Morgantown Police are investigating a “shots-fired” incident that occurred in the area of Cornell Avenue and Mansion Avenue earlier in the week. According to a press release from the department, MPD officers responded to the reports of gunshots at around 11 p.m. on Tuesday, ...
The Monongalia County Sheriff’s Department has released the names of the two people killed in last Wednesday’s fatal accident on Interstate 79 near the 149-mile marker between the I-79/I-68 interchange and Westover. However, the cause of the accident is still under investigation. An ...
A Morgantown man was arrested Saturday after allegedly making multiple non-emergency calls to the Monongalia County Emergency Management Agency (MECCA 911) despite being told to not do so in the past. Morgantown Police were dispatched by MECCA Saturday evening to speak to a caller ...
One man is in custody after a reported stabbing in the early morning hours of Jan. 4 at the Bartlett House Annex on West Run Road in Morgantown. Monongalia County Sheriff’s Deputies were dispatched to the scene after a male victim at the hospital told the staff he had been stabbed at ...
KINGWOOD — Preston County commissioners received the first check from the Opioid Settlement Funds during their Tuesday meeting. Hunter Mullens of Mullens and Mullens hand-delivered the $599,802.64 check to commissioners and said Preston County would receive future checks from the settlement. He said the first check represented only 24.5% of the funds due the commission. Mullens said half of the money the county received can be used for regional jail fees and for law enforcement. In other business, Don Smith was elected to serve as commission president for 2024. Commissioners ...
The case of who should have possession of a helicopter used for the businesses owned by Gov. Jim Justice and his family is taking off again. U.S. District Judge Frank Ballou of the Western District of Virginia set a motions hearing for 2 p.m. today. The 2009 Bell helicopter has been in possession of Bluestone Resources, one of the companies owned by the governor’s family. Caroleng Investments Limited, parent company to the Russian mining company Mechel that bought and sold properties with Justice, is seeking the helicopter’s seizure over a debt now piling as high as $13 ...
