West Virginia
West Virginia police chief resigns after outrage over his hiring of officer who killed Tamir Rice
A West Virginia police chief has resigned from his position following criticism over his hiring of the former Cleveland police officer who fatally shot 12-year-old Tamir Rice in 2014.
D.S. Teubert voluntarily resigned as chief of police of the White Sulphur Springs Police Department and demoted himself to patrolman, Mayor Kathy Glover announced during a city council meeting Monday evening.
White Sulphur Springs is in southeastern West Virginia, about 370 miles from Cleveland. It has a population of roughly 2,220.
Both Teubert and Glover faced criticism over Teubert’s hiring of Timothy Loehmann, who fatally shot Tamir in Cleveland on Nov. 22, 2014, when he was responding to a call of someone pointing a gun at people. Loehmann did not face charges in the shooting and was fired from the Cleveland Police Department in 2017 in an unrelated matter. Glover announced Loehmann’s resignation from the White Sulphur Springs department last week after public outcry. Neither Teubert nor Glover have responded to repeated inquiries about his hiring date.
Glover previously told NBC News that Loehmann had been hired at the request and recommendation of Teubert to work as a probationary police officer and an at-will employee for the city and that he had resigned as of July 1. It marked the second time Loehmann had resigned from a police department since he left Cleveland.
Deputy Chief Julian R. Byer Jr. was sworn in as the new White Sulphur Springs chief last Wednesday, Glover said.
In a statement she read during the meeting Monday evening, Glover said that the chief of police oversaw hiring, firing and disciplinary actions for the department.
“As mayor, I understand your outrage and emotional investment in this whole entire situation,” she told a packed room of constituents, according to video of the meeting posted online.
She said Loehmann’s name “did not engage any recollection” for her personally when he was hired, and that she “trusted the results of the extensive requirements” for the job “and the due diligence of the department head when swearing him in.”
“When the previous incident was brought to light, we acted as calmly, swiftly and professionally as we could to validate the accusations that were being circulated on social media and other sources,” Glover said.
She said that she had consulted the city attorney to “review what little I knew” and that, at their recommendation, they met with Teubert on the morning of July 1, at which point she reviewed the information in the police department’s personnel file for Loehmann. Later that day, she met with Loehmann, who resigned effective immediately, she said.
“Although I was not aware of the situation regarding the hiring, I still accept accountability as the leader of the city,” Glover said. “This should not have happened.”
She also pledged to change the city’s hiring process for police officers.
“I accept that there are mistakes in the current process we have and those mistakes will be reviewed and changed moving forward,” Glover said. “I sincerely apologize to the Rice family for the unwanted and unnecessary attention this matter has brought to each of you.”
City council member Ryan Lockhart proposed the creation of a public safety review board for the police department. He said he “felt it imperative” that the city “adapt and put something in place” to protect the community from what it had just experienced.
“This should in the future save our citizens and community from the perils of what everyone experienced in the last few weeks with the officer Loehmann ordeal,” he said. “This will prohibit something of such magnitude from occurring again.”
The review board would be comprised of three members who act as a link between the city council and the city concerning employment and hiring decisions and disciplinary actions for the police department, Lockhart said. He proposed that the three members be the sitting mayor, a city council member and a citizen at large approved by the council. The board would hold the power to review and approve all police department hires, along with the chief, he said.
The city council unanimously approved his proposal.
Tamir was playing with a pellet gun outside a recreation center when Loehmann shot and killed him seconds after Loehmann and his then-partner, Frank Garmback, a veteran training officer, arrived. The caller told a 911 dispatcher that it was probably a juvenile and that the gun looked fake but that was never relayed to Loehmann and Garmback. Tamir was Black. His killing sparked months of protests over police treatment of Black people. In May 2017, about three years after he killed Rice, Loehmann was fired by the Cleveland Police Department, which said his 2013 application contained inaccuracies.
Teubert, who has not returned repeated requests for an interview or comment, defended his decision to hire Loehmann in an interview with Cleveland.com before either of their resignations. He told the outlet that he had spent a year performing a background check and expressed surprise that the hiring had drawn widespread attention.
“Just as a person, I looked at the whole situation,” Teubert said. “I did a background check. I researched everything. It’s just a sad situation. Does any police officer in the world stand a chance when they’re involved in a shooting? Do they deserve to never work again as a police officer, or is it just this shooting?”
He also said that he did not believe Loehmann had done anything wrong.
“What crime was he convicted of?” Teubert said. “I just want everyone to be fair about this whole thing. If I thought he had done something illegal or wrong in any way I wouldn’t have hired him.”
During the public comment portion of the city council meeting, some residents expressed disappointment over Loehmann’s hiring and a lack of faith in Glover’s leadership.
Jerrell Newsome, 39, told Glover directly that it was unacceptable for her and Teubert to have hired a man who took the life of a child and entrust him with a gun.
“You should resign from your job and let us elect a new mayor,” Newsome said.
His statement was met with loud applause.
Glover did not immediately return a request for comment Wednesday about the calls for her to resign.
Another resident, Sonia Brown, 67, commended Lockhart for proposing the new public safety board but raised concerns about how Loehmann had passed a background check.
“Somebody failed us,” Brown said. “This could have been very bad for our city.”
In an interview Wednesday, Brown called the hiring “a very egregious oversight.”
“I think that they didn’t have the citizens’ best interest at heart when they hired him,” she said.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The heavily-publicized NextEra Energy MidAtlantic Resiliency Link (MARL) project being considered by the state Public Service Commission may have the Monongalia County Commission as an intervenor.
The county commission unanimously agreed earlier this week to consider the move.
The commission heard more more information at this week’s meeting from groups opposing the project that will encompass parts of three states and cut through nearly half a dozen counties in West Virginia.
Commissioner Tom Bloom read from a letter.
“On behalf of all the residents in the four affected counties, (the commission is asked) to please help us fight the proposed transmission line and consider Mon County becoming an intervener,” said Bloom. “So I did want to put that on the record.”
The approximately 107-mile-long MARL project would be powered in Greene County, Pennsylvania. The 500-kilovolt line would support data center development in Virginia and would also include crossings in parts of Maryland, with the state portion expected to cost approximately $482 million.
According to Monongalia County resident Juliet Marleer, one of many who have vocally opposed the project moving forward, aspects related to costs have continued to change in the negative as well as additional parameters that would make areas affected by the planned power line much worse. Aspects of the project that have been pointed out by organizations like West Virginia Against Transmission Injustice in recent weeks.
“It has gone up from the original $440 million to $1.16 billion (price tag),” said Marleer. “So right now, my question is, how do we find out exactly what’s going on here?”
Bloom said he’s concerned about recent adjustments about the width of property needed for the line.
“That’s the one that bothers me the most, the siding corridor width is 200 to 500 feet, however, with aerial easement blowouts, the maximum width could be 715 feet,” said Bloom.
The county commission plans to make a decision on intervenor status in the near future. The state PSC is expected to schedule public hearings on the MARL application as early as May or June.
“I think that the commission can play a part in helping with that lift in regard to making sure that we have competent legal counsel representing us and our citizens,” said Commissioner Sean Sikora. “It’s been on our list of things to do and something we’ll certainly have a conversation about.”
An informational meeting for those in opposition of the MARL project will be hosted at the Cheat Lake Volunteer Fire Department sometime later this month. A specific date has not been announced.
West Virginia
West Virginia Lottery results: See winning numbers for Mega Millions, Daily 3 on March 6, 2026
The results are in for the West Virginia Lottery’s draw games on Friday, March 6, 2026.
Here’s a look at winning numbers for each game on March 6.
Winning Mega Millions numbers from March 6 drawing
08-19-26-38-42, Mega Ball: 24
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Winning Daily 3 numbers from March 6 drawing
9-9-6
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Winning Daily 4 numbers from March 6 drawing
6-9-5-6
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Winning Cash 25 numbers from March 6 drawing
05-13-16-19-23-25
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When are the West Virginia Lottery drawings held?
- Powerball: 11 p.m. ET on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.
- Mega Millions: 10:59 p.m. ET Tuesday and Friday.
- Lotto America: 10:15 p.m. ET on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.
- Daily 3, 4: 6:59 p.m. ET Monday through Saturday.
- Cash 25: 6:59 p.m. ET Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday.
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West Virginia
DNR Releases total deer whitetail numbers for 2025, down significantly from 2024 – WV MetroNews
DNR PRESS RELEASE
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources (WVDNR) today announced that hunters harvested 92,553 white-tailed deer during the 2025-2026 seasons, which is a 17 percent decrease from the 2024 deer harvest of 111,646 and 14 percent below the 5-year average of 107,434.
This year’s decreased harvest was caused by an increase in hard mast production, which often results in decreased harvests due to the difficulty of tracking and targeting game species spread out over a landscape. Several counties also experienced an outbreak of hemorrhagic disease, which likely impacted hunter success, especially in the western part of the state.
According to preliminary numbers collected through the WVDNR’s electronic game checking system, hunters harvested 33,823 bucks during the traditional buck firearm season, 25,453 antlerless deer during all antlerless firearm hunting opportunities, 29,654 deer during the urban and regular archery/crossbow seasons, 3,102 deer during the muzzleloader season and 501 deer during the Mountaineer Heritage season.
Click here to download county-by-county 2025-2026 deer harvest numbers.
Antlerless Deer Season
Hunters harvested 25,453 deer during the 2025 antlerless deer season, which includes the youth, class Q and Class XS deer season. The harvest was a 23 percent decrease compared to the 2024 harvest of 33,057 and 13 percent below the 5-year average of 29,303. The top ten counties for antlerless deer harvests were Preston (1,442), Upshur (907), Greenbrier (877), Monroe (876), Mason (841), Lewis (836), Hardy (775), Randolph (774), Barbour (695) and Braxton (680).
Archery and Crossbow Deer Seasons
Hunters harvested 29,654 deer during the 2025 archery and crossbow season. The 2025 harvest was an 8 percent decrease over the 2024 harvest of 32,240 and 5 percent below the 5-year average of 31,139. The proportion of the archery harvest taken using a crossbow has stabilized and was greater than deer reportedly taken by a bow.
The archery and crossbow harvest does not include the 29 deer taken with recurve or longbows during the Mountaineer Heritage season. The top ten counties for archery and crossbow deer harvests were Preston (1,573), Raleigh (1,378), Wyoming (1,224), Kanawha (1,045), Fayette (1,032), Mercer (892), Nicholas (889), McDowell (876), Randolph (860) and Monongalia (842).
Muzzleloader Deer Season
Hunters harvested 3,102 deer during the 2025 muzzleloader season, which was 26 percent less than the 2024 harvest of 4,173 and 22 percent below the 5-year average of 3,979. The muzzleloader deer season harvest does not include the 472 deer taken with side lock and flintlock muzzleloaders during the Mountaineer Heritage season. The top ten counties for muzzleloader deer harvests were Nicholas (186), Preston (179), Randolph (158), Greenbrier (131), Upshur (115), Fayette (111), Raleigh (95), Mason (93), Barbour (90) and Kanawha (88).
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