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WVU law students see US 4th Circuit Appeals Court in action

dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – WVU law students got a live look at the workings of a federal court Wednesday morning. The U.S. Fourth Circuit Appeals Court came to the law school to hear oral arguments in the appeals of three cases. Students filled the auditorium, forms on their ...

Morgantown man sentenced for firearms violation

DPNews@DominionPost.com CLARKSBURG – A Monongalia County man was sentenced Thursday for illegally possessing a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Matthew L. Harvey. Jamie Russell Jones, 47, of Morgantown, was sentenced to 33 months in federal prison. Law enforcement officers responded ...

Two Mon men plead guilty in federal firearms cases

DPNews@DominionPost.com MARTINSBURG – Two Monongalia County men have entered guilty pleas to firearms charges in the Northern District of West Virginia, announced U.S. Attorney Matthew L. Harvey. Raymond Earl Bowers III, 42, of Morgantown, pled guilty to unlawful possession of a ...

State police seek help in death investigation

DPNews@DominionPost.com Monongalia/Marion County Line — The West Virginia State Police are asking for the public’s assistance in an ongoing death investigation after a body was discovered along Interstate 79 South, just south of the Monongalia County line in Marion County.Investigators ...

Preston County man missing

DPNews@DominionPost.com West Virginia State Police Kingwood Detachment has activated a Silver Alert for an attempt to locate an 84-year-old man. Willard A. Dewitt is 6 feet tall, 240 pounds, with hazel eyes and gray hair. He was most likely last seen wearing blue jeans, a white T-shirt, ...

Man sentenced to 25 years for 2002 murder

DPNews@DominionPost.com MORGANTOWN — Monongalia County Circuit Court has sentenced Chance Williams, 26, of Morgantown, to 25 years in state custody following his conviction for the 2022 murder of Jamey Corbin. The sentencing follows a November 2025 trial in which a jury found Williams ...