This West Virginia town steeped in Revolutionary War history draws visitors for its historic sites, river activities, and spine-chilling museum downtown.

Even as soldiers with the West Virginia National Guard begin arriving in Washington, D.C., to meet President Donald Trump’s call to help quell crime in the nation’s capital, a lawsuit could undo that deployment.

The American Civil Liberties Union of West Virginia has filed a lawsuit in Kanawha County Circuit Court seeking to block the deployment of West Virginia National Guard troops to Washington, D.C. The legal action follows Gov.

Members of the West Virginia National Guard arrived in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday on orders from Gov. Patrick Morrisey to support President Donald Trump's "Making D.C. Safe and Beautiful Task Force."

The lawsuit contends that the deployment is an unprecedented political act, not a response to a genuine emergency and violates West Virginia law that outlines specific, limited circumstances for out-of-state Guard deployments.

Even as soldiers with the West Virginia National Guard begin arriving in Washington, D.C., to meet President Donald Trump’s call to help quell crime in the nation’s capital, a lawsuit could undo that deployment.

Morrisey was one of several red-state governors to send National Guard troops to the capital to supplement Trump's crackdown on crime.

The American Civil Liberties Union of West Virginia has filed a lawsuit to halt the deployment of the West Virginia National Guard to the streets of Washington, D.C.

West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey has directed his state’s National Guard to support President Donald Trump’s initiative to restore safety in Washington, D.C.

A disease killing deer in Washington and Athens counties in Ohio has been confirmed in Wood and some surrounding West Virginia counties. Testing has confirmed dead deer in Wood, Jackson, Pleasants and Ritchie counties were infected with epizootic hemorrhagic disease,