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Plea talks continue in Jan. 6 case for Tanios

Morgantown resident George Tanios is still scheduled for an October trial for his role at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, but defense attorneys acknowledged they’ve continued talks with federal prosecutors about a possible plea agreement. In a status hearing Thursday, U.S. District ...

With Roe v. Wade overturned, what’s next for West Virginia abortion law?

MORGANTOWN — The U.S. Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, returning authority on abortion law to the states. President Biden is calling on Congress to again federalize abortion law, but unless and until that happens, the question for West Virginia ...

Arrest made in May murder, second suspect still sought

Monongalia County Sheriff’s deputies have one suspect in custody for the May 7 murder of Matthew D. Moore in Mon County.  An arrest warrant has been issued for a second suspect. Cleotis Cortez-Paul Eppes Jr., AKA “Ghost,” 48, of Harper Woods, Mich., was arraigned in Monongalia ...

Suspect arrested for May Jimmy John’s armed robbery

The Morgantown Police arrested George Kyle Hess, 20, of Morgantown, for allegedly robbing the Jimmy John’s on High Street in Morgantown on May 31. Detectives were called to the scene at approximately 1:30 a.m. that day, after an employee at Jimmy John’s reported that a white male ...

Morgantown man charged with arson, child neglect for apartment fire

A Morgantown man is being held at North Central Regional Jail after allegedly setting multiple fires to an apartment with small children inside during a domestic dispute on Monday. Deputies from the Monongalia County Sheriff’s Department were dispatched to a Goshen Road apartment for a ...