A Monongalia County man indicted in September on 10 counts of sexual abuse of a child, involving multiple victims dating back as far as 1984, entered into a plea agreement and pleaded guilty to four counts first degree sexual abuse and two counts incest Monday afternoon in Monongalia Count ...
A Kanawha Circuit judge halted enforcement of West Virginia’s felony abortion ban from the 1800s, agreeing that it conflicts with laws passed more recently. Judge Tera Salango issued a temporary injunction Monday afternoon following a hearing that lasted about an hour. “I do find that an injunction is appropriate,” she said. The injunction means that, for the time being, West Virginia’s more recent laws regulating and restricting abortion would be in effect but the much older felony abortion ban would not. The ruling is likely to be appealed, and state lawmakers may work ...
BY ERSHAD KAMOL The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner — located in Charleston — is awaiting approval of a new set of rules that will empower it to dispose of remains of 275 bodies retained for years in its freezer and storage. The emergency rule went into effect June 23 and it will be open for public comment until July 25, said Allison Adler, Department of Health and Human Resources spokeswoman. “After consideration of any comments received, the agency will approve the rule, including any changes based on comments, for filing with the Legislative Rule-Making Review ...
Six men were arrested on drug charges Wednesday during the execution of search warrants at two apartments at a Van Voorhis Road apartment complex. The Mon Metro Drug Task Force began searching apartment 13 at Woodline Apartments to find evidence to support an investigation that several ...
Rickey Alvin Murray, 65, of Morgantown, was in North Central Regional Jail Wednesday after allegedly robbing the Citizens Bank at 258 High St., in Morgantown Tuesday afternoon. According to investigators with the Morgantown Police Department, a black male wearing an off-white visor, gray ...
A Pennsylvania man was taken into custody by West Virginia State Police after leading troopers on a high-speed chase into downtown Morgantown. At approximately 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, the WVSP Fairmont dispatch advised Morgantown troopers that the Pennsylvania State Police was in pursuit of a ...
