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Eleven facing charges for February snow day riot

MORGANTOWN — Eleven people, 10 of them WVU students, are facing charges as a result of the Feb. 1 riot on Spruce Street during a WVU snow day. Five people are charged with open container and disorderly conduct, according to a Morgantown Police Department press release on ...

Point-in-time count indicates significant rise in unsheltered homeless

MORGANTOWN — The annual point-in-time homeless count, held over 24 hours on Jan. 23, indicates the number of unsheltered homeless in Monongalia County has nearly doubled in the past year. Rachael Coen, chief programs officer with the West Virginia Coalition to End Homelessness, told the ...

Fugitive killed as police respond to shots fired on College Avenue

MORGANTOWN — A suspected armed fugitive is dead, after police rushed to the scene of College Avenue and Falling Run Road, which was shut down Wednesday after a shots-fired call. Members of the U.S. Marshals Service were attempting to apprehend the suspect, who had a handgun and tried to ...

FCI Hazelton inmate indicted for alleged officer assault

CLARKSBURG --   Daivon Duren, an inmate at FCI Hazelton Federal Correctional Institution, was indicted by a federal grand jury Wednesday on an assault charge, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced. Duren, 32, was indicted on one count of assault of a correctional officer involving physical ...