Clayton McChesney
Multimedia Journalist
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Clayton McChesney started at WVVA in August 2022 as a Multimedia Journalist.
Growing up in Bluefield, Virginia, Clayton had been watching WVVA for almost his entire life and now gets to be a part of its news team. Clayton McChesney is a graduate from Liberty University and holds a BS in Cinematic Arts with a minor in Creative Writing. At Liberty, he worked on several short films and a tv show as well as a feature film in Georgia.
An avid movie fan, Clayton enjoys writing scripts for movies and collecting movie memorabilia.
To contact Clayton about stories or just to chat, email him at clayton.mcchesney@gray.tv
Updated: Mar. 21, 2023 at 7:16 AM EDT
|By Clayton McChesney and Gray News staff
The Wildlife Center believes it had been some time since the owlet had been fed, meaning mom and dad are not around to take care of it.
Updated: Mar. 19, 2023 at 6:46 PM EDT
|By Clayton McChesney
The Southwest Virginia Wildlife Center of Roanoke recently got a new patient: a baby owl chick!
Updated: Mar. 13, 2023 at 7:26 PM EDT
|By Clayton McChesney
Saturday morning in Bluefield, West Virginia, a fire broke out at the Old City Garage on Old Princeton Road.
Updated: Mar. 9, 2023 at 2:51 PM EST
|By Clayton McChesney and Andrew McMunn
The machines are not novelties that only sing “Happy Birthday” to celebrating guests. Their specialty is moving dishes.
Updated: Mar. 8, 2023 at 7:16 PM EST
|By Clayton McChesney
This is not some galaxy far, far away, but Star Wars may have influenced some of the new staff additions at the Golden Corral in Beckley.
Updated: Mar. 5, 2023 at 6:40 PM EST
|By Clayton McChesney
In Peterstown, West Virginia, people gathered to celebrate Frances Evans.
Updated: Feb. 26, 2023 at 6:53 PM EST
|By Clayton McChesney
Winterplace Ski Resort is celebrating its 40th year of operation with a weekend-long celebration with music, games, and, of course, skiing.
Updated: Feb. 16, 2023 at 7:14 PM EST
|By Clayton McChesney
West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey held a press conference today to announce a lawsuit against the federal government.
Updated: Feb. 15, 2023 at 8:06 PM EST
|By Clayton McChesney
If you’re a fan of the most popular pancake topping, there’s a weekend event coming up you’ll want to check out.
Updated: Feb. 13, 2023 at 9:00 PM EST
|By Clayton McChesney
On Monday, three hundred Valentine’s Day cards were distributed to the residents of the Princeton Health Care Center.
Updated: Feb. 8, 2023 at 5:23 PM EST
|By Clayton McChesney
The Salvation Army in Princeton needs your help.
Updated: Jan. 19, 2023 at 5:56 PM EST
|By Clayton McChesney
The Mercer County Animal Shelter has gone beyond max capacity and has now entered “code red.”
Updated: Jan. 9, 2023 at 7:51 PM EST
|By Clayton McChesney
Medicare scams continue to be an ever-present danger in our community.
Updated: Dec. 23, 2022 at 6:18 PM EST
|By Clayton McChesney
One of the leaders with the Appalachian agency for Senior Citizens reports ten percent of the elderly population are victims of elder abuse every year - That’s one in ten.
Updated: Dec. 3, 2022 at 6:44 PM EST
|By Clayton McChesney
People from both teams were encouraged to bring a teddy bear and throw it on the court at halftime for the first annual Teddy Bear Toss.
Updated: Oct. 7, 2022 at 7:17 PM EDT
|By Clayton McChesney
Parts of the document released by Justice may raise some concerns about profiling for many people