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House of Delegates approves bill to help relieve jail overcrowding

CHARLESTON — The House of Delegates approved and sent to the Senate on Monday a bill to help relieve regional jail overcrowding. HB 2190 bill requires that except for good cause shown, a magistrate must release a misdemeanor pre-trial defendant on personal recognizance. The exceptions ...

15-year-old missing since Thursday night

MORGANTOWN — Roger Schrout, a 15-year-old Morgantown High School student, has not been seen since Thursday night. His mother, Kelly, said she last saw him as he was leaving her house at Independence Hill about 9 p.m. Thursday. “I said love you, see you in the morning,” she ...