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Missing woman’s death being investigated as homicide

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - The death of Alexa Randolph is being investigated as a homicide. That's according to the Monongalia County Sheriff's Office which announced it was taking over the investigation to avoid any jurisdiction issues - such as leads, suspects or evidence found outside ...

Alexa Randolph found dead

A missing Morgantown woman was found dead in her car on Friday. Alexa Randolph was reported missing on Thursday night and the Morgantown Police Department asked for the public's help locating her on Friday. Her vehicle was found by detectives in the parking lot of Walmart on Hornbeck ...

WVU sued for alleged discrimination, retaliation

A former West Virginia University employee claims she was retaliated against after asking for an investigation into misuse of funds by the Mountaineer Maniacs and reporting what she believed was a cover-up of a hazing-related death. Barbara A. Copenhaver-Bailey also claims she faced ...

Local U.S. attorney elected to HIDTA board

The United States Attorney responsible for Monongalia County was unanimously elected as vice-chief of the Appalachia High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area executive board. HITDA has been beneficial to West Virginia and other Appalachian states, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia William Powell said. "It's essentially served as a conduit for resources for task force agencies and the like that are incredibly important to rural states," he told The Dominion Post. The HITDA, which includes 93 counties in Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia, helps ...

MPD seeks assistance in search for missing Morgantown woman

MORGANTOWN -- At about 10:30 p.m. Jan. 28, the Morgantown Police Department received a call of a missing person. The responding officer was advised that Alexa M. Randolph was last seen at 2:45 p.m. Jan. 28 at her apartment at 315 Overdale St. Attempts to contact Randolph were unsuccessful, ...