BECKLEY - A construction worker died Tuesday after being pinned between his truck and a gate.

Johnny Allen Hensley, 44, of Fairdale, a Poncove Construction employee, was refueling his truck at a job site near Arnett when he went to unlock a gate. The truck rolled forward and pinned Hensley against the gate.

Raleigh County Chief Deputy D.E. Stafford said Hensley was pronounced dead at the scene. His body has been sent to the state medical examiner's office in South Charleston.

WVU meningitis victim identified as Va. woman

MORGANTOWN - The 19-year-old West Virginia University freshman who died of suspected bacterial meningitis has been identified.

Chelsea Kanatus graduated last year from Sherando High School in Stephens City, Va.

Health officials said Wednesday they could not release the girl's name until her family agreed to waive her right to privacy.

They also say they're confident they've identified everyone who had significant contact with Kanatus.

A total of 40 people, in Morgantown and elsewhere, have been treated with antibiotics as a precaution.

Students and parents may still be alarmed, so WVU is trying to educate them about the risks with several information booths and an on-campus forum.

PSC to review Fairmont's proposed water rate hike

FAIRMONT - The state Public Service Commission will review a proposed 49 percent water rate increase in Fairmont.

PSC spokeswoman Sarah Robertson said the city of Mannington and the Valley Falls Public Service District appealed the increase to the PSC. Fairmont supplies water to both.

About 1,660 customers also signed petitions protesting it.

Robertson says the PSC also is considering Fairmont's request to allow it to charge the higher rate until the appeal is decided.

Fairmont officials say the increase is needed to finance $9.6 million worth of repairs at the city's 5-year-old water plant and to retire debt.

It would cost the average residential customer $21.65 a month, an increase of about $7.

W.Va. inmate extradited to face murder charge

FAYETTEVILLE - A West Virginia prisoner has been sent to Ohio to face charges stemming from a killing 27 years ago.

Eugene Blake, 64, of Huntington, was indicted last June by a Belmont County grand jury. He's charged in the shooting death of 21- year-old Mark Withers at a Bridgeport, Ohio, park in March 1982. A 17-year-old who was in Withers' parked car with him was raped.

Deputies from the Belmont County, Ohio, Sheriff's Department took custody of Blake on Wednesday after Fayette Circuit Judge John Hatcher Jr. approved his extradition.

Blake faces the death penalty in Ohio.