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WDTV 5 News WDTV is the CBS affiliate for the Weston/Clarksburg/Fairmont, West Virginia media market.

12/16/2025

Video shows a house floating down a river following days of intense rain and flooding in Washington.

12/16/2025

Staff member locked children in school’s boiler room as punishment, lawsuit says. Video taken inside boiler room in the story below. ⬇

12/16/2025

JetBlue flight near Venezuela avoids 'midair collision' with US Air Force tanker

12/16/2025

Merriam-Webster’s 2025 word of the year is ‘slop.’
Here’s why

12/16/2025

Zelenskyy offers to drop NATO bid for security guarantees but rejects US push to cede territory

12/15/2025

Illinois becomes 12th state to provide medically assisted su***de for the terminally ill

Here's a reminder of school closures and delays that we know so far for Tuesday, December 16th ⬇️
12/15/2025

Here's a reminder of school closures and delays that we know so far for Tuesday, December 16th ⬇️

Schools are reporting closings & delays for tomorrow, Tuesday, December 16th. (Updated at 6:10 p.m.)

- Barbour County — NON-TRADITIONAL LEARNING
- Braxton County — CLOSED
- CENTRA Bus — 2-HOUR DELAY (Buses begin at 8 a.m.)
- Clarksburg Beauty Academy — 2-HOUR DELAY
- Clarksburg Classical Academy — CLOSED
- Harrison County — CLOSED
- Harrison County Senior Center — CLOSED
- Lewis County — CLOSED
- Marion County — CLOSED
- Monongalia County — NON-TRADITIONAL LEARNING
- Preston County — CLOSED ("Brain Freeze" Day)
- Ritchie County — CLOSED
- Taylor County — NON-TRADITIONAL LEARNING
- Upshur County — NON-TRADITIONAL LEARNING
- Wetzel County — CLOSED

12/15/2025

NATIONAL NEWS:
Man sentenced after 24 dead cats were found in a deep freezer, some having been frozen alive, authorities say

12/15/2025

Crews are on scene for a reported attic fire in Clarksburg

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WDTV (CBS), WVFX (FOX), EVFX (CW), and EDTV (MeTV) combine to provide local news and weather to all of North Central West Virginia. CBS and FOX combine to carry a predominant number of games for the local favorite Pittsburgh Steelers and FOX’s Big 12 affiliation brings us our treasured WVU football games. We are the largest TV source for local news and entertainment for our local 12 county area. Celebrating decades of service and as a local news leader, WDTV features a recently upgraded news studio and a news team dedicated to local news. We pride ourselves on breaking news and weather alerts, and digging deep into the issues affecting our communities. We’re dedicated to informing the public, utilizing television, social media and the area’s only live-streaming newscast.

Our team produces six daily newscasts M-F and four newscasts each weekend. Among many other awards, WDTV has won the WV Broadcasters award 2 years in a row for the best morning newscast. In 2019, WDTV won the WVBA award for Best Community Outreach for our work with the United Way of Harrison County. WDTV has had the privilege of helping train and launch the careers of many well-known national journalists, top-market meteorologists, and network and cable executives. The work family of WDTV is made up of a group of dedicated professional and passionate individuals who are the backbone of our daily mission.

WDTV/WVFX is located in beautiful north central West Virginia, about 90 minutes south of Pittsburgh, and 30 minutes south of Morgantown. West Virginia, in general, is comprised of several small cities and very rural in nature making it a great small town family atmosphere.