Supreme Court to consider charter system

May 9, 2023

CHARLESTON — West Virginia Supreme Court justices will consider whether the state’s system of approving charter schools is constitutional. Justices will hear oral arguments at 10 a.m. today. Charter schools receive financial support from the state’s public education system and would be given greater operational latitude in exchange for the possibility of losing their right to operate if they fail. Because they receive public funding, they are considered public schools. The legal battle is not about whether West Virginia can have charter schools, but instead whether they ...

Dalton hearing concludes, decision still weeks away

May 8, 2023

The Civil Service hearing for former Westover Police Lt. Aaron Dalton, which began in late February, ended Monday after a fourth day of testimony before Westover Civil Service Commissioners Justin White, Jessica Thompson and Robert Berryman.   The commissioners will now review all evidence and testimony before deciding whether Dalton should be reinstated to the department.  While much of the testimony heard previously surrounded alleged civil rights violations, an illegal search and a “laundry list” of accusations from co-workers against Dalton, Monday’s hearing heard ...

Frank Fidazzo, Todd May among fallen officers honored during ceremony by The Honor Roll

May 8, 2023

MORGANTOWN – Two fallen local law enforcement officers were among those honored Monday morning when riders from The Honor Roll made a stop at the Public Safety Building for a brief ceremony. Five Honor Roll riders joined with Morgantown Police Officer Frank Fidazzo's widow, Janice ...

UPDATE: Friendship Manor victim died from self-inflicted gunshot – father was a resident there

May 8, 2023

Authorities are still sorting through the circumstances that led to the suicide of a 74-year-old man Sunday evening at Friendship Manor, a facility on Van Voorhis Road that caters to the elderly. The man, whose 96-year-old father is a resident there, died from a single gunshot wound, Chief ...

Attorney general announces $700K settlement

May 6, 2023

West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey announced that consumers who were tricked by TurboTax’s owner Intuit into paying for free tax services will begin receiving checks from a $728,699.97 settlement — part of a nationwide $141 million multistate settlement announced in May 2022. Approximately 4.4 million consumers nationwide will receive checks in the mail from the multistate settlement. Eligible consumers will be contacted by email about the settlement. Checks will be mailed throughout this month. “This company allegedly took money from consumers who thought they ...

‘Bad batch’ could cause second overdose spike in two weeks

May 5, 2023

Area health officials are once again predicting a spike in drug overdoses is about to hit the Morgantown area after an alleged “bad batch” wreaked havoc in the Columbus, Ohio, area.  Monongalia County Health Department has gotten word that a new overdose spike has been issued in the ...