Local bars owners are taking their grievances to court. Some Monongalia County business owners impacted by Gov. Jim Justice’s executive orders and Morgantown ordinances targeting bars and restaurants filed a […]
Cops and Courts
Brothers charged in motel robbery
Two brothers were arrested for allegedly robbing a man at Morgantown Motel. Christopher L. Wyckoff, 34, and Ryan Wyckoff, 24, both of Morgantown, are each charged with armed robbery. Ryan […]
Racial reckoning isn’t restricted to only urban areas
WVU Today As the United States experiences mass racial unrest and nationwide protests, equity issues have become elevated in the American consciousness. And according to Erin McHenry-Sorber, an associate professor […]
Police discuss salary variation across counties
KINGWOOD — Salaries vary widely among sheriff’s departments in West Virginia. Preston County deputy sheriffs, like other county employees, still hope to receive a raise this year from the Preston […]
Morrisey weighs in on city’s effort to create police oversight and review board
MORGANTOWN — The Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 87, to which the vast majority of Morgantown Police officers belong, has taken exception to the city’s efforts to create a community […]
Mon attorney disbarred by supreme court
Former area attorney Michael Sharley was disbarred by the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia. Sharley was admitted to the West Virginia State Bar in 1993 and practiced law […]
Family says discovered remains belong to missing person
A body found near Trope Hill Road on Thursday is that of James “Travis” Price, 31, according to his family. However, Monongalia County Sheriff Perry Palmer would not confirm that […]
W.Va. reports 2nd inmate death related to COVID-19
Another death possible, pending review Newsroom@DominionPost.com CHARLESTON — Autopsy results show the July death of a Mount Olive Correctional Complex inmate from an underlying health condition also involved COVID-19 complications. […]
17 charged in heroin, crack cocaine distribution operation
Newsroom@DominionPost.com CLARKSBURG — Seventeen people were charged with drug distribution in early September in a one-count indictment, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced. Sixteen of the defendants were arrested in a […]
Kingwood man charged under “revenge porn” statute
KINGWOOD— A Preston County man was charged with criminal invasion of privacy for allegedly posting nude photos of a woman on a porn website without her permission. Rodney Keith Moats, […]
