MORGANTOWN -- The person who drowned Tuesday in Cheat Lake has been identified as Zion Rogers, 20, of Monmouth Junction, N.J., by the Monongalia County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies were called to the Backwaters, off of Morgan Run, in Cheat Lake, for a drowning at 7:42 p.m., according to a ...
MORGANTOWN — One person drowned Tuesday evening in Cheat Lake. The Monongalia County Sheriff’s Office announced the death Wednesday. The victim’s name and gender were not released. Chief Deputy of Law Enforcement Mark Ralston said that was so the victim's family could be fully ...
Emergency response crews were investigating a possible drowning Tuesday evening at Cheat Lake. According to MECCA 911 radio dispatch traffic, a person was attempting to swim to the shore at the Morgan Run backwater area of the lake when he went under – and didn’t resurface. He ...
MORGANTOWN — A motorcycle driver died in a crash Monday evening on Interstate 79 near mile marker 145 southbound. According to witnesses, the driver lost control of the motorcycle while traveling south, laid it down, and struck a guardrail, the West Virginia State Police ...
A preacher is facing criminal charges for recording men using the restroom at the church. William Page, 59, of Morgantown, is charged with two counts of criminal invasion of privacy by the Monongalia County Sheriff’s Office. On April 28, members of the Church of God on River Road discovered a smart phone on a ledge above the urinal in the men’s restroom at the church, according to a criminal complaint. The phone was given to the sheriff’s office after the members looked at the contents and discovered it belonged to the preacher, Page. There were videos of two men using ...
It shouldn’t be a surprise that the number of cases filed in Monongalia County magistrate and circuit courts in 2020 was lower than in 2019. The Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia released its 2020 annual statistics report which details the caseloads of family court, circuit ...
