Supreme Court denies Miller’s request for new trial

November 6, 2019

KINGWOOD — The State Supreme Court has denied Kevin Monroe Miller II’s request for a new trial. Miller, 30, of Newburg, was convicted by a jury in 2018 of two counts of wanton endangerment. He was later convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm. All the charges were in connection to an October 2016 incident at his parents’ home. He and his father each shot, during an alleged argument over the younger Miller’s child, who was at the home. Miller wounded his father. Miller and the child’s mother do not have custody of the toddler, according to the opinion. ...

Caridi uses weekend off to follow family tradition

November 2, 2019

So, what did you do last week when the WVU Mountaineers weren’t playing a football game? If you’re Tony Caridi, the sportscaster who calls the action for radio, you did the usual. You know: Hanging out in your kitchen baking bread with Tony Bennett and Charles Barkley, like ...

WVU forms partnership with Chinese university

November 2, 2019

West Virginia University’s Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources formed a partnership with China University of Mining and Technology that will enable eligible students from China to study at WVU. The program, which could possibly be underway by fall 2020, will allow students from CUMT’s campus in Xuzhou, China, to come to Morgantown to complete undergraduate degree requirements in courses such as mining engineering, chemical engineering and mechanical engineering. Once that degree is earned, CUMT students would then have the option to apply for the Master of ...

WVU Extension Service partnership provides oil and gas job training for high school seniors

November 2, 2019

By WVU Today Four hundred West Virginia high school seniors can enter a pipeline of future workers in the oil and gas industry through an industry-specific training program initiated by West Virginia University Extension Service Safety and Health Extension. The SafeLandUSA orientation program will offer job readiness training, an online and hands-on ATV safety course and medical response training in high schools and vocational and technical schools across the state. “Most high school graduates entering college or going directly into the workforce have little, if any, ...

Second case of hepatitis A in area leads to hospitalization

November 2, 2019

A second area resident was diagnosed with hepatitis A and then hospitalized for it, and Monongalia County Health Department encourages community members to consider getting vaccinated to prevent this illness. “Hepatitis A is a viral infection for which there is a very effective vaccine,” said Dr. Lee B. Smith, MCHD executive director and county health officer. Smith said this second case does not involve anyone connected with the food industry, as the one announced last week did. However, “Hepatitis A is present in our environment,” Smith said. “And it’s a ...

Charges dropped against man injured during his arrest

November 2, 2019

Charges against a man whose jaw was broken and multiple teeth knocked out during an arrest were dropped. The city of Westover dropped all charges against 54-year-old Andre Howton. He was charged with battery on an officer, disorderly conduct, obstructing an officer and disturbing the peace. In the motion to dismiss, Westover’s municipal prosecutor, Matt Thorn, stated probable cause for the charges existed, but after further investigation the city would dismiss all charges stemming from Howton’s alleged actions on Jan. 1. Thorn declined to comment when asked to elaborate on the ...