Starting Feb. 24, all credit and debit card transactions made in magistrate courts across West Virginia will have a 2.25% convenience fee added. Courts were originally supposed to start charging […]
Cops and Courts
Police respond to man with gun in car at Ruby Memorial parking lot
MORGANTOWN – At about 9 a.m. Feb. 13, officers of the Morgantown Police Department responded to a report of an armed person barricaded inside of a vehicle in the parking […]
City looks to double its police numbers
Councilor: Needles found around area biggest complaint NOTE: This story has been edited to correct officers’ salaries. KINGWOOD — Kingwood hopes to nearly double its police force over the next […]
Family sues Preston 911 for not adequately responding to its call
KINGWOOD — An Independence family is suing Preston 911 and the Preston County Commission, saying 911 did not respond adequately to its call. Rhoda M. Marchant, her husband, Timothy E. […]
Landlord awarded $22K in lawsuit against Holgorsens over damaged rental property
A landlord who sued former WVU football coach Dana Holgorsen and his ex-wife, Candice, was awarded more than $22,000. Rodney Poland filed the civil suit against Holgorsen in Monongalia County […]
WVU student arrested for Sunday shooting
A West Virginia University student was arrested for allegedly firing a gun Sunday night in the area of Fife Avenue and Price Street. Donte Marshawn Wilkerson, 24, of Charleston, is […]
Court sentences man for sexual abuse, another for burglary
A burglar and a man who sexually abused a young girl were sentenced in Monongalia County Circuit Court this week. Judge Phillip Gaujot sentenced Michael Ammons, 64, of Fairview, to […]
Small fire at MTEC
The Morgantown Fire Department responded to a smoke-filled Monongalia County Technical Education Center on Friday morning. A training gas-powered HVAC unit, capable of both heating and cooling, caught fire in […]
U.S. Marshals makes arrest in Morgantown; man wanted on multiple charges in Pa.
A man who was wanted for multiple charges in Pennsylvania was arrested in Morgantown Tuesday. Guerau Bernat Cabrera, 41, was arrested noon outside a home on Park Street. Cabrera was […]
Tunnelton man pleas guilty to unlawful assault
KINGWOOD — A Tunnelton man indicted on a charge of strangulation pleaded guilty to an information Monday charging him with unlawful assault. Richard F. Schamberger Jr., 37, told Preston Circuit […]
