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Man charged with arson in connection with fire at outdoor store

MORGANTOWN — The man police say set fire to Pathfinder of WV last month has been charged with arson. Neil Puneet Kumar, 35, of Morgantown, is charged with second-degree arson and destruction of property. Kumar was identified by a Morgantown Police Department officer who reviewed ...

After public outcry, MUB discussing pipeline impacts to White Park

MORGANTOWN — The gravity-fed, raw-water pipeline that will connect the new Morgantown Utility Board reservoir to the utility’s treatment facility will either run through White Park  in some capacity or a pumping station will be required to move the water, adding millions to the ...

South Middle student turned pilot visits former school

MORGANTOWN — While Lt. Suveer Shekhawat was in Afghanistan, sixth-grade students from South Middle School wrote about 200 letters for the troops – which he then air dropped to soldiers on the ground at a remote Afghan airfield. Shekhawat, a former South Middle student, said those ...

WVU police charge student for threatening ‘shooting spree’

MORGANTOWN — A West Virginia University freshman was charged with making terroristic threats after saying he wanted to go on a shooting spree, police said. Cheickna Kagnassy, 21, of Columbia, Maryland, was arrested Wednesday evening at his apartment in Vandalia Hall, said WVU Police ...

Following city election, Morgantown Council talking taxes, annexation

MORGANTOWN — With the Morgantown City Council election results less than 24 hours old, council took up a pair of items on Wednesday sure to generate plenty of discourse in the coming weeks — annexation and taxes. After a roughly 90-minute conversation that included a pointed exchange ...

Norma Whetzel

Norma June Whetzel, age 88, of Sugar Grove Road, Morgantown, passed away Tuesday, April 30, 2019, at her home.  She was born October 27, 1930, in Hagans, a daughter of the late James Meryl Yost Sr. and Thelma Pearl Armstrong. Norma had been employed as an operating room LPN at WVU and J.W. Ruby Hospitals.  She loved to read, embroidery and do word searches.  She enjoyed gardening, especially raising flowers, and also attended Kingdom EMC Church. Norma is survived by one daughter, Janice Suzanne Whetzel, of Morgantown; two sons, Daniel Allen (Paula) Whetzel and Kevin Gregory ...