Two people were arrested and charged after a Preston County sheriff’s deputy found more than 3 ounces of meth in their car. Alexis Kristine Spindle, 23, and Robert Lee Shaffer, […]
Cops and Courts
UPDATE: body found on rail trail identified
MORGANTOWN — Morgantown Police Department is investigating the death of a man found near the rail-trail Wednesday morning. “The deceased male has been identified as Kevin Daft, 35 years of […]
Sheriff investigating shots fired
The Monongalia County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a shots fired incident on Fairmont Road. Deputies responded about 1:30 to 3889 Fairmont Road for the call. Chief Deputy Al Kisner said […]
Police, fire chiefs talk annexation
Morgantown’s police and fire chiefs were among the numerous city officials on hand at Thursday’s first public meeting on annexation. “What the city proposed, the city never talked to us,” […]
911: Some roads flooded, impassable; use caution
Several roads in the area are covered in water, some passable, some not. Harold Sperringer, MECCA 911 deputy director, said people should use caution while traveling everywhere in the county […]
Baltimore man who stuck knife in woman’s head pleads guilty
The man who lodged a knife in a Westover woman’s head pleaded guilty in Monongalia County Circuit Court on Wednesday. Judge Phillip Gaujot accepted 25-year-old Zachary Nipper’s plea of guilt […]
Man accused of motel robbery appears in court
New details about a June 26 armed robbery at the Morgantown Motel, and the death of one of those accused of the crime, emerged at a court hearing on Tuesday. […]
Man gets 1-3 years for attempted larceny
KINGWOOD — A Montrose man was sentenced Monday to one to three years in prison for attempted grand larceny. Four other charges were dropped. Jason Lee Sturms pleaded guilty in […]
New Jersey man enters Alford plea to malicious assault
A man accused of biting someone’s ear off after choking them out in a fight entered an Alford plea to the crime in Monongalia County Circuit Court on Monday. Dean […]
Unsealed generic drug-maker collusion suit complaint reveals insider communications
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The previously redacted complaint in a May multistate federal civil suit alleging Teva, Mylan and other generic drug makers conspired to raise prices and divvy up market […]
