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Listravia Avenue shooting suspect appears in court

MORGANTOWN — Carlos Luis Pagan II, accused of shooting Kashif Lamont Monk on Listravia Avenue on Dec. 10, appeared in a Monongalia County court for the first time. The 28-year-old is charged with second-degree attempted murder and malicious wounding. He was arrested in Fairmont by the ...

Police searching for man in Evansdale Subway armed robbery

MORGANTOWN — Police are looking for a man who robbed Subway on Patteson Drive on Thursday morning. The Morgantown Police Department responded to the call about 10:15 a.m., according to a department press release. Emergency radio traffic described the suspect as a black man with a black ...

Here’s how the federal shutdown is affecting West Virginia

CHARLESTON —The most obvious effect of the federal shutdown in West Virginia may be apparent to visitors to national parks in the state. National parks are considered accessible, but don’t expect to check out the visitors center or interact with a park ranger. If there’s snow ...

Mon County commission approves letter to state tax department

MORGANTOWN — The Monongalia County Commission ran through a light agenda during its final regular meeting of 2018. At the request of Assessor Mark Musick, the commission approved a letter to the West Virginia Tax Department pertaining to an error identified regarding real estate parcels ...

First-ever West Virginia-built and -tested satellite in space

FAIRMONT — On Wednesday afternoon, the first ever spacecraft with a West Virginia origin story prepared to pass over its home. STF-1, a satellite built by researchers and engineers in Fairmont, will begin conducting testing in conjunction with WVU by week’s end. “We’re talking about a piece of equipment that is about the size of a loaf of bread,” project leader Scott Zemerick said Wednesday morning on MetroNews “Talkline” with Hoppy Kercheval. “In it, it has a computer, solar panels, solar cells, a radio for communicating, and it has our experiments on ...