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 ...
Two people are dead following a wrong-way crash Friday afternoon at the intersection of W.Va. 705 and Willowdale Road. The victims were the driver and passenger in a Toyota Rav 4, which was traveling west in the eastbound lane of 705, the Monongalia County Sheriff’s Department said in a release. Their car collided with a Kia Sonoma, whose driver was also injured. That person was transported to Mon Health Medical Center. His condition wasn’t immediately known Saturday. Chief Deputy Mark Ralston said all names will be released at a later date. Traffic was snarled for ...
National EMS Week is a time to recognize and celebrate paramedics, EMTs, and the entire EMT workforce. The week of May 16-22 was authorized as National EMS Week by President Gerald Ford in 1974, making 2021 the 46th annual EMS week, according to the National Association of Emergency ...
MORGANTOWN – A dozen labor organizations representing public employees have filed suit to block the Paycheck Protection Act, a bill to prohibit public employers from deducting dues or fees for unions, labor organizations and clubs from public employee paychecks. The bill, HB 2009, passed the Legislature March 19 and was signed into law March 30. The organizations filing the suit said in a Thursday press release that the Paycheck Protection Act was passed with the sole purpose of retaliating against them. “As is clearly stated in our circuit court filing, the so-called ...
