CHARLESTON — Supreme Court Justice Menis Ketchum resigned his seat today after months of controversy surrounding the court and ahead of a deadline for the vacated seat to be on […]
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Woman whose dog died in hot car pleads not guilty to animal cruelty
MORGANTOWN — Denise Vanglider pleaded not guilty to animal cruelty and requested a court-appointed attorney at a Wednesday arraignment. The 53-year-old entered her plea before Morgantown Municipal Judge Stephen Higgins. […]
Former Preston dog warden pleads guilty to felony
KINGWOOD — Former Preston dog warden Brittaney Shearer pleaded guilty Wednesday to felony conspiracy to commit child abuse resulting in injury of her 11-year-old daughter. Under a binding plea approved […]
Big Dog Café robbery suspect arrested
MORGANTOWN —The Monongalia County Sheriff’s Department arrested a Pennsylvania man, who confessed to robbing Big Dog Café on Tuesday morning. Jerry Pugh Sr., 48, of Perryoplis, Pa., is charged with […]
WVU engineering camp students learn to build bicycles
MORGANTOWN — WVU’s Engineering in Action Camp has 30 high school students from six states building cardboard canoes this week. They took a break from the watercraft Tuesday July 10 […]
Airport project delay, BOPARC funding among topics discussed at Morgantown City Council meeting
MORGANTOWN — Funding discussions regarding the Morgantown Municipal Airport and the Board of Parks and Recreation Commissioners (BOPARC) dominated Tuesday July 10’s regular meeting of the Morgantown City Council. Council […]
City user fees deployed into road-improvement projects
By Hannah Williams MORGANTOWN — Morgantown motorists are seeing their user fees deployed into several road-improvement projects, the city’s engineer said this week. The controversial $3 weekly tax on an estimated […]
HEPC brings in WVU Tech’s Long as interim chancellor
CHARLESTON — The Higher Education Policy Commission (HEPC) suspended its search for a new chancellor, agreed to place current Chancellor Paul Hill in a paid position as an adviser and […]
3-wheeled vehicle visits Morgantown during cross-country journey
MORGANTOWN — He’s not circumnavigating the globe as Phileas Fogg did in the Jules Verne epic, “Around the World in Eighty Days,” but his journey and goal are no less fantastic. […]
Pence says Manchin has a big decision to make
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Vice President Mike Pence said President Donald Trump’s nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to be the next justice on the U.S. Supreme Court was “the right choice […]
