Funding approved for law-enforcement vehicles in Mercer and McDowell counties

Mercer and McDowell counties will receive federal funding to allow for the purchase of new police cruisers.

U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and U.S. Senator Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., announced the congressional directed spending requests Wednesday for the Mercer County Commission and the McDowell County Commission.

The funding awards include:

• $123,000 in funding for the McDowell County Commission in Welch for the acquisition of patrol vehicles. This request was made by Capito.

• $300,000 to the Mercer County Commission to support purchasing six new police cruisers and equipment for the Mercer County Sheriff’s Department.