MORGANTOWN — Two Pittsburgh women are being charged with attempted kidnapping after allegedly breaking into a home and attacking a pregnant woman Saturday night, according to Morgantown Police Chief Ed Preston. Officers from the Morgantown Police Department responded to a reported ...
MORGANTOWN — The Sri Lankan Students Association shared an important message at a vigil to honor the more than 250 people killed in a terrorist attack on Easter — hate has no place in the world, but peace does. “The world needs peace,” association president Mario Mendis said. There ...
MORGANTOWN – For years, Sandy Barton was known as the “Million Dollar Man” across north-central West Virginia. The title owed itself to the $1 million in unclaimed properties he typically managed to reunite with taxpayers every fiscal year, in his role as a regional director in the ...
KINGWOOD — Amid complaints about water quality, utility reps from Public Service District 1 will be at next week’s Preston County Commission meeting. This comes as the water system falls under scrutiny from customers unhappy with the water they’re receiving from a temporary source the ...
MORGANTOWN — The town of Granville is one among more than 1,400 towns, cities, counties and hospital systems across the country suing the opioid industry for damages in response to the national opioid epidemic. Granville filed its case in March 2018 and on April 12 this year added 41 new defendants. All the cases, known collectively as National Prescription Opiate Litigation, are before a single judge in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. Granville’s original suit, filed in the Southern District of West Virginia and transferred to the Ohio court, ...
MORGANTOWN — Mon Health System and WVU Health System have joined with hospitals across West Virginia and Kentucky to sue opioid manufacturers, wholesale distributors and pharmacies to seek redress for the damages done by the opioid epidemic. The 27 West Virginia hospitals and 10 Kentucky hospitals filed suit Tuesday in Marshall County Circuit Court against 55 defendants. Mon Health comprises three hospitals: Mon Health Medical Center, Preston Memorial and Jackson Memorial. WVU Health System comprises nine: Ruby and Children’s jointly under WVU Hospitals, Camden-Clark, Charles ...
