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 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 ...
KINGWOOD — A man stopped on Interstate 68 in March who said he was on his way to meet with President Trump and “do bad things” has pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor charges. Eric Leonardo Charron, 42, of Kansas City, Mo., pleaded guilty Wednesday to reckless driving and being a ...
MORGANTOWN — The Monongalia County Commission signed off on an expenditure of $394,500 on Wednesday aimed at maintaining insurance premiums at current rates for county employees. Commissioner Sean Sikora said initial negotiations with carrier Highmark West Virginia indicated premiums were ...
MORGANTOWN — Dave Harshbarger will be one of two new faces — along with Zack Cruze in the 3rd Ward — to join the Morgantown City Council in July. Harshbarger defeated Jay Redmond on Tuesday for the right to represent the 6th Ward, receiving the highest vote total of the three contested ...
MORGANTOWN — Challenged incumbents Rachel Fetty and Mayor Bill Kawecki won returns to the Morgantown City Council for another two-year term Tuesday. In a repeat of 2017, Fetty defeated former council member Ron Bane 1,000 votes to 583 to hold her First Ward seat for a second term. Kawecki ...
