A man escaped serious injury after falling asleep while driving home from work and wrecking on Brushy Fork Road Friday morning.
Upshur County Sheriff Mike Coffman said the 50-year-old man had worked a midnight shift and was headed to his home on Lick Run when he fell asleep, ran into a ditch and hit an embankment.
Both lanes of traffic were closed during the incident. The Buckhannon Fire Department assisted at the scene.
The latest Hank Ellis All-Stars are Angelina Winter and Jaxon Spratt. Winter went 2-0 in singles and doubles to help the Lady Bucs earn their first win, while Spratt crushed two homers and drove in six in a 13-1 win over Lewis County.
Jaxon Spratt blasted a three-run homer in the fourth to break open a tight game and lift Buckhannon-Upshur past East Fairmont, 5-1, in Big 10 play. Spratt went 3-for-3, while Jerin Westfall struck out 11 over 5 2/3 strong innings.
Buckhannon-Upshur’s Lady Bucs bounced back from a rough 0-2 Friday at Myrtle Beach to close their spring break trip with an 11-1, five-inning win over Wildwood (NJ). Kynnedy Marple struck out six and Madi Knabenshue had three hits as B-U improved to 7-5.
A man was arrested after deputies allegedly found a firearm, cocaine and drug paraphernalia in a vehicle in Upshur County.
Weyerhaeuser will hold a job fair and open interviews April 16 in Buckhannon. The company is hiring manufacturing team members, wheeled equipment mechanics and electronic technicians.
WVDNR officer Cody Smith, serving in Wayne County, was named the West Virginia Chapter NWTF’s 2026 Natural Resources Police Officer of the Year for his dedication to enforcing wildlife laws and protecting wild turkeys.
