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W.Va. hospital to pay more than $300K for Medicare fraud

Newsroom@DominionPost.com  CLARKSBURG — U.S. Attorney Bill Powell has announced that Grant Memorial Hospital in Petersburg has agreed to pay $320,175.71 for false medical claims. According the settlement, Grant Memorial Hospital filed false claims to Medicare, Medicaid, TRICARE, VA, and Railroad Retirement programs from September 2014 to March 2016. The claims were for outpatient and inpatient services and items using the National Provider Identifier number and name of a credentialed physician, when, in fact, the services and items were actually provided by a ...

Vehicle crash takes out bus stop shelter

The shelter over the bus stop in front of Morgantown Unity Manor on Willey Street was destroyed in a single-vehicle crash Sunday morning. Around 3:50 a.m., a traffic crash involving one vehicle that failed to make the turn on Willey Street and struck the Mountain Line bus shelter was ...

Mon County Sheriff’s Office seeks information about missing teen

MORGANTOWN -- Ashley Rae Fortney, 16, of Morgantown, left her parents’ residence without their consent, according to a Monongalia County Sheriff’s Office social media post. She left information indicating that she ran away, the Saturday post states. Sheriff’s detectives are following ...

City reviewing police chief applications

Selecting Morgantown's next police chief is an important decision that city administration is not taking lightly. That's according to Communications Director Andrew Stacy who said City Manager Kim Haws is carefully reviewing candidates and working with staff to schedule interviews. The ...

Man accused of murder waives hearing

The man accused of killing his grandson's mother waived his preliminary hearing in Monongalia County Magistrate Court on Friday. Gary Smith II, 60, of Morgantown, is charged with first-degree murder. He is accused of killing Alexa Randolph, 32. Smith appeared by video from North Central ...

Man pleads guilty to shooting incident

On June 5, 2020, officers with the Westover Police Department responded to a shooting on East Street. On Thursday, Jerrid Weaver, 25, entered an Alford plea to wanton endangerment for that incident. If the case had gone to trial, the state would have proven Weaver aimed a gun at a ...