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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 ...

Men accused of breaking into home, attacking man

Two men are accused of breaking into a house on Fife Avenue, attacking a man and destroy items on Saturday in retaliation for an incident a week earlier. Richard W. Gaskill Jr., 20, and Peter M. Hogan, 22, both of New Jersey, are charged with burglary and conspiracy to inflict injury by ...

Parents of 6 children file $10M federal lawsuit

KINGWOOD — Parents of six children  filed a $10 million federal lawsuit against Preston Circuit Judge Steve Shaffer and three others, saying their constitutional rights were violated.  Scott Richard Nestor and Celina Dawn Sansone filed suit against Shaffer, Preston Assistant ...

Supreme Court rejects man’s argument

Defendant claims he should never have to face charges KINGWOOD — The State Supreme Court rejected a Preston County man’s argument that because he wasn’t tried within three terms of court on a 2017 indictment, he should never have to face the charges.  The court issued its ruling ...

Waste Truck Crashes

Newsroom@DominionPost.com  The driver of a waste management truck lost control of his vehicle and crashed Thursday morning while traveling south on Grafton Road, Monongalia County Sheriff Perry Palmer said. Palmer said the driver was extricated from the vehicle and taken to J.W. ...