The McDowell County Sheriff’s Office asked for the public’s help finding a man in relation to a death investigation.

— A McDowell County native lost in the Korean War has finally been identified. The DPAA annoucned Army Cpl. Paul Mitchem, 20, of Avondale, West Virginia was accounted for on February 11, 2021.

Court records say a McDowell County deputy has been charged in a domestic battery incident. Martin Kevin Shelton, 47, of Avondale is charged with domestic battery, according to a criminal ...

The scars of that flooding are still very evident in McDowell County. The West Virginia Division of Highways and some other agencies have put in more than 32,000 man hours in that county alone.

WELCH, W.Va. — A man charged with killing a McDowell County woman is back in West Virginia to face the charges. Kenneth Stout (WVRJA) Kenneth Stout, 63, was transported to the state by police ...

McDowell County was, unambiguously, Trump country. In McDowell County, West Virginia - where coal country voters are in desperate straits - Donald Trump bested Hillary Clinton by a four-to-one margin.