“This case has followed a tortured path,” West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Moats wrote in the Court’s latest opinion to deny West Virginia University Hospitals (WVUH) and West Virginia United Health Services’ (WVUHS) third petition for writ of prohibition regarding a class action ...
BY CHRIS LAWRENCE CHARLESTON — Members of a legislative interim committee learned some of the problems associated with the state’s Regional Jail system from a couple of people who have experienced them first hand. Ashley Omps of Morgan County and Melissa Rose of Pocahontas County testified before the committee in Charleston on the conditions of their incarceration in the system. Their testimony was delivered as part of a study of reentry into the mainstream following incarceration and rehab. Rose told the committee she had a drinking problem which led to substance abuse and ...
A Marion County woman was charged with battery on a government employee after allegedly shoving and biting a Monongalia County Sheriff's Department transport officer. According to a criminal complaint, on June 11, Deputy Ward was notified by a transport division officer of an assault ...
A lawsuit filed this week in Monongalia County Circuit Court by a Taylor County couple names Monongahela Power Company (Mon Power) and FirstEnergy Solutions Corp. as defendants, along with Mon Power Supervisor for Distribution Technician James Connor and Mon Power Director of Operations ...
A routine traffic stop in Morgantown by a West Virginia State Trooper resulted in a brief foot chase and drug charges against the vehicles’ driver. Cpl. J.T. Wood stated in a criminal complaint he observed a Mitsubishi Galant traveling on South Dorsey Avenue in Morgantown shortly after 8 ...
Monongalia County Sheriff’s Department arrested a Morgantown man in connection to an April shooting at Northside Hills Apartments. Levi H. Kelly, 21, has been charged with attempted murder, use of a firearm during a felony and 16 counts of wanton endangerment for each round fired. The shooting took place just before 2 a.m. April 24 at the apartment complex at 2800 District Drive. Deputies were dispatched to the scene, where they found two people suffering from gunshot wounds. Both were transported to the hospital and treated for non-life-threatening injuries. Kelly was ...
