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Albright man charged with murder

KINGWOOD — An Albright man is charged with second-degree murder after allegedly killing his girlfriend’s cousin. Andrew Woods Prudnick, 28, is in the Tygart Valley Regional Jail in lieu of bond. According to the criminal complaint by West Virginia State Police Trooper B.A. Rose, ...

Maryland man charged with attempted armed robbery of Kingwood Hardee’s

KINGWOOD — A Maryland man is charged with the attempted armed robbery of the Kingwood Hardee’s restaurant. Bradley Scott Savage, 43, of Mountain Lake Park, Md., was in the Tygart Valley Regional Jail Monday in lieu of $500,000 bond. According to a criminal complaint by Kingwood ...

Former students settle abuse claims at closed boarding school for record $51.9M

Newsroom@DominionPost.com CHARLESTON — More than two dozen former students at the Miracle Meadows School in Salem, who were child victims of  sexual and physical abuse, settled their claims for a total of $51.9 million  following years of litigation against the school.   The  settlement  is believed to be a record for such cases in the state and was reached with the various defendants and finalized Oct. 27. The 29 victims were alleged to have suffered mental, sexual and physical abuse by the adults who ran the Christian boarding school in Harrison County over a ...

Woman sentenced to 5 years probation

Gamble must repay all stolen funds to company A woman who embezzled $53,400 while working for WinCor Properties will have to pay back the entire amount while serving five years of probation. Lisa Gamble, 52, pleaded guilty to embezzlement in February. As part of that deal, a charge of ...

Man commits suicide after police chase

A 31-year-old man shot himself after the Morgantown Police Department found him hiding in a crawl space following a foot chase. Officers with the MPD spotted Robert Rye, who they knew had warrants from the Monongalia County Sheriff’s Department and the New Jersey State Police, about 2 ...

Vacant house catches fire

 Building thought to be occupied by "unauthorized inhabitants" A vacant house on Richwood Avenue was the scene of a second alarm fire on Monday night, making it the most recent abandoned building to catch fire in Morgantown. The Morgantown Fire Department responded to 829 Richwood ...