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One in jail after vehicle chase

MORGANTOWN -- West Virginia State Police charged a Parkersburg man with leading them on a car chase around the Morgantown area. Daniel W. Mackey, 36, is charged with fleeing from an officer with reckless indifference. According to a criminal complaint, the chase started at JCPenney at ...

Murderer fires attorneys

A man who shot and killed a WVU student fired his lawyers Friday. Shaundarius Reeder, 21, hired Summers & Associates, a law firm in Parkersburg, to represent him after he was charged with first-degree murder for killing Eric J. Smith, 21, at College Park apartments on Feb. 28, ...

Postcast 81 – July 23, 2021

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Man hit while out of vehicle on I-79

MORGANTOWN -- A man was taken to the hospital Thursday afternoon after getting hit by a vehicle on Interstate 79. Monongalia County Sheriff’s deputies were sent to the crash, which happened on southbound I-79 near the 155 mile marker, or Star City exit, at 1:33 p.m.  A kayak and ...

One of two murderers who shot WVU student sentenced to prison

MORGANTOWN -- One of two men who murdered 21-year-old WVU student Eric J. Smith Feb. 28, 2020, was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 15 years. Terrell Linear, 22, apologized to Smith's family at Thursday’s hearing.  “I take complete and full ...

Morrisey opposes opioid settlement

Newsroom@DominionPost.com CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey reiterated his  opposition to a nationwide opioid settlement Wednesday that he said shortchanges the state of West Virginia and its counties and municipalities. “West Virginia is a resounding ...