MORGANTOWN — A $149,277 expenditure from the Morgantown Police Department’s asset forfeiture account will bring a dramatic change to the department’s record keeping and enhance officer access to data in […]
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Marvin Wotring, WVU rifle maker dies
MORGANTOWN — Morgantown gunsmith Marvin Wotring, who built every rifle used by the WVU Mountaineer mascot since 1977, died Sunday at his home. He was 78 and spent more than half […]
Preston: Avoid social media hysteria, let officers do their jobs
MORGANTOWN — Morgantown Police Chief Ed Preston cautioned members of city council on Tuesday that “letting social media control the agenda is very dangerous to everybody — law enforcement, victims […]
Uber driver goes on trial for second time
MORGANTOWN — For the second time this year Ibrahim Hamid is being tried in Monongalia County Circuit Court for the same offense after a jury failed to reach a verdict […]
Morgantown Police investigating reported battery at parking garage
MORGANTOWN — Morgantown Police are investigating a reported battery they said occurred around 1:30 a.m. Dec. 2, at the parking garage on the corner of Chestnut Street and University Avenue. […]
Morgantown Jaycee’s Christmas Parade 2018: Gallery
The Morgantown Theatre Department marches in the Morgantown Christmas Parade on Monday. Lydia Rhodes enjoys a candy cane while she watches the Morgantown Christmas Parade on Monday. Scarlett Humphries enjoys [...]
Nathan Swaniger, Daniel Gorbey named to Class A all-state teams
WHEELING — Wheeling Central coach Mike Young is a believer that if each player does his job with the team in mind, that individual success is a natural byproduct. Perhaps no team […]
Westover council agrees to start looking at expanding police station
WESTOVER — Police Chief Rick Pancio told Westover city council in the past two weeks his officers have responded to 510 calls, made 20 traffic stops and issued 13 citations […]
Westover city attorney talks about sewer system
WESTOVER — His “swan song” while resigning as Morgantown Utility Board’s general counsel set off a furor, Westover’s City Attorney Tim Stranko said during the most recent Westover city council […]
Lawsuit accuses one of suspended W.Va. troopers of 2016 traffic stop assault
MARTINSBURG — A Charles Town attorney said he was not surprised to learn of assault allegations against West Virginia State Police Trooper First Class Derek Walker. “My reaction was finally someone captured […]
