KINGWOOD — The case against a Tunnelton woman accused of causing the death of a toddler left in her care will hinge on medical evidence, both sides said in opening arguments Tuesday in Preston Circuit Court. Kelly Marie Tusing, 24, was indicted in March 2019 on a charge of death caused ...
KINGWOOD — A Morgantown man is accused of crashing his truck into a pole near the Kingwood Walmart Saturday, then fleeing, leaving the vehicle to burn. Jonathan Earl Strang, 55, was charged with DUI, obstructing an officer, providing false information to a trooper and leaving the scene ...
Time is money. In particular, in West Virginia, time spent in one of the state’s 10 regional jails is the taxpayers’ money being paid through the counties. Monongalia County, one of nine counties that transports prisoners to North Central Regional Jail in Doddridge County, expects to spend north of $2 million on its jail bill in the current fiscal year. If that happens, it will be the third year running the bill has topped the $2 million threshold. In the 2020 fiscal year, the county spent $167,343.06 each month transporting and housing people in the regional ...
Deputies charged man with wanton endangerment A 21-year-old was arrested after he allegedly fired a gun outside an apartment at Copper Beech Town Homes. Markus O. Guy is charged with wanton endangerment by the Monongalia County Sheriff’s Department. Deputies responded to the call ...
KINGWOOD — The U.S. Bureau of Prisons (BOP) will begin testing all inmates before they are transferred to another facility, Preston County officials were told Friday. “They basically gave us the answer we were wanting. Now it’s the process to see if they follow up on what they ...
After a four-year fight, a half-acre parcel on Burroughs Street will be rezoned by order of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia. The court this week ruled unanimously in favor of Calvary Baptist Church, which has wracked up an estimated $100,000 in legal fees to be paid by ...
