A video posted to social media over the weekend depicting what appears to be a police officer in downtown Morgantown slamming a man’s head into the cement has many asking - was that necessary? The video raised concerns from the community as well as city ...
West Virginia University sent a warning to the campus community last week, urging people to be careful when interacting with others online and when receiving unsolicited phone calls or text messages. The warning came after University Police received multiple reports in January regarding ...
A Morgantown man is facing five misdemeanor charges after police had to forcibly remove him from Hazel’s House of Hope Wednesday evening. Morgantown police were called after a man, later identified as Richard Arthur Kempf, 53, of Morgantown, refused to leave the Scott Avenue social ...
Monongalia County Sheriff Deputies arrested Gary L. Simons, 43, on Wednesday, after he allegedly entered a Grafton Road residence and attacked the female inside. Simons entered the residence at night and used his hands to choke the female, a criminal complaint said. Deputies reported ...
A Preston County man is in custody after police responded to an open-line 911 distress call coming from an address on Ridge Road in Masontown. On the call, a female could be heard screaming and crying with a male yelling in the background. While en route to the residence, officers ...
A Morgantown man possibly involved in several area package thefts was taken into custody after allegedly fleeing from a Monongalia County Sheriff's deputy at high speeds and causing some damage along the way. Shortly before 3 a.m. Wednesday morning, Deputy John Cunningham reported he was ...
