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BOPARC suing Parrotta Paving over Krepps Park project

MORGANTOWN – It appears as if a project to upgrade the Krepps Park playing courts may land a local contractor in court. In a lawsuit filed Sept. 16 in Monongalia County Circuit Court, Morgantown’s Board of Recreation and Commissioners (BOPARC) claims negligence and a breach of contract on ...

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Strangulation charges Korbin Green, 25, of Kingwood, was arrested on Sept. 5 on strangulation charges. According to the criminal complaint, police responded to an apartment on Albright Avenue in Kingwood, because Green was “actively trying to kick down the door and was banging on the ...

Morgantown business owners named in sweep targeting COVID-era grant fraud

MORGANTOWN – Two Morgantown business owners have been named by law enforcement in a national sweep targeting COVID-era loan fraud. On Tuesday, the Northern District of West Virginia announced the sentencing and plea agreement as part of a nationwide enforcement action led by the Justice ...

Police report: Devine slapped, choked woman in bar parking lot

MORGANTOWN – The police report in the Noel Devine arrest alleges the WVU football coach tracked his domestic partner to Kegler’s Sports Bar Saturday night where he threw her into the back of his vehicle, got on top of her, placed his hands around her neck, and slapped her. Devine, 38, was ...

Westover man jailed on arson charge

Morgantown City Fire Marshals arrested a Westover man for first-degree arson following an investigation into a fire that occurred at 10:39 p.m. Monday. Robert Louis Wilson, 70, of 440 Dunkard Ave., Westover, was charged after investigators allege he set fire to a pile of construction debris ...

Class action suit filed by hospital employee recorded in restroom

MORGANTOWN – A class action lawsuit has been filed in Monongalia County Circuit Court on behalf of individuals who were unknowingly recorded by cameras hidden in non-public restrooms at J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital. The suit was filed Sept. 1 against West Virginia University Hospitals Inc. ...