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Man who killed woman in drunk driving accident faces civil trial

MORGANTOWN — The civil suit against Alexander Hambrick, 22, who struck and killed Carli Sears, 20, while driving drunk in January 2016, began Tuesday. Judge Phillip Gaujot is presiding over the case in Monongalia County Circuit Court. The suit was filed by Brent Sears, Carli Sear’s ...

Mon EMS, WVU Medicine to merge EMS services

MORGANTOWN — Monongalia Health System and WVU Hospitals are pooling their resources to create one combined ambulance service in Monongalia County. Mon Health System President and CEO David Goldberg and Albert Wright, president and CEO of West Virginia University Health System, announced the ...

Ball: Proposed ordinance altering MUB board distressing, feels political

MORGANTOWN — Morgantown Utility Board General Manager Tim Ball and MUB board of directors chairman J.T. Straface said the utility is adamantly opposed to the city manager being placed as a permanent voting member of the MUB board of directors. Both spoke publicly during Tuesday’s ...

Tony Gibson heads out to Arizona to recruit talented JUCO cornerback

MORGANTOWN — As college football’s early signing period approaches on Dec. 19, West Virginia needs to make a push to beef up its 2019 recruiting class. With less than a month to go, the Mountaineers have 16 players verbally committed for next year. Based on 247Sports current composite ...

Slippery conditions cause several wrecks; expect snow tomorrow morning

MORGANTOWN — AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Carl Erickson said the Morgantown area is expected to get enough snow to make things slippery tomorrow morning, but that should be about it. According to Erickson, Morgantown will likely see a dusting of snow, but could potentially get as much ...

WVU’s Gee tells higher education officials they need to embrace change

MORGANTOWN — As higher education leaders approach a deadline, WVU President Gordon Gee lectured his colleagues about being willing to embrace change. Gee told members of the Blue Ribbon Commission on Higher Education that if they ask the governor for $10 million to spread among themselves ...