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Former Bruceton ambulance employee accused of embezzlement

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 ...

Plea agreement reached for one of two 2022 murder suspects

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 ...

Alsop takes job with area law firm

BY MIKE NOLTING Former WVU Vice President Rob Alsop has joined the Jackson Kelly law firm. Alsop will work out of the large firm’s Morgantown office concentrating on things like economic development and higher education law. “I am excited for the firm and our clients to have someone of Rob’s character, experience and knowledge join Jackson Kelly,” Jackson Kelly Managing Member Bob Tweel said in a release. “To bring in his ability to understand and assist clients in both the private and public sectors, and bridge those gaps, is invaluable.” Alsop, who focused on ...

Federal prison investigation reveals concerns with special housing unit record keeping

Following a 107-page report released earlier this month by the Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) detailing its evaluation of issues surrounding inmate deaths at federal prisons, the OIG expressed concerns. The OIG released a separate memorandum notifying the Federal Bureau of Prisons (FBOP) institutions of specific issues pertaining to Special Housing Unit (SHU) logs used to record the mandatory rounds by corrections officers (CO) and how long those logs are retained.  According to the OIG, concerns regarding the policies came to light during its ...

Lawsuit in 1942 switched-at-birth case heads closer to trial

Attorneys on both sides of a nearly four-year-old lawsuit involving two men who were switched at birth in 1942 at an Upshur County argued their respective cases Thursday morning, during a pre-trial motion hearing before Monongalia County Circuit Court Judge Paul Gwaltney.  John William ...

Charleston Police conducting internal investigation of Jimmy Wriston traffic stop

CHARLESTON — Charleston City Police announced Wednesday that an internal investigation is underway to determine if city police officers handled a Tuesday night traffic stop of state Transportation Secretary Jimmy Wriston appropriately. A CPD statement said and off-duty state police trooper saw Wriston driving erratically on the east end of Charleston at about 11 p.m. Tuesday. City officers stopped him on Interstate 77, near Daniel Boone Park a few minutes later. “The driver was identified as Jimmy Wriston,” the CPD statement said. “Mr. Wriston was not charged or cited for ...