10+ hour, 50+ min ago  (198+ words) ELKINS " State Police are asking Elkins-area residents to check their security cameras and video doorbell cameras to aid in the search for a missing woman. On Sunday, March 15, Gabrielle Allen was reported as missing from a residence on Rolling Lane…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago  (115+ words) CLARKSBURG " A former Elkins-area physician was sentenced for tax fraud that totaled nearly $2.5 million and attempting to obstruct the investigation, U.S. Attorney Matthew L. Harvey announced. "Dr. Ratnakar cheated the system by avoiding tax payments and then tried to cover it up,…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago  (623+ words) ELKINS " A Randolph County man accused of breaking into a neighbor's enclosed porch and starting a fire has entered into a plea agreement in Randolph County Circuit Court. Roy Allen Carr, 34, of Valley Bend, agreed to enter an Alford plea…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (240+ words) WHEELING " The owner of Elkins Memorial Gardens cemetery and several others throughout the state has pleaded guilty to taking money intended for grave markers. Jeffery Phares, 65, of Fayetteville, pleaded guilty to wire fraud in federal court in Wheeling. U.S. Attorney Matthew…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago  (320+ words) CLARKSBURG " A former Elkins physician was sentenced to more than three years in federal prison Tuesday. Nitesh Ratnakar, 50, was sentenced to 41 months in prison for 41 counts of tax fraud and one count of obstructing a federal grand jury. He will…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago  (151+ words) ELKINS " The West Virginia State Police are asking the public for help in searching for a missing woman. The following press release was sent from Sgt. S.C. Allen in Charleston: "On Sunday, March 15, 2026, at approximately 8:45 a.m., Trooper T.J. Sclimenti responded to a missing…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago  (923+ words) ELKINS " A Randolph County man who was charged with fraudulent schemes and was sued by the State Attorney General's Office was sentenced to one year in jail and five years of supervised probation and will have to pay his victims…...

6+ day, 14+ hour ago  (363+ words) ELKINS " A Randolph County man is facing a felony charge after he and another man allegedly fled in a vehicle from police through several streets in Elkins. Jacob Michael Bennett, 20, is charged with one count of fleeing from a law…...

1+ week, 14+ hour ago  (818+ words) ELKINS " An Upshur County woman, who is facing felony charges in three local counties after reportedly stealing from clients of a cleaning service, was sentenced in Randolph County Circuit Court to seven years of supervised probation to ensure restitution is…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (259+ words) PHILIPPI " A Barbour County man is facing a cruelty to animals charge after allegedly "violently" shaking his mother's dog. Doyle Kelly Summerfield, 28, is charged with one count of cruelty to animals, a misdemeanor. He is currently being held at the…...