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Terra Alta woman charged in December convenience store fire

A Preston County woman is facing second-degree arson charges after allegedly admitting to setting a fire inside the storage area of The End Zone Par Mar Convenience Store, at 34001 Veterans Memorial Highway, in Terra Alta in early December.  The Terra Alta Volunteer Fire Department ...

Man charged with arson after burning his own vehicle

A Morgantown man is facing third-degree arson charges after West Virginia State Police investigated what began as a stolen-vehicle complaint nearly a month ago.  According to the criminal complaint, on Dec. 17, 2023, at approximately 2:56 a.m., troopers received a stolen-vehicle ...

WVU files suit against WV Campus Housing

A civil suit concerning the operation of the University Place (UPlace) complex located on University Avenue in Sunnyside was filed by the West Virginia University Board of Governors on Jan. 12 in Monongalia County Circuit Court.  Defendants in the lawsuit include a series of limited ...

Morgantown Police Department makes arrest after fatal stabbing

On Tuesday, Jan. 16 at about 4:39 p.m., Morgantown Police Officers responded to 537 Milford Street off of Collins Ferry Road regarding a medical emergency. Upon arrival, officers entered a home and found the body of a man who had received multiple stab wounds.  According to a MPD press ...

Man charged with malicious assault at Pilot truck stop

A Mannington man was arrested Friday after Monongalia County deputies responded to a disturbance at the Pilot truck stop on Smithtown Road.  Deputy Cole French, who responded to the call at around 7:22 p.m., said he spoke with Gregory Buda, 40, of Mannington, on the scene. ...

Courts ask for $160M budget

CHARLESTON — West Virginia’s court system is asking for $160,244,954 for the coming fiscal year, an amount that reflects increased costs — but that also might require more. Last year, the court system’s budget request was about $154 million. “We have, I believe, right-sized our budget over the last few years and accurately represent what it costs to run our court system throughout the state,” Chief Justice Tim Armstead told members of the House Finance Committee on Monday. Although the court system is a separate branch of government, the chief justice annually ...