Former Monongalia County Prosecutor Perri Jo DeChristopher was sworn-in as Circuit Court Judge during an investiture ceremony Friday afternoon at the Monongalia County Justice Center. DeChristopher was in her second term as Monongalia County Prosecutor when she was appointed to the bench ...
Federal prosecutors are asking only for the five months of jail time already served by George Tanios, a Morgantown resident accused of transporting and handing off a canister of chemical irritant used to spray Capitol Police officers on Jan. 6, 2021. Tanios, 41, is set to be sentenced at 1 ...
CHARLESTON — A federal lawsuit over the abortion drug mifepristone has been filed in West Virginia, pitting the ability of states to regulate abortion under last summer’s Dobbs ruling in the Supreme Court against the federal government’s broad role in regulating both drugs and interstate commerce. The lawsuit has received national focus, including a The New York Times story headlined, “New lawsuit challenges state bans on abortion pills.” “This case is about a federally approved medication that Congress subjected to a substantial and detailed federal regulatory program ...
One of the three men accused of burglarizing a Snider Street apartment early Tuesday morning is facing additional charges after falsely reporting his identity to arresting officers and causing significant damage in the Monongalia County Sheriff’s Office during an attempt to escape ...
The search for suspects is underway after one person was shot Monday evening on Grant Avenue in the Sunnyside area of Morgantown. Morgantown Police Chief Eric Powell said several calls came in around 11:30 p.m. reporting multiple shots fired on Grant Street. Powell said MPD is ...
EDITOR'S NOTE: This story has been updated to include one of the men arrested gave another man's name. Nicholas Andrew Walker of Sissonville had nothing to do with this crime. Three men were arrested early Tuesday morning after Morgantown Police caught them actively burglarizing a Snider ...
