Newsroom@DominionPost.com CLARKSBURG — U.S. Attorney Bill Powell has announced that Grant Memorial Hospital in Petersburg has agreed to pay $320,175.71 for false medical claims. According the settlement, Grant Memorial Hospital […]
Cops and Courts
Vehicle crash takes out bus stop shelter
The shelter over the bus stop in front of Morgantown Unity Manor on Willey Street was destroyed in a single-vehicle crash Sunday morning. Around 3:50 a.m., a traffic crash involving […]
Mon County Sheriff’s Office seeks information about missing teen
MORGANTOWN — Ashley Rae Fortney, 16, of Morgantown, left her parents’ residence without their consent, according to a Monongalia County Sheriff’s Office social media post. She left information indicating that […]
City reviewing police chief applications
Selecting Morgantown’s next police chief is an important decision that city administration is not taking lightly. That’s according to Communications Director Andrew Stacy who said City Manager Kim Haws is […]
Man accused of murder waives hearing
The man accused of killing his grandson’s mother waived his preliminary hearing in Monongalia County Magistrate Court on Friday. Gary Smith II, 60, of Morgantown, is charged with first-degree murder. […]
Man pleads guilty to shooting incident
On June 5, 2020, officers with the Westover Police Department responded to a shooting on East Street. On Thursday, Jerrid Weaver, 25, entered an Alford plea to wanton endangerment for […]
Drug task force arrests two
A Detroit man and Morgantown woman are in jail after a Thursday morning search at an apartment on Van Voorhis Road. Alvin Cornilius-Laden Gist, 38, and Jann Carmesha Moss, 39, […]
Senate Judiciary approves this year’s try at creating an Intermediate Court of Appeals
MORGANTOWN – The Senate Judiciary Committee approved the perennial intermediate appeals court bill. For several years, a version of this bill has passed the Senate and died in the House. […]
Two men charged with pulling guns on each other
Two men were arrested early Saturday after allegedly pulling guns on each other following a vehicle crash in downtown Morgantown. Omharion E. Kershaw, 18, of Pittsburgh, and Ryan M. Sawyer, […]
UPDATE: Police still looking for missing elderly woman; last seen at Mon Health Medical Center
MORGANTOWN — On Wednesday afternoon, the Monongalia County Sheriff’s Office posted on Facebook that claims on social media that 68-year-old Lorna Phillips had been found are false. She is still […]
