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Law enforcement agencies are searching for a suspect after a West Virginia State Police trooper was shot Monday morning. The incident was reported in the Sophia area of Raleigh County. Officials ...
SOPHIA, W.Va. — Police in Raleigh County released the name of the woman Friday who died in a shooting earlier this week. Raleigh County sheriff’s deputies said Tammy Sue Jones, 33, of Sophia ...
The West Virginia State Auditor's ... with the Raleigh County prosecutor, Raleigh County Sheriff's Office, Fayette County Sheriff's Office and Sophia Police Department on this investigation.
Kenneth Richard Churning, the former chief of the Sophia Volunteer Fire Department, pleaded guilty by way of a Kennedy Plea in Raleigh County Circuit Court, according to the West Virginia State ...
SOPHIA, W.Va. (WVVA) - Raleigh County Public Service District customers may soon see an increase in water rates. Current ...
SOPHIA, WV (WVNS) — One woman died after a two-car accident on the Coalfields Expressway in Raleigh County over the Easter weekend and criminal charges are pending. According to a press release ...
SOPHIA, WV (WVNS) – On April 20, 2025, the Raleigh County Sheriff’s Office was alerted to a motor vehicle crash on WV Route 121 in Sophia, Raleigh County. Lieutenant James E. Williams ...
RALEIGH COUNTY ... state Route 121 in the Sophia area of Raleigh County, according to Raleigh County Sheriff Frank Priddy. Baylea N. Bower, 24, of Bloomingrose, West Virginia, was pronounced ...
Elementary School winners are first place, “Simple Gristmill” by Ryan Lilly, Sophia Christian Academy, Raleigh County; second place, “West Virginia Postcard” by Tinley Williams ...
Raleigh County Commission was unable to deliver the whole hog on Tuesday when a Sophia man asked for help with a neighbor's "pig house," but President Dave Tolliver agreed to send a Beckley ...