On Wednesday, police in Granville arrested two men on drug charges after responding to reports of a suspicious vehicle parked at the Domain apartment complex at University Town Centre. Domain staff called police after seeing two males in a Chevrolet truck near the complex’s ...
Two people were killed Thursday morning just before 6 a.m. in a two-vehicle collision at the intersection of Grafton Road and Gladesville Road in Monongalia County. According to a press release authorized by Sheriff Perry Palmer, Monongalia County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to the intersection where a Toyota Tundra and a Dodge Caravan collided at the intersection. Both the driver and passenger of the Dodge Caravan reportedly died as a result of their injuries. The driver of the Toyota Tundra was transported to J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital for treatment of ...
BY CHRIS LAWRENCE CHARLESTON — Dozens of children victimized at a religious boarding school in Harrison County have reached a record settlement over abuse they suffered at the hands of the home’s employees. Lawyers announced a $100 million settlement for the victims who formerly lived at the Miracle Meadows School in Salem. “This school had policies involving handcuffing children,” said Charleston attorney Jesse Forbes. “It had policies where they would throw children in cells, lock them in and not give them a bathroom. They would work them in a field all day, then ...
The chief of the Masontown Volunteer Fire Department faces a domestic violence charge in Preston County after West Virginia State Troopers responded to an assault reported at his Long Hollow Road residence on Monday. On scene, police spoke with the female victim who said Daniel Allen ...
A Morgantown woman was arrested for gross child neglect Monday after Monongalia County Sheriff’s Deputies were sent to perform a welfare check at a residence on Ann Marie Drive near Pierpont Road. The welfare check followed a call from the father of a child living in the home. The ...
Three former employees of the Texas Roadhouse restaurant in Morgantown have filed separate, but similar lawsuits against the company and three supervisors alleging sexual harassment and a hostile work environment. The lawsuits were filed on Friday on behalf of the plaintiffs by attorney Todd S. Bailess of Bailess Law Firm in Charleston. According to the complaints, the three female victims, one of whom was in high school at the time of her employment, all claim to have been sexually harassed by supervisor Nicholas P. DeSantis, causing them to "constructively discharge" ...
