KINGWOOD — Only two witnesses were called Thursday in a Kingwood councilman’s lawsuit trying to regain access to an alley by his home. Preston Circuit Judge Steve Shaffer set another […]
Cops and Courts
Crime down for first week of students compared to last year
While the Morgantown Police Department was busier the first week West Virginia University students returned to town than the previous week, officers weren’t quite as busy as they were in […]
Man who threw knife at woman sentenced to prison
A Baltimore man who lodged a knife in a woman’s skull was sentenced to prison in Monongalia County Circuit Court on Tuesday. “You stand before me on unlawful assault but […]
Man charged for allegedly attacking Sigma Chi member
A 21-year-old was charged with unlawful assault for breaking the jaw of a Sigma Chi member, according to police. Bishop Kaylin Eamon Reese, of Morgantown, was charged with the crime […]
Mediation ordered in sexual assault lawsuit against Hopemont Hospital
KINGWOOD — Mediation will take place in a civil case filed four years ago against Hopemont Hospital and a John Doe, alleging a woman was drugged and raped while a […]
Motions heard in Preston murder case
KINGWOOD — Questions about how some state witnesses will testify in the murder trial of Joseph Edward Harrison were discussed in a hearing Tuesday. Harrison, 27, of Kingwood, is charged […]
Deputy finds drugs, gun, money during traffic stop
A man from Detroit and one from Preston County were arrested after a Monongalia County Sheriff’s Deputy found drugs, a gun and almost $15,000 during a traffic stop. Chico D. […]
TIPS Line place for callers to report uncertain criminal activity
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The Morgantown Police Department has a tip line that can be used to anonymously report suspicious or criminal activity. The TIPS Line, 304-284-7520, does not require the […]
Man convicted of impersonating assistant federal prosecutor
By Chris Lawrence CHARLESTON — A Michigan man who falsely claimed he worked for U.S. Attorney Mike Stuart got an opportunity to meet the federal prosecutor in southern West Virginia […]
Listravia Ave. shooter sentenced to prison
The man responsible for a December shooting by Tanner’s Tavern, on Listravia Avenue, was sentenced to prison Thursday. Carlos Pagan, 29, of Fairmont, pleaded guilty to malicious assault in July. […]
