Webster County News

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.

The state fire marshal's office is investigating a fatal fire in Camden-on-Gauley in Webster County.

A Webster County man is behind bars, facing drug charges. The Central West Virginia Drug Task Force arrested Frankie Selman, Friday morning.

When Earl "Red" Coakley can't get to his favorite trout streams, he takes out his pens and pencils and draws the creatures that live there.

Webster County authorities have charged a Webster Springs woman with murdering her husband.

A fire destroyed a Braxton County home early Saturday morning. The Webster County Comm Center says the fire broke out around midnight on Houston Run Road.

July 29, 2009 West Virginia native 'collects' new credit for resume Webster County native Josh Stewart's resume largely consists of TV performances -- including starring roles in FX's "Dirt" and the final season of NBC's "Third Watch." On Friday, though, he'll be on the big screen with a starring role in the horror film "The Collector." CHARLESTON, ...

What the swine flu will look like this fall remains to be seen, but Dr. William Mercer believes it won't be as deadly as other flu outbreaks in the past.

There were no new swine flu cases confirmed in Ohio County on Thursday, but public health officials have more information about the county's first case, including how it might be related to Marshall County's first case.

A 40-year-old Ohio County woman and a 13-year-old Marshall County girl are recovering from the swine flu.

An ATV accident in Webster County killed one person Saturday evening. Officials say the accident happened on Mill Run Road, near Webster Springs.

The Associated Press reports that according to the National Lundberg Survey the average price for regular gas was $2.30 a gallon Friday but still $1.49 a gallon cheaper than this time last year.

International Coal Group, Inc. today announced that five ICG mining operations received awards for their outstanding safety records by the West Virginia State Council of the Joseph A. Holmes Association.

Despite some morning showers and forecasts of rain and thunderstorms, Blennerhassett Island Historical State Park experienced sunny weather Friday for its opening day of the 2009 summer tourism season.

A more than 500-year-old sycamore tree and notable Webster County landmark has been unable to survive damages sustained from an arson, officials said.

At 94, he looks back on 42 years as a Methodist minister with a sense of great fulfillment.

A historic Webster County farm is now available for getaways. Built in 1900, the historic Balli Sisters Farm is now available familys or groups.

A West Virginia woman who thought she was offering a friend drugs mistakenly sent the text message to a prosecutor.