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: Mar. 29, 2023 at 10:13 PM EDT
|By Eric Fossell
Police say the suspect admitted to shooting out of a car, and they found evidence of at least 10 shots fired.
Updated: Mar. 28, 2023 at 4:48 PM EDT
|By Eric Fossell
Detectives found a user amount of fentanyl and methamphetamine on the suspect.
Updated: Mar. 27, 2023 at 4:04 PM EDT
|By Eric Fossell
Investigators say the victim, who is male, had no identification with him.
Updated: Mar. 22, 2023 at 10:11 PM EDT
|By Eric Fossell
Troopers say four children were "living in squalor" in the Branchland area of Lincoln County, West Virginia.
Updated: Feb. 24, 2023 at 7:32 PM EST
|By Eric Fossell
“DHHR continues to work with agencies and individuals that may have missing information, such as updated W-9 forms, that may be causing a delay in their payment from being processed," the agency said.
Updated: Feb. 16, 2023 at 7:25 PM EST
|By Eric Fossell
“Samples have been analyzed and cleared for use,” according to a release from Fort Gay Water.
Updated: Feb. 14, 2023 at 11:09 PM EST
|By Eric Fossell
A man showed a firearm and got away with some cash from a register, dispatchers say.
Updated: Feb. 13, 2023 at 10:35 PM EST
|By Eric Fossell
Ingram faces a first-degree murder charge in the death of Terry Lambert, as well as concealment of a body.
Updated: Feb. 9, 2023 at 11:15 PM EST
|By Eric Fossell and Kimberly Donahue
A man from North Carolina “was in near disbelief” that the ring -- lost in the late 1960s to early 1970s -- had been found.
Updated: Feb. 7, 2023 at 4:48 PM EST
|By Eric Fossell and Kimberly Donahue
John Bragg II, 45, is believed to be in Kanawha County or the surrounding area.
Updated: Jan. 24, 2023 at 10:30 PM EST
|By Eric Fossell
Investigators say at least 13 bronze markers have been stolen from veterans’ graves.
Updated: Jan. 16, 2023 at 5:28 PM EST
|By Eric Fossell
Wayelin, a 2-year-old bloodhound, had been a member of the department since he was less than a year old.
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. 10, 2023 at 6:11 PM EST
|By Eric Fossell and Martina Bills
Laney Hudson, 13, who was from Huntington, was hit and killed Dec. 30 by a marked cruiser near the intersection of 5th Avenue and 31st Street in Huntington.
Updated: Jan. 7, 2023 at 4:10 PM EST
|By Kimberly Keagy and Eric Fossell
The shooting happened in the area of Ashton Upland Road, according to Sheriff Corey Miller.
Updated: Jan. 6, 2023 at 10:54 PM EST
|By Eric Fossell
Alain Luis Forget, who’s in his early 60s, is accused of drugging a 15-year-old child with autism in Florida.
Updated: Jan. 6, 2023 at 9:16 PM EST
|By Eric Fossell
On Friday, Dec. 30, Laney Hudson, 13, who was from Huntington, was hit and killed by a marked cruiser near the intersection of 5th Avenue and 31st Street in Huntington.
Updated: Jan. 6, 2023 at 7:40 PM EST
|By Eric Fossell
The incident happened around 1 a.m. Tuesday on U.S. 60 in Belle.
Updated: Jan. 4, 2023 at 4:30 PM EST
|By Eric Fossell
Jacob Beilstein, who’s in his early 20s, faces a first-degree murder charge in the death of Mark Beilstein.
Updated: Dec. 29, 2022 at 11:27 PM EST
|By Eric Fossell
The accident happened on state Route 10 in the Pecks Mill area.
Updated: Dec. 27, 2022 at 8:01 PM EST
|By Eric Fossell
Deputies say they found a home with no heat, very little food, a toilet that wasn't working, and cat excrement throughout the house.
Updated: Dec. 15, 2022 at 8:36 PM EST
|By Eric Fossell
The incident happened Thursday afternoon in Williamson.
Updated: Dec. 14, 2022 at 11:42 PM EST
|By Eric Fossell
The incident was reported just after 11 p.m. in the Sissonville area.
Updated: Dec. 8, 2022 at 6:53 PM EST
|By Eric Fossell
In a series of investigations, WSAZ addressed issues with the state DHHR.
Updated: Nov. 10, 2022 at 4:46 PM EST
|By Eric Fossell
Investigators say the ATV went off a farming road and into a deep ditch line and then overturned atop the victim.
Updated: Nov. 9, 2022 at 3:03 PM EST
|By Alyssa Hannahs and Eric Fossell
The incident happened on Big Harts Road in Harts, West Virginia.
Updated: Nov. 8, 2022 at 8:29 PM EST
|By Eric Fossell
The sheriff said it went through the doors near the food court entry in an area where shopping carts are kept.
Updated: Nov. 7, 2022 at 4:57 PM EST
|By Eric Fossell
Two other men, Keontae Nelson and Jaquan Hall, both in their early 20s, were convicted of murder earlier this year after jury trials.
Updated: Nov. 1, 2022 at 10:51 PM EDT
|By Eric Fossell
The team’s riding lawn mower and weed-eater were stolen from the Hurricane Middle School soccer field beside West Teays Elementary School.
Updated: Oct. 26, 2022 at 4:56 PM EDT
|By Ryan Murphy, Matt Lackritz and Eric Fossell
The roadway was closed nearly five hours during the investigation.
Updated: Oct. 20, 2022 at 6:45 PM EDT
|By Eric Fossell
The murder happened at a house along Jefferson Avenue between 22nd Street West and 23rd Street West.
Updated: Oct. 19, 2022 at 10:40 PM EDT
|By Eric Fossell
A U.S. attorney who represents part of our region said sober living homes are a focus of the United States Attorney’s Health Care Fraud Task Force.
Updated: Oct. 17, 2022 at 10:07 PM EDT
|By Eric Fossell
Sheriff Rick Thompson said the arrests followed investigations throughout the county by the Wayne County Sheriff Drug Enforcement Unit.
Updated: Oct. 17, 2022 at 6:04 PM EDT
|By Eric Fossell
Ricky Louie Woody, 59, is charged with murder in the death of Lisa Estepp in 1993, prosecutors say.
Updated: Oct. 12, 2022 at 7:55 PM EDT
|By Eric Fossell
Capito and 12 fellow Republican senators released a Public Service Announcement (PSA) about the dangers of the pills that look like candy and powder that looks like sidewalk chalk.
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. 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. 26, 2022 at 4:21 PM EDT
|By Eric Fossell
James Gipson, 59, received an 11-year, two-month prison sentence for possession of child pornography and a violation of supervised release.
Updated: Sep. 13, 2022 at 4:26 PM EDT
|By Eric Fossell
The governor said the latest victim was lost during clean-up efforts in Pike County.
Updated: Sep. 9, 2022 at 11:10 PM EDT
|By Eric Fossell
The Summersville mayor asked people to keep the injured in their prayers -- "the queens and firefighter."
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. 29, 2022 at 7:55 PM EDT
|By Eric Fossell
The charges are in connection with abuse at Holz Elementary School in Charleston that resulted in former special education teacher Nancy Boggs being sentenced to 10 years in jail for harming students in her care.
Updated: Aug. 25, 2022 at 10:16 PM EDT
|By Emily Bennett and Eric Fossell
The incident started Aug. 17 in West Huntington.
Updated: Aug. 19, 2022 at 5:57 PM EDT
|By Eric Fossell
Both children were able to make it to safety.
Updated: Aug. 11, 2022 at 5:53 PM EDT
|By Eric Fossell
The latest victim was counted in Breathitt County, according to the governor.
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 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. 7, 2022 at 6:32 PM EDT
|By Eric Fossell
The alleged incidents happened from August 2019 through January of this year, according to the criminal complaint.
Updated: Jun. 23, 2022 at 8:10 PM EDT
|By Eric Fossell
The Bell UH-1B model, often referred to as the Huey, crashed early Wednesday evening on state Route 17 along Blair Mountain.
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