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EPD Investigates Significant Damage at Glendale Park

Mayor Issues Direct Appeal for Responsible Parties to Come Forward ELKINS, W.Va. — November 13, 2025 — The Elkins Police Department (EPD) is actively investigating extensive property damage caused by at least one vehicle that drove through Glendale Park on the evening of […]

EPD Press Release: Response to Silver Alert June 18, 2025

ELKINS, W.Va. — June 19, 2025 — On the afternoon of Wednesday, June 18, 2025, at approximately 12:02 p.m., Cpl. Summerfield of the Elkins Police Department received a missing person report from a health care worker. Harold Wayne Simmons, 80, was reported […]

EPD Investigating Death on Graceland Drive

Statement from Elkins Police Chief Travis Bennett: Early on the morning of Sunday, August 21, Elkins Police Department officers responding to a call found a seriously injured person on Graceland Drive, which runs parallel to and on the east side of Randolph […]

EPD Seizes 1.7 Pounds of Meth and Three Firearms

Largest methamphetamine seizure in EPD history Citizen information contributed to probable cause for search warrant While on routine patrol on River Street in Elkins this morning, EPD officers D.T. Sayre (Patrolman First Class) and N.G. Elbon (Patrolman) contacted two individuals, Eric Armstrong […]

Elkins to Recognize Sanitation Department Employees for Bravery

Intervention Prevented Child’s Serious Injury or Death Elkins, W. Va., December 21, 2020: Elkins Mayor Van Broughton will recognize three City of Elkins Sanitation Department employees for intervening to end an assault on a child in an alley near the city’s Sanitation […]

Reminder: Significant Penalties for Passing Stopped School Busses

From EPD Chief Bennett: EPD has received several reports of vehicles passing stopped school busses. I want to remind motorists that passing a school bus that is displaying its flashing warning signal is illegal and punishable by a minimum fine of $500 […]

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