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Morgantown girls defeat Hedgesville 7-0

HEDGESVILLE — The Morgantown High girls’ tennis team swept Hedgesville, 7-0, in Friday's match. In singles, Emme McKnight and Cat Wassick won by forfeit, Mackenzie Sorton won (8-0) and Bella Mascari won (8-0). In doubles, McKnight/Wassick and Sorton/Mascari won by forfeit, and Kassie ...

Early morning fire on High Street is suspected arson

MORGANTOWN — The Morgantown Police Department and the Morgantown Fire Marshal are investigating a fire at Pathfinder early Friday morning. The Morgantown Fire Department and the MPD responded to the fire about 3 a.m., according to MPD Chief Ed Preston. The fire was extinguished but the building suffered water and smoke damage. Inventory was also lost but the total amount of damages were not available on Friday. Several leads are being followed and anyone with information should call 304-284-2454 or 304-284-2480.

Grandmother faces prison after grandson takes her medication

WESTOVER -- A 2-year-old boy suffered a stroke after taking medication belonging to his grandmother. The grandmother was arrested for leaving the toddler home alone, when he took the prescription pills last month, police said. The boy was taken to the hospital, where he suffered the ...

Suspect in Fairmont fatal shooting turns himself in

MORGANTOWN — A Fairmont man is in custody for a fatal shooting Wednesday. At about 12:30 a.m April 12, Morgantown Police arrested Christopher Tyrone Keldo, 25, of Fairmont, after he surrendered himself at the police station in the Public Safety Building at 300 Spruce St., according to a ...

WVU BOG approves tuition and fee increases

MORGANTOWN — The WVU Board of Governors passed tuition and fee increases on Friday that will bump the annual cost of attending the university up by $520 for in-state students and $768 for out-of-state attendees. Those numbers represent tuition increases of 1.36 percent and 1.44 percent, ...

WVU introduces the new Mountaineer

MORGANTOWN — Timothy Eads was never in the dark concerning his desire to participate in a highly visible extracurricular activity at WVU. As a high school student five years ago, he happened upon a photograph on Twitter of a buckskin-wearing Mountaineer mascot standing atop Seneca ...