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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 ...

Morgantown police review board will review 2021 arrest

BY MIKE NOLTING The Morgantown Police Review and Advisory Board, the only board of its kind in the state, announced Thursday it plans to review its first case — an arrest made by local a police officer. The board will review an arrest made Aug. 30, 2021, at the downtown Sheetz location on University Avenue. Inaugural board members were put in place November 2022. Before being seated as a board member, Megan Gandy witnessed the interaction. She pulled into the parking lot to see four police cruisers and officers interacting with a Black female who appeared to be ...

MPD investigates gunshots heard near Cornell Avenue

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, ...

Two killed in fatal I-79 crash identified

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 ...

Man arrested after making non-emergency 911 calls

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 arrested after stabbing at Bartlett House Annex

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 ...