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Committee discusses authority to investigate police misconduct cases

MORGANTOWN -- “Investigation” was the word at the center of conversation Monday as Morgantown’s special committee on community policing met remotely. As in, should the ordinance enabling a new community policing and citizen review board give the board the authority to  ...

Man accused in 2019 Preston County murder waives preliminary hearing

KINGWOOD— One of two people accused in the 2019 murder of Phillip “Bucky” Barlow has waived his preliminary hearing. By waiving the preliminary hearing in magistrate court Monday, Oct. 19, Robert Joseph Quinn, 43. of Tunnelton, allows the case to go directly to the Preston County ...

District charges 75 with firearms crimes

Newsroom@DominionPost.com WHEELING — Last week, the Department of Justice announced it has charged more than 14,200 defendants with firearm-related crimes during Fiscal Year 2020, despite the challenges of COVID-19 and its impact on the criminal justice process.  These cases have ...

Gov. Justice allows bars to open in time for gameday

This weekend is the first time bars in Monongalia County have been open for a college football gameday this season and the first home football game to allow fans. Gov. Jim Justice allowed bars in the county to reopen on Tuesday after closing them “indefinitely” on Sept. 2. He said he would be ordering extra enforcement in the county. The West Virginia Alcohol Beverage Control Administration has been out since bars reopened and will continue to go out, spokesperson Gary Robinson said. He declined to say if the agency was sending more agents than it would on a normal gameday ...

Whistleblower sues Cold Stone over termination

Woman reported unsafe chemical mixing practices A former cake decorator at the Cold Stone Creamery on High Street said she was fired four days after she blew the whistle on unsafe mixing of chemicals used for cleaning in a lawsuit against the business and its owner. Charlee Enos was ...

MPD arrest suspect on West Virginia Avenue

After watching a house on West Virginia Avenue for several hours the Morgantown Police Department entered it and found a man wanted in connection with a stolen vehicle from New Jersey. Interim Chief Eric Powell said Robert Michael Rye, 31, of Morgantown, is charged with possession of ...