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Morgantown Christmas Parade rescheduled

Due to inclement weather the Morgantown Christmas Parade has been changed to Thursday, Dec. 12 beginning at 6:30 p.m. The Morgantown Police Department will alter traffic patterns on Thursday, Dec. 12 beginning at 5:30 p.m. for the Christmas Parade. Parking will also be restricted on High ...

Friend of mobile home owner told not to involve company

KINGWOOD — A mobile home that the court ordered the owner to move in Albright is still there, and a man who is helping the owner has been told by his employer not to get it involved. On Nov. 14, Preston Circuit Judge Steve Shaffer gave Amy Sapp, the owner of the mobile home, 10 days to remove it. If she did not, the town has authority to do so. As of Friday morning, it had not been moved. Albright filed a civil suit in Preston Circuit Court in July, saying the mobile home was placed on land owned by Amy Sapp’s mother, Susan Sapp, in violation of town and county flood control ...

Mountaineer statue gets first cleaning in nearly 50 years

When you spend all your days and all your nights keeping vigil, you just don’t have time for the creature comforts. Like, say, a nice shower. Well, on the day before Thanksgiving last week, a certain selfless Mountaineer finally got his first one. Ever. Make that, the ...

Veteran groups honor the lives lost on the USS West Virgina

At 7:48 a.m., 78 years ago today, the world changed forever when 2,403 Americans were killed by the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. The USS West Virginia was one of the ships anchored in Hawaii that day and 106 sailors died on the ship named for the Mountain State. “This mast, of the USS ...

MPD, sheriff’s office to receive nearly $29K in grant funding

The Monongalia County Sheriff’s Office and Morgantown Police Department will receive funds as part of more than $376 million in grant funding awarded through the U.S. Department of Justice. The Monongalia County Sheriff’s Department will receive $15,371. Sheriff Perry Palmer said the funds will be used to purchase new desktop computers and monitors for the department. The Morgantown Police department will receive $13,734, which will be used for the replacement of outdated and unserviceable radio equipment, according to Morgantown Communications Manager Andrew Stacy. All ...

Man accused of filming girls will face grand jury

A Maidsville man accused of filming juvenile girls through a peephole in his bathroom wall will face a grand jury on that charge. Oliver Matheny, 45, had a preliminary hearing on that charge, had his home confinement revoked and was sentenced to 2 to 10 years in prison in two previous cases ...