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Morgantown man charged with theft of Federal Broadband Funding

The owner of Clearfiber Inc., an internet service provider in Monongalia County, was charged with money laundering Wednesday, after allegedly defrauding a United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) grant program, according to a press release from U.S. District Attorney William ...

Mannington man charged with bigamy

BY MIKE NOLTING A Marion County man has been charged with being married to two women at the same time. Deputies from the Taylor County Sheriff’s Department allege Christopher Carpenter, 28, of Mannington, committed bigamy, a felony in West Virginia. Deputies said Carpenter was ...

Judge denies request to release woman from home confinement

BY CARRIE HODOUSEK CHARLESTON — A Sissonville woman accused of locking her two adoptive children in a shed last year will remain on home confinement after previously posting a $200,000 bond. Kanawha County Circuit Judge Maryclaire Akers on Tuesday denied a request from Mark Plants, an ...

Two injured in weekend shooting

Two people were injured in a shooting early Saturday morning in downtown Morgantown. Morgantown police are investigating the incident.  According to information from the Morgantown Police Department, officers responded to the area of 233 Walnut Street at approximately 2:51 a.m. ...

One dead in Smithtown Road accident

One person was pronounced dead at the scene of a single-vehicle accident on Smithtown Road Wednesday evening.  The accident, which involved a box truck going over an embankment, occurred at the intersection of Smithtown Road and Smithtown School Road, forcing the closure of both roads ...

Husband arrested in shooting death of wife

A Morgantown man is in jail on first-degree murder charges stemming from the April 19 shooting death of his wife at a residence on Falling Water Lane in Cheat Lake.  On Thursday, Rick Allen Cordes, 49, of Morgantown, was charged with first-degree murder for the death of his wife, ...