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Morgantown man sentenced for firearms violation

DPNews@DominionPost.com CLARKSBURG – A Monongalia County man was sentenced Thursday for illegally possessing a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Matthew L. Harvey. Jamie Russell Jones, 47, of Morgantown, was sentenced to 33 months in federal prison. Law enforcement officers responded ...

Two Mon men plead guilty in federal firearms cases

DPNews@DominionPost.com MARTINSBURG – Two Monongalia County men have entered guilty pleas to firearms charges in the Northern District of West Virginia, announced U.S. Attorney Matthew L. Harvey. Raymond Earl Bowers III, 42, of Morgantown, pled guilty to unlawful possession of a ...

State police seek help in death investigation

DPNews@DominionPost.com Monongalia/Marion County Line — The West Virginia State Police are asking for the public’s assistance in an ongoing death investigation after a body was discovered along Interstate 79 South, just south of the Monongalia County line in Marion County.Investigators ...

Preston County man missing

DPNews@DominionPost.com West Virginia State Police Kingwood Detachment has activated a Silver Alert for an attempt to locate an 84-year-old man. Willard A. Dewitt is 6 feet tall, 240 pounds, with hazel eyes and gray hair. He was most likely last seen wearing blue jeans, a white T-shirt, ...

Man sentenced to 25 years for 2002 murder

DPNews@DominionPost.com MORGANTOWN — Monongalia County Circuit Court has sentenced Chance Williams, 26, of Morgantown, to 25 years in state custody following his conviction for the 2022 murder of Jamey Corbin. The sentencing follows a November 2025 trial in which a jury found Williams ...

Ex-Point Marion official accused in parks commission theft

By Mike Jones For the Dominion Post The former vice president of Point Marion’s parks committee – who was co-winner of a $30.6 million Powerball jackpot nearly 25 years ago – is accused of taking more than $73,000 from the borough to help fuel her gambling habit. Georgianna M. ...