A Preston County man is in custody after police responded to an open-line 911 distress call coming from an address on Ridge Road in Masontown. On the call, a female could be heard screaming and crying with a male yelling in the background. While en route to the residence, officers ...
A Morgantown man possibly involved in several area package thefts was taken into custody after allegedly fleeing from a Monongalia County Sheriff's deputy at high speeds and causing some damage along the way. Shortly before 3 a.m. Wednesday morning, Deputy John Cunningham reported he was ...
A federal judge sentenced Morgantown resident George Tanios to the time he has already served in jail for his role in carrying the chemical irritant that was used to spray officers defending the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Tanios will serve no more time than the five months he already spent in jail from March 14, 2021, to Aug. 20, 2021. U.S. District Judge Thomas Hogan also ordered 100 hours of community service in West Virginia, along with payment of whatever money remains from a GoFundMe account that was earlier established for Tanios. The account, which indicates it has ...
Former Monongalia County Prosecutor Perri Jo DeChristopher was sworn-in as Circuit Court Judge during an investiture ceremony Friday afternoon at the Monongalia County Justice Center. DeChristopher was in her second term as Monongalia County Prosecutor when she was appointed to the bench ...
Federal prosecutors are asking only for the five months of jail time already served by George Tanios, a Morgantown resident accused of transporting and handing off a canister of chemical irritant used to spray Capitol Police officers on Jan. 6, 2021. Tanios, 41, is set to be sentenced at 1 ...
CHARLESTON — A federal lawsuit over the abortion drug mifepristone has been filed in West Virginia, pitting the ability of states to regulate abortion under last summer’s Dobbs ruling in the Supreme Court against the federal government’s broad role in regulating both drugs and interstate commerce. The lawsuit has received national focus, including a The New York Times story headlined, “New lawsuit challenges state bans on abortion pills.” “This case is about a federally approved medication that Congress subjected to a substantial and detailed federal regulatory program ...
