Morgantown man, Trump sued in officer’s death

January 7, 2023

Morgantown resident George Tanios, who is pleading guilty to his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, has been named in a civil suit by the fiancée of an officer who died a day later. Sandra Garza, the partner of late officer Brian Sicknick, filed the lawsuit against former President Donald Trump and two protesters accused of collaborating to attack police with very strong pepperspray — Tanios and his longtime friend, Julian Khater. Sicknick Friday, on the two-year anniversary of the Capitol riot, was posthumously awarded the Presidential Citizens Medal, the ...

Federal judge upholds W.Va.’s law that limits participation of transgender athletes

January 7, 2023

A federal judge upheld West Virginia’s law affecting the participation of transgender athletes on school sports teams. “The question before the court is whether the legislature’s chosen definition of ‘girl’ and ‘woman’ in this context is constitutionally permissible. I find that it is,” wrote U.S. District Judge Joseph Goodwin of the Southern District of West Virginia in a 23-page ruling that also found the state’s law complies with federal Title IX. The West Virginia Attorney General’s Office had defended the law in federal court. Attorney General Patrick ...

Altercation at Sheetz leads to first-degree robbery charges

January 6, 2023

A Pittsburgh man is facing robbery charges after police responded to an altercation outside of the University Avenue Sheetz on Jan. 3. Morgantown police were dispatched to the parking lot of the gas station at about 9:30 p.m. for a reported disturbance involving two males in the parking ...

Tunnelton man in custody after alleged assault

January 5, 2023

A Preston County man is in custody after allegedly assaulting a female victim who ultimately had to be life-flighted for emergency care. According to the criminal complaint, deputies from the Preston County Sheriff’s Department were dispatched to a reported unresponsive female who had ...

Suspect in PA cop shooting was former Morgantown High student

January 5, 2023

BY DAVE WILSON The man accused of killing a police chief and injuring another officer in a shooting near Pittsburgh was formerly a student at Morgantown High School, where he was arrested and charged with threatening a teacher nearly a decade ago. Aaron Lamont Swan, Jr, 28, was the suspect in a fatal shooting Monday in Allegheny County, PA that left Brackenridge Police Chief Justin McIntire dead and injured Officer Jordan Schrecengost of the Tarentum Police Department. Brackenridge, PA Police Chief Justin McIntire was shot and killed by Aaron Swan, Jr during a chase on Monday. ...

Morgantown man faces grand larceny charges in construction site thefts

January 3, 2023

Over the weekend, West Virginia State Police arrested a Morgantown man suspected of taking over $1,300 worth of tools, as well as a vehicle, from a local construction site a few days before Christmas. On Friday, Dec. 23, Trooper A.L. Barnette spoke to the owner of Wolfe Landscapes Plus, ...