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Man pleads guilty to kidnapping, knife attack

A man on trial for kidnapping and malicious assault pleaded guilty to those charges before the state was done presenting its evidence against him. The trial against Stephen Alston, 27, started Thursday before Judge Susan Tucker in Monongalia County Circuit Court, Assistant Prosecutor ...

Morgantown woman’s death ruled homicide

An autopsy confirmed Alexa Randolph's death was a homicide. The autopsy was performed Feb. 1 in the presence of county detectives at the office of the state's chief medical examiner in Charleston, according to Monongalia County Sheriff Perry Palmer. The medical examiner ruled the death ...

Medical examiner rules Morgantown woman’s death a homicide

MORGANTOWN -- On Monday, Monongalia County Sheriff’s detectives were present for Alexa Randolph’s autopsy, performed at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Charleston. The medical examiner ruled the death a homicide, and the official report listing the manner of death is ...

Dunkin’ lawsuits head to mediation

MORGANTOWN -- Three lawsuits filed by former employees of the Sabraton Dunkin’ against its parent company and former general manager are in mediation this week. Two women, Joanna Roller and Aimee Feight, sued Doughnut Joe’s LLC and Robert Garrison in August 2020. In October, another ...

Monongalia County man indicted on child pornography charges

Newsroom@DominionPost.com  WHEELING — Jason Steven Kokinda, of Westover, was indicted Tuesday on a child pornography charge, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced. Kokinda, 42, was indicted Tuesday on one count of second-offense possession of child pornography and one count of ...