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: 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. 3, 2022 at 10:46 PM EDT
|By Eric Fossell
The victim told police she next remembered waking up at an old floral shop in West Huntington.
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.
Updated: Jun. 23, 2022 at 4:35 PM EDT
|By Eric Fossell
The event brought the most damage to Kanawha, Fayette, Nicholas, Summer, and Greenbrier counties.
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.
Updated: Jun. 22, 2022 at 3:50 PM EDT
|By Eric Fossell
Derrick Evans previously represented Wayne County in the West Virginia House of Delegates.
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