BY JARETT LEWIS BECKLEY — A prominent bronze statue stolen from a cultural center in Beckley has been recovered and returned to it’s rightful place. On Feb. 26, Tamarack Marketplace reported the theft of their Mountaineer statue, which was created by West Virginia artist Burl ...
Two more inmates died at the United States Penitentiary (USP) Hazelton in Bruceton Mills over the weekend, adding to recent turmoil within the high-security correctional facility that houses around 1,300 individuals. The penitentiary is one of the correctional facilities that make up the ...
MORGANTOWN – The Senate cruised through a slate of House bills on Monday, passing them all unanimously without debate. A couple head to the governor; others were amended and returned to the House for review and possible concurrence – or negotiation. HB 4667 would prohibit syringe ...
MORGANTOWN — According to the proverb, you catch more flies with honey than vinegar. It’s a way of saying, “be nice.” While it’s probably naive to think law enforcement officers can use a sunny disposition to catch more criminals, Morgantown Police Chief Eric ...
A former employee of the Bruceton Community Ambulance Service is facing embezzlement charges after allegedly falsely adding hundreds of hours to her time sheets over a four-month period. Board members of the ambulance service contacted the Preston County Sheriff’s Department in ...
One of the two men accused in the 2022 murder of Matthew Moore has entered into a plea agreement prior to a trial set to begin next week. On February 26, Arlo Whitehead Romano, 44, agreed to enter a plea of guilty to murder of the second degree, a lesser charge than murder in the ...
