Newsroom@DominionPost.com CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Governor’s Highway Safety Program announced that West Virginia’s statewide seat belt usage rate is 88.12% for 2021, down from 90.2% for […]
Cops and Courts
Two Virginia men accused of transporting meth
AURORA — Two Virginia men are accused of bringing about a half pound of methamphetamine into Preston County. David Conneway and Walter Long Jr. are each charged […]
Man pleads guilty to murder of grandson’s mother
The man accused of killing his grandson’s mother pled guilty to first degree murder in Monongalia County Circuit Courty Tuesday afternoon. Gary Smith II, 60, of Morgantown, […]
South Park murder suspect pleads guilty
Michael Corney, 34, who shot and killed Chadwick Malone, 31, on Pennsylvania Avenue in Sept. 2020, pleaded guilty to murder in the second degree on Monday. Corney […]
Woman accused of holding gun to woman’s head
A 62-year-old woman is accused of putting her gun to another woman’s head during the Buckwheat Festival. Marilyn Martin, of Gans, Pa., is charged with wanton endangerment […]
All indictments from September 2021 Monongalia County grand jury
Horton, Antwann, domestic assault, wanton endangerment Black, Timothy Lee, Driving while impaired causing death, driving while license suspended or revoked for DUI, DUI of a controlled substance […]
Drug Task Force investigators recover meth, fentanyl, U.S. currency
A Mon Metro Drug Task Force investigation launched in August has led to the arrest of an Ohio man for two felony counts of possession with intent […]
Fight that led to downtown stabbing broke out in the middle of High Street
MORGANTOWN — A criminal complaint has provided further details on Thursday night’s High Street stabbing incident after Elijah Jon Older, 21, was charged with malicious wounding. According […]
Man accused of DUI causing death, bodily injury among those in final day of arraignments
MORGANTOWN — A man accused of driving while impaired, causing death along with three other related charges was among those who appeared in the third day of […]
Man hospitalized after High Street stabbing incident
MORGANTOWN — A Maine man is charged with malicious assault in a downtown stabbing Thursday that sent one to the hospital. At 12:56 a.m., officers of the […]