Nicholas County News

The Nicholas County Health Department will be giving H1N1 flu vaccinations from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Nazarene Camp on W.Va. 41 in Summersville, a half-mile from the U.S. 19 intersection.

Two men were sentenced in federal court Thursday to prison in separate child pornography cases, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced.

Two Central West Virginia men were sentenced to more than two years in prison each for child pornography possession.

Dr. Richard G. Hoover, 76, of Buckhannon, died at St. Joseph's Hospital on Tuesday, Oct.

Nicholas County Circuit Judge Gary L. Johnson recently sentenced three defendants to prison.

A Nicholas County man pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday to distributing methadone and being a felon in possession of a handgun, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced.

Three-dozen Nicholas County residents are named in a number of arrest warrants as part of what authorities are calling Operation Trick or Treat.

The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources has charged eight Ohio men for using doughnuts and corn to lure and kill black bears.

Head-on collision in Nicolas County claims the life of Ashford man By JOANIE NEWMAN EDITOR A head-on collision in Nicholas County claimed two lives this past Friday, according to reports from the Nicolas County Sheriffa s department.

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

Two people were killed Friday in a head-on collision in Nicholas County, and police said one of the vehicles went through the front of a house after impact.

West Virginia State Parole Officers need your help tracking down a man on the run for over a month.

A Summersville resident has filed a lawsuit against the city, its mayor and a police officer.

An investigation is underway in Nicholas County after neighbors found a woman's body submerged in a pond underneath a tree.

A Nicholas County woman is dead after authorities say a tree apparently fell on top of her.

The Nicholas County Sheriff's Department is investigating the death of a Nettie area woman who was found dead in a farm pond on her property, apparently after having been struck by a falling tree.

A man is dead after a fire early Monday morning in Webster County. The state Fire Marshal's Office says the body was found in a burned out mobile home on Cranberry Ridge Road in Camden-on-Gauley. A passing motorist spotted the fire at around 1 a.m. and fire crews from Webster and Nicholas counties responded to the scene.

A Summersville man was jailed and charged with attempted murder after police say he shot his uncle in the hand.

A Nicholas County man is being held in the Central Regional Jail after allegedly shooting his uncle in the hand earlier this week near Summersville.

A Summersville man was arrested and charged with attempted murder after his uncle was shot in the hand Wednesday.