Eric Fossell
Digital Media Producer
Huntington, West Virginia
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Eric Fossell is a Digital Content Producer at WSAZ NewsChannel 3. He’s a Huntington native who enjoys running, tennis and traveling. Among his fondest memories is a trip to Australia in the 1990s. He’s a graduate of Marshall University and was accepted into the MFA creative writing program at The American University in Washington, D.C. Eric enjoys leisurely afternoons with a good book and the company of his cats, Callie and Sunni.
Updated: Feb. 22, 2023 at 4:59 PM EST
|By Eric Fossell
Athens County Sheriff’s Office deputies had responded to the property due to illegal burning of tires, trash and other debris.
Updated: Jan. 11, 2023 at 1:23 PM EST
|By Ryan Murphy, Eric Fossell and Andrew Colegrove
Dispatchers say it happened at Spring Street and Bullitt Street near the Spring Street Bridge.
Updated: Jan. 9, 2023 at 7:22 PM EST
|By Eric Fossell
The accident happened between a tractor-trailer and a passenger vehicle.
Updated: Jan. 2, 2023 at 11:15 PM EST
|By Eric Fossell
Deputies said they found evidence of drug trafficking inside the home.
Updated: Dec. 29, 2022 at 9:27 PM EST
|By Eric Fossell
The governor said crews will work two 12-hour shifts and return to Ohio by this Tuesday.
Updated: Dec. 9, 2022 at 9:16 PM EST
|By Eric Fossell
The fire was reported just after 5:30 p.m. in Fayette County, West Virginia.
Updated: Nov. 29, 2022 at 4:57 PM EST
|By Eric Fossell
In a story released Tuesday by NBC News, Capito said he hopes to succeed Republican Gov. Jim Justice, who will not be running again due to term limitations.
Updated: Oct. 4, 2022 at 9:49 PM EDT
|By Eric Fossell
At least seven inmates were affected, West Virginia State Police say.
Updated: Oct. 4, 2022 at 11:14 AM EDT
|By Eric Fossell and Alyssa Hannahs
The state School Safety Initiative is outlined in three broad categories: detection and prevention, crisis response, and post-crisis response.
Updated: Sep. 30, 2022 at 10:03 PM EDT
|By Eric Fossell
Wayne “J.R.” Leib, 40, had been wanted earlier in the evening.
Updated: Sep. 29, 2022 at 12:04 PM EDT
|By Eric Fossell and Emily Van de Riet
A 15-year-old boy was seriously injured and his horse was killed when their Amish buggy was hit by a tractor-trailer Wednesday morning in Ohio, officials said.
Updated: Sep. 1, 2022 at 10:40 PM EDT
|By Eric Fossell and Jordan Gartner
Authorities say a former police officer and firefighter in West Virginia was sentenced to prison for sexually assaulting an underage girl.
Updated: Aug. 9, 2022 at 9:52 PM EDT
|By Eric Fossell
The acclaimed singer/songwriter/actress/entrepreneur was in Charleston as part of a celebration of her Dolly Parton Imagination Library spreading to all 55 counties in the Mountain State.
Updated: Aug. 2, 2022 at 9:59 PM EDT
|By Eric Fossell
Despite the state primary held in May, Tuesday's special election took place as the result of a failure to adopt congressional redistricting maps at the state level.
Updated: Aug. 2, 2022 at 1:33 PM EDT
|By Eric Fossell and Andrew McMunn
Officers said the men were drinking alcohol and smoking marijuana prior to the shooting.
Updated: Jul. 28, 2022 at 4:23 PM EDT
|By Eric Fossell
House Bill 301 passed by a 78-7 vote with 15 members absent.
Updated: Jul. 15, 2022 at 9:47 PM EDT
|By Eric Fossell
Williams was the last surviving World War II Medal of Honor recipient and the first enlisted service member to lie in honor at the nation’s Capitol in Washington.
Updated: Jun. 22, 2022 at 5:32 PM EDT
|By Eric Fossell, Andrew Colegrove and Matt Lackritz
The crash was reported around 5 p.m. in the Kelly Mountain area of Logan County.
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