MORGANTOWN — A pregnant woman will spend time in prison after her neglect led to the death of her first child. Through tears, Julie Porreca, 20, told Judge Susan Tucker she did the best she could with her first child, Benjamin. The 7-month-old died Sept. 4, 2016. Porreca and then-boyfriend ...
MARTINSBURG — One of two West Virginia State Police troopers fired in January following an alleged excessive force arrest in Berkeley County last year was indicted Wednesday by a federal grand jury. The panel named Michael Kennedy, 29, of Morgantown, in a single count indictment of ...
MORGANTOWN — Four local leaders are urging Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., to petition the Environmental Protection Agency and halt a change to a 7-year old standard that resulted in cleaner emission from vehicles. Del. Evan Hansen, D-Monongalia, joined ...
KINGWOOD — Kingwood Council gave tentative approval to is 2019-2020 budget this week. Final approval can’t be given until the state approves the budget. The estimated budget follows the items agreed upon at earlier budget sessions. It includes three percent raises for city workers and ...
MORGANTOWN — The Monongalia County Commission reconvened briefly Wednesday afternoon to sign off on Westover’s annexation of just under 400 acres of the ongoing WestRidge development. The annexation came by petition, meaning the parties to be annexed — in this case the Lynch family’s ...
MORGANTOWN — Sen. Shelley Moore Capito brought the deputy director of the National Institute on Aging to WVU on Wednesday to give her a look at WVU’s cutting-edge Alzheimer’s research and to give WVU researchers a look at grant opportunities and other projects across the ...
