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Hazelton inmates among 11 sentenced for drug smuggling

Eleven federal inmates in the Northern District of West Virginia were sentenced before Chief U.S. District Judge Thomas S. Kleeh last week for smuggling or attempting to smuggle drugs into three West Virginia prisons, according to a press release from U.S. Attorney William Ihlenfeld’s ...

Probable cause found in Cordes murder case

Probable cause was found on Monday in Monongalia County Magistrate Court in the case of the Cheat Lake man accused in the April 19 shooting death of his wife. Rick Allen Cordes, 49, of Morgantown, was charged with first degree murder on April 25 after an alleged altercation involving a ...

Police review board to consider weighing in on camping ban issue

MORGANTOWN — The Morgantown Civilian Police Review and Advisory Board is considering if and how it would like to weigh in on the citywide camping ban coming to an unspecified future agenda of Morgantown City Council.  The issue came up during Thursday’s regular monthly meeting. It was initially suggested the board could draft a statement laying out its position on the matter.  Robert Cohen offered another suggestion.  “I'm not sure about issuing a public statement from the board. What I do think is the board could play a very-positive role here in doing ...

Mountain Valley murder suspect surrenders

The man accused of a deadly shooting at Mountain Valley Apartments on July 11 turned himself into the Monongalia County Sheriff’s Department Wednesday evening and was arrested without incident, according to a press release from the department. Arnold Johnson III, 19, of Odenton, Md., is ...

Masontown man charged with kidnapping Arthurdale woman

A Preston County man was arrested and is being held without bond after allegedly trying to kidnap a woman at knifepoint on July 20 in Arthurdale.  According to a criminal complaint, the victim was walking to her sister’s house on North Mountaineer Highway and was almost to the door ...

Monongah arrest video goes viral: Charges dismissed against woman shown

A bystander video showing the arrest of a 49-year-old Monongah woman on Aug. 1 went viral over the weekend, raising questions about the behavior of the arresting officer, Monongah Police Chief Nathan Lanham.  According to a criminal complaint filed by Lanham in Marion County ...