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Justice holdings ordered to be sold

A federal judge in Delaware has ordered a company owned by Gov. Jim Justice and his family to be moved toward a sale over a tangle of debt. U.S. District Judge Richard G. Andrews entered the order late last week. The order kicks into gear a forced sale of Bluestone Mineral Inc., a holding company in the Justices’ expansive business network. Shares of Bluestone Mineral “shall be sold to satisfy the judgment” in a form to be proposed by the parties to the court action within 30 days of the order. Bluestone Mineral is significant in that it isn’t just one of Justice’s ...

Police find drugs in hidden dashboard compartment

A Michigan man with several prior arrests in Monongalia County was taken into custody on Wednesday for drug possession.  While on patrol, Morgantown police officer C.J. Behm noticed a Chrysler minivan with Illinois registration thought to be involved in a hit-and-run incident on June ...

Two women facing child neglect charges in unrelated cases

Local police are investigating two unrelated child neglect cases that occurred in Monongalia County less than three hours apart, both involving an allegedly intoxicated parent.  At around 11:45 p.m. Sunday, first responders were sent to the scene of a vehicle accident between mile markers ...

Deputies deliver for local boy with muscular dystrophy

The Monongalia County Sheriff’s Department pulled out all the stops during a private tour of the facility for a Bruceton Mills boy with muscular dystrophy.  It all started a few weeks ago when 14-year-old David Austin and his mother Kim Burnworth began talking to Deputy Dave ...

Sheriff’s department mourns loss of retired K9 officer Azim

The Monongalia County Sheriff’s Department is mourning the loss of a beloved retired K9 officer who passed away last weekend.  K9 Azim, who was 11 years old, started his journey with the sheriff’s department in 2014. For the next eight years, Azim and his human counterpart Sgt. ...

Three arrested in task force fentanyl bust

Three people were taken into custody this week following a search conducted by agents with the Mon Metro Drug Task Force at 1443 Statler St. in the Sabraton area of Morgantown.  In May, the task force conducted a controlled purchase using a confidential informant to buy assumed fentanyl ...