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Preston County man charged after firing gun close to houses

Deputies in Preston County arrested an Aurora man Wednesday after he allegedly fired a gun within a few feet of his residence with two small children inside.  According to a criminal complaint, when deputies responded to a shots-fired call on Brookside Drive they met and subsequently ...

Former North Elementary principal enters new plea

Natalie Webb, the former principal of North Elementary School in Morgantown, was back in court Monday afternoon with defense attorney Tyler Slavey.  In October 2023, Webb was found guilty of failing to report the abuse of a student in Monongalia County Magistrate Court following ...

19-year-old Maryland man accused of Mountain Valley murder

The name of the 21-year-old victim of a deadly shooting early July 11 was released Friday by the Monongalia County Sheriff’s Department, more than one week after the shooting.    A 19-year-old Maryland man was named as the suspected shooter. Investigators believe the suspect, Arnold ...

Hearing continued for man accused of wife’s murder

Court proceedings in the case of a Cheat Lake man accused of killing his wife on April 19 were continued Wednesday in Monongalia County Magistrate Court.  On April 25, Rick Allen Cordes, 50, of Morgantown, was charged with first-degree murder, nearly a week after an alleged altercation ...

2 arrested in separate animal cruelty cases in Preston County

Arrests were made in two unrelated animal cruelty cases reported in Preston County over the weekend, one in Masontown on July 12 and the other in Tunnelton on July 14.  On July 12, Preston County deputies received a call regarding a dog that had been wounded by its owner. ...