Jeff Jenkins

1 week ago | wvmetronews.com | Jeff Jenkins

FAIRMONT, W.Va. — Olympic gold medalist and West Virginia native Mary Lou Retton was charged with DUI earlier this month. Retton, 57, was pulled over in Fairmont on May 17. She is charged with misdemeanor DUI. A family member posted Retton’s $1,500 bond the day she was charged. Retton, who won gold in women’s gymnastics in the 1984 Olympics, was reported to be near death in the fall of 2023.

1 week ago | wvmetronews.com | Jeff Jenkins

SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. — BridgeValley Community and Technical College President Casey Sacks is going to work as a consultant with the U.S. Department of Education workforce issues for the next six months. The BridgeValley Board of Governors has approved a resolution allowing for BOG Chairman Mark Blankenship to work with state Higher Education Chancellor Dr. Sarah Armstrong Tucker on an employment agreement that will allow for the move.

1 week ago | wvmetronews.com | Jeff Jenkins

SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. — GreenPower, the electric bus maker set up in South Charleston, has laid off a number of workers. More than a dozen workers were notified by email on Friday. The company confirmed the layoffs to MetroNews Monday morning. The news first surfaced at a meeting of the BridgeValley Community and Technical College Board of Governors Friday afternoon. BridgeValley Professor Ron Rogillio said some of those being laid off got the email while they were in his class Friday.

1 week ago | wvmetronews.com | Jeff Jenkins

Story by Joe NelsonMORGANTOWN, W.Va. — State Department of Human Services Secretary Alex Mayer now has hundreds of comments to review about the state’s child welfare system. Mayer attended eight listening sessions in just more than a week. The final session was last Thursday in Morgantown. New Department of Human Services Secretary Alex Mayer appears ready to tackle what is generally considered one of the more complex issues in the Mountain State.

1 week ago | wvmetronews.com | Jeff Jenkins

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The truck driver charged in connection with a fatal January crash on the I-68 Cheat Lake bridge in Monongalia County is back in West Virginia. Sukhjinder Singh, 37, was booked in the North Central Regional Jail on Saturday. It’s alleged that Singh was driving a tractor-trailer recklessly during a snowstorm on Jan. 27 and pushed a car driven by Kevin Lataille of Pennsylvania over the side of the bridge into the icy lake.