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Feds bust local drug trafficking ring that sees 25 people indicted

U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced that 25 people from four states were indicted by a grand jury in Elkins on 56 counts of violating drug trafficking laws at a press conference Tuesday. An estimated 18-27 kilograms of narcotics, including cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and fentanyl, ...

Police say man arrested after vehicle chase

The Morgantown Police Department arrested a man for almost hitting young children with his vehicle, as they were getting off a school bus, and leading police on a low speed chase through Morgantown. Stephen Thomas Cox, 26, of Morgantown, is charged with fleeing in a vehicle with reckless ...

MPD looking for missing man

The Morgantown Police Department is asking for the public’s help in locating Hassan “AJ” Aino of Morgantown. On October 22, Aino’s 2019 Subaru Impreza was found in Garrett County, Maryland. Aino was reported missing on October 25 and has not been seen by his family in over a week. ...

Preston deputies charge Huntington woman with felony child neglect

KINGWOOD — A Huntington woman is charged with endangering a 1-year-old child by leaving him near dangerous substances while she was unconscious. Laura Sue Young, 36, was charged with felony child neglect creating risk of injury by Preston Sheriff’s Deputy T.A. Nestor. According to ...

Murder case to be presented to grand jury

The case against a man charged with first-degree murder will move on to Monongalia County Circuit Court and be presented to a grand jury. Michael Corney is accused of shooting and killing Chadwick Malone on Pennsylvania Avenue, near Pietro Street, on Sept. 23. Corney was arrested on Oct. ...