U.S. Capitol

The problem is the evenly split nature of the Senate, with 50 votes on both sides of the chamber.

On this West Virginia Morning, West Virginia’s World War II Medal of Honor recipient Woody Williams lies in honor in the U.S. Capitol. We begin our coverage from Washington, D.C. as our two United States senators paid tribute to Williams Wednesday evening from the floor of the U.S. Senate. Randy Yohe has the story.

West Virginia’s last World War II Medal of Honor recipient, Woody Williams, will lie in honor on Thursday in the U.S. Capitol. Sens. Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito paid tribute to Williams Wednesday evening from the floor of the U.S. Senate.

An Eastern Panhandle man connected to the Jan. 6 attack at the U.S. Capitol was arrested by the FBI last Friday in Martinsburg.

On Thursday, Hershel “Woody” Williams will lie in honor at the U.S. Capitol. There will also be a wreath laying ceremony at the World War II Memorial on the National Mall.

During the memorial services for Hershel “Woody” Williams, Sen. Joe Manchin announced that he received a call at 11 a.m. Sunday confirming that Williams will lie in state at the U.S. Capitol. This honor is typically reserved for presidents and dignitaries.

Derrick Evans had just been sworn in as a delegate from Wayne County when he traveled to Washington, D.C, on January 6th, riding a “Stop the Steal” bus that left from Burlington, Ohio, just across the Ohio River from Huntington.

Eric Barber was sentenced by a federal judge in Washington, D.C., for his December guilty plea to a misdemeanor count of illegally entering the Capitol, news outlets reported. Barber also was given a seven-day sentence, which the judge suspended, for stealing a portable battery charger from a media stand inside the Capitol.

A former councilman for the city of Parkersburg, West Virginia, who is charged with breaching the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot has pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor counts.

A college student from West Virginia who posted online that “Infamy is just as good as fame" after she climbed through a broken window at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 has been sentenced to a month behind bars for her actions.