Paul W. Gwaltney Jr. was sworn in as the newest judge in the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit during a standing-room-only investiture ceremony held Friday at the Monongalia County Justice Center. Current and former judges and attorneys, as well as Gwaltney’s family and friends, attended ...
On Saturday, June 3, the Monongalia County Sheriff's Office will be testing for the position of entry-level deputy sheriff. The test consists of two parts. The first part is a physical standards test that will take place at 10 a.m. at the West Virginia University Track, beside the ...
Nearly a dozen investigators from the Monongalia County Sheriff’s Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigations searched a small area off Dug Hill Road, just outside of the Sabraton area of Morgantown, on Thursday. According to Monongalia County Sheriff Perry Palmer, the ...
The second grand jury of 2023 for Monongalia County, held May 10-12, returned 149 indictments for 122 individuals. An indictment is not a finding of guilt, but a notice of criminal charges being brought against an individual or individuals. To indict, a prosecutor must present evidence ...
A Westover man is in custody after allegedly stealing a Jeep Wrangler from outside a North High Street fraternity house in Morgantown. University Police Officer Roy Harper spoke with the Jeep’s owner who reported parking the vehicle on North Spruce Street, directly behind the frat ...
BY CHRIS LAWRENCE WINFIELD — Now that DNA has positively linked a West Virginia man to a rape and murder case in Canada, it’s possible other cold cases may be solved with the same evidence. Frank Romine a resident of Putnam County who died 40 years ago, is the person who raped and killed Sharon Prior, 16, in 1975. Police in Longueuil, Quebec, said the DNA match allowed them to be 100% certain he’s the one responsible for the teen’s death almost 50 years ago. As WCHS TV first reported, Canadian authorities were given the green light to exhume Romine’s remains from a ...
