KINGWOOD — A Bruceton Mills man entered an Alford or Kennedy plea Friday to strangulation of a woman last year. Senior Status Judge Larry Starcher accepted the plea and sentenced […]
Cops and Courts
Kingwood seeks more applications for new police officers after recent resignations
KINGWOOD — So far, Kingwood isn’t getting the number of applications it expected for police officers, the temporary chief said. “They’re not coming in quick at all. A lot slower […]
Kingwood man sentenced to one year in jail and two years probation
KINGWOOD — A Kingwood man was given one year in jail and two years probation Wednesday for stabbing another man. Kenneth Ray Brown Jr, 54, was charged with unlawful assault […]
Kingwood woman placed on two years probation for child neglect
KINGWOOD – A Kingwood woman was placed on two years probation for child neglect creating risk of death after leaving her child in a locked car while she went into […]
Mon circuit judge arraigns those indicted by Grand Jury
MORGANTOWN — A man who allegedly tried to run a Monongalia County Sheriff’s deputy off the road during a DUI stop pleaded not guilty Tuesday. Harold Summers was one of 34 […]
Homicide investigation in Marion County
FAIRMONT — The Marion County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a homicide, after one person was found dead in a car that went over an embankment into a creek. The incident […]
Woman to spend about 3 1/2 years in jail for running a drug house
MORGANTOWN — A Washington, D.C., woman will spend about 3 1/2 years behind bars for running a drug house in Morgantown. According to a press release from the Department of Justice’s […]
Morgantown man charged with child abuse
MORGANTOWN — A Morgantown man was arrested and charged after he allegedly beat and choked his girlfriend’s child for being too loud. Andrew P. Lemasters, 23, is charged with child […]
Morgantown Police Department opens anonymous TIPS line
The Morgantown Police Department has established an anonymous telephone line for citizens to report suspicious or suspected criminal activity. Citizens who wish to report information without speaking to an officer […]
Civil suit awards more than $32 million to estate of slain woman
MORGANTOWN — More than $32 million was awarded to the estate of Shannon Lynn Stafford, who was murdered in the parking lot of the Hornbeck Road Walmart in April 2012. […]
