The Morgantown Police Department addressed rumors that have been circulating on local social media pages and message boards concerning an individual or group of individuals wearing ski masks committing various crimes in downtown Morgantown and on the WVU campus. Recently, several posts ...
A 68-year-old man from Core was killed Friday morning in a two-vehicle crash on Blue Horizon Drive in Monongalia County. A press release authorized by Monongalia County Sheriff Perry Palmer said deputies responded to the collision, which occurred under the I-79 overpass that runs above ...
Federal inspectors have concluded that mobster Whitey Bulger’s transfer to a West Virginia prison was too widely known and lacked enough precautions. Bulger was found beaten to death in his cell within 12 hours of arrival at U.S. Penitentiary Hazelton in 2018, and three inmates have been charged in his death. An investigation by the Office of Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Justice revealed serious management performance failures at multiple levels by the Bureau of Prisons, bureaucratic incompetence and flawed, confusing and insufficient policies and ...
Jim Smith, the director of MECCA 911, was on the phone with Chris McIntire, his counterpart in neighboring Marion County, when the obvious realization hit both emergency response professionals at the same time. Whoa, both said Wednesday morning. We’re getting the same call. McIntire, ...
A string of wallet and credit card thefts at University Town Centre has local police warning residents to be aware and take proper precautions while shopping in the area. Granville Police Chief Craig Corkrean provided information on five thefts reported to local law enforcement, all female ...
A Morgantown man accused of stealing nearly a half a million dollars in a scheme involving forged checks that belonged to a relative was federally indicted Tuesday on three counts of bank fraud and two counts of aggravated identity theft. United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced ...
