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Immobile home: WVDOT gives owner time to move structure from side of road

MORGANTOWN — For the past several weeks, a mobile home has sat unattended alongside the intersection of Grafton Road and Scott Avenue, causing a potential road hazard to motorists traveling along those roads. However this isn’t the first time this house has been a roadside ...

Identity of human remains confirmed

MORGANTOWN — The Monongalia County Sheriff's Office, in coordination with theWest Virginia Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, has confirmed the identity of the human remains discovered Monday by construction workers in a wooded area between Scott Avenue and Smithtown Road. The ...

Remains found in wooded area being cleared for bridge project

MORGANTOWN - Deputies with the Monongalia County Sheriff's Office responded Monday to the discovery of human remains by construction workers in a wooded area between Scott Avenue and Smithtown Road. Triton Construction is clearing land in the area ahead of the construction of a new road ...

Heavy rain floods creeks, roads and basements

MORGANTOWN — Storms on Friday dropped more than two inches of rain in the region, causing creeks to rise and power to fail.  While not as severe as the April 18 storm that left much of Monongalia County without power for days, Friday’s downpour knocked out service to thousands of ...