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Westover council approves new police body-camera software

WESTOVER —Westover city council unanimously voted to approve a new, Axon body-camera software system for the Westover police force during Monday night’s Westover City Council meeting. “I want to make it as seamless as possible for the officer and the integrity of the citizen,” said ...

First Mon grand jury of the year indicts grandfather for woman’s murder

A truck driver involved in the September 2019 vehicle crash that killed a 30-year-old mother and a man accused of killing his grandson's mother are among those indicted by the most recent Monongalia County grand jury. The grand jury met Feb. 25-26 and returned 116 indictments. The Dominion ...

Reporter gets taste of crime firsthand

On Monday morning a wallet was stolen from a vehicle in a parking lot on Garrison Avenue. No one has been arrested; no  criminal complaint to explain the details. Just my own experience. Yeah, the wallet was mine. I didn’t realized it was gone until my phone rang at 9:44 a.m. ...

Drug task force: Fentanyl, cocaine found in apartment

A Pennsylvania man was arrested Thursday following a search of a Brookhaven apartment by the Mon Metro Drug Task Force. Ryan J. Michaux, 22, is charged with possession with intent to deliver cocaine and possession with intent to deliver fentanyl. The drug task force and the West ...

Second WVU student injured in rock slide sues

One of those injured in last February's rock slide on Monongahela Boulevard has sued the West Virginia University Board of Governors. Maceon Wheeler was a passenger on the PRT when a rock slide that originated on WVU property rolled down the hillside and "violently crashed into and through ...

Police: Tuesday power outage caused by drunk driver

MORGANTOWN -- A Tuesday evening power outage in Sabraton was caused when an allegedly drunk driver crashed into a light pole support wire. About 1,500 Mon Power customers lost power from 6:55-7:55 p.m., spokesman Will Boye said. Boye said the light pole support wire that was struck made ...