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Morgantown names new police chief

MORGANTOWN -- Morgantown City Manager Kim Haws announced today that Interim Police Chief Eric Powell will serve as the next Police Chief of the Morgantown Police Department. The hiring comes after the resignation of Chief Ed Preston in June 2020. “I am honored to lead a team of ...

Murder suspect denied bond a second time

A second Monongalia County Circuit Court judge declined to set bond for a man accused of shooting another man to death. Michael Corney, 34, was indicted by a grand jury for the first-degree murder of Chadwick Malone, on Sept. 23, 2020. At a Monday motions hearing, his attorney Brandon ...

IAFF Local 313 accuses Morgantown city manager of illegal pay reduction

MORGANTOWN -- The Morgantown firefighter's union unanimously voted no confidence in city manager Kim Haws and accused of him lowering the pay for every firefighter after they refused a settlement offer in an ongoing lawsuit over improper holiday pay. The members of International ...

Two men charged with robbery, conspiracy in Scholar Hotel hold-up

MORGANTOWN — A Morgantown man and an out-of-state man both face felony charges after allegedly robbing Ikeem Joshua Degout at gunpoint March 25 at the Scholar Hotel in downtown Morgantown. Raymond Tyrone Gould Jr., 31, of Upper Marlboro, Md., and Austin Alexander Francis, 25, of ...

Fairview man charged with wanton endangerment, assault

MORGANTOWN — A Fairview man is charged with wanton endangerment and malicious or unlawful assault after he allegedly shot John Barr Jr. in the stomach, hands and feet with a shotgun on March 25. Douglas Hapchuk, 35, is being held at the North Central Regional Jail with a bond set at ...