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WVU hospital employee accused of embezzling from Pain Management Center

A WVU Medicine employee is being charged with embezzlement after it was discovered that daily deposits from the WVU Medicine Pain Management Center consistently came up short over a seven-month period.  Morgantown Police were called to J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital for an alleged ...

A retirement nearly five decades in the making

The Monongalia County Circuit Clerk’s Office is losing a familiar face this week with the retirement of Cathy Golleher, a 48-year staff member.   “You always know it’s coming, but when it comes you don’t really realize that you’ve reached that plateau,” Golleher said ...

Westover PD finds drugs in Holland Avenue residence

Officers with the Westover Police Department recovered several types of controlled substances and a loaded gun at a Holland Avenue apartment early Tuesday morning.  According to WPD Chief Joe Adams, police first arrived at the residence in response to a 911 call for a medical ...

Carolina man arrested, released, arrested again in Morgantown

A South Carolina man who allegedly had a string of run-ins with local law enforcement last week is in custody after police say he attacked and robbed a woman at the Waterfront Place parking garage.  Police first encountered Jamad Shaheed Harris, 42, of Myrtle Beach, on the afternoon ...

Governor says administration wasn’t focus of ‘Do It For Babydog’ probe

Gov. Jim Justice pushed back on a national report of a federal investigation involving the “Do It For Babydog” vaccine sweepstakes. In a briefing Tuesday, the governor and his chief of staff acknowledged a subpoena by federal investigators and confirmed that the administration had cooperated with the probe. But the West Virginia officials emphasized that the investigation was not about state actions. Instead, they said, it was focused on prices set by car dealers and indicated that it has concluded without a finding of wrongdoing. “We’ve been told that the case at the ...

Judge orders 23 Justice companies to make payments on federal fines they agreed to three years ago

A federal judge has ordered companies owned by Gov. Jim Justice’s family to make more than $400,000 in payments that were part of an agreement with federal officials and then missed. The order came down the same day Justice made public statements urging less public attention of his companies’ financial conflicts, with the governor describing a track record of eventually making good on debts. “I’ve said many, many times, judge me for what I’m doing as your governor. Absolutely leave my family’s business to my son and daughter. Let them do their job. And at the end of ...