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Vic’s Garage and Towing offers reward for info on vandal/thief

Over the past six months or so, Vic Solomon, owner of Vic’s Garage and Towing Service, has seen repeated vandalism and theft to vehicles and property at his University Avenue location in Morgantown. In an effort to find some relief, he said he is offering a reward to anyone with information that leads to catching the vandals. Solomon and his son, also named Vic, said four or five vehicles parked on the property have had windshields or windows broken this past week alone, one of the most recent being a Cadillac that had just been returned from being repaired. Both driver’s side ...

Morgantown man charged with DUI after Westover Bridge accident Friday

A Morgantown man is being charged with third-offense DUI after causing a multiple-vehicle accident Friday morning on the Westover Bridge, resulting in two people being transported by ambulance for injuries. Morgantown police and fire departments, as well as Mon EMS, responded to the scene, ...

Supreme Court takes over Hope Scholarship appeal: Promises hearing soon, says no to stay

West Virginia’s Supreme Court has taken over consideration of whether a scholarship for students leaving the public school system violates the state constitution. A majority of justices rejected a motion to stay a lower court’s decision to halt the Hope Scholarship, but the Supreme Court did agree to consider the issue swiftly. Justices set oral arguments for Oct. 4. The issue had been the first big case before West Virginia’s new intermediate court of appeals. Now the Supreme Court will hear the appeal instead. Those decisions were expressed in an order released Thursday ...

Mon deputy on paid leave after federal indictment

Deputy Sheriff Lance Kuretza of the Monongalia County Sheriff’s Department, has been placed on paid administrative leave following a federal indictment handed down by a federal grand jury, according to a press release from department officials. The indictment was announced Thursday ...

Westover welcomes two police recruits

Two new officer recruits to the Westover Police Department were officially sworn in Thursday morning in the Westover City Hall council chambers. “We have two fine young gentlemen,” Chief Joe Adams said of his new rookies, Logan Clingerman and Benjamin Scott, who officially took their ...