volunteers across the Mountain State during the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection's Make It Shine and Adopt-A-Highway spring cleanup programs.

James Childers' notes and tapes admit arson and reveal the locations of two bodies - and hint at three more.

Things have moved pretty quickly since a Clarksburg police officer received audio tapes and letters from a man confessing to arson and murder, earlier this week.