Masontown man charged with strangling woman, chasing her with a knife
KINGWOOD — A Masontown man was in jail in lieu of $225,000 bond Monday after police say he strangled a woman and chased her with a knife over the weekend. State Police charged Joshua Luther Thrasher, 32, with two counts of strangulation, along with domestic assault and fleeing from an ...
FEMA criticized for handling of disaster relief money
CHARLESTON — Who loses when agencies like FEMA aren’t able to keep a careful eye on grant money as it flows to state and local governments? To state the obvious, the taxpayer. The federal Office of Inspector General cited billions of dollars in questioned costs over the years, regularly ...
Christmas tree bound for U.S. Capitol makes stop near Morgantown
An 80-foot Noble fir is arriving today at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., and over the weekend people who were at the Mount Morris (Pa.) Truck Stop were suprised to see the tractor-trailer hauling it pull off the interstate. The truck — and tree — were heading from Willamette ...
DAR calls for donations for Wreaths Across America project, extends deadline
MORGANTOWN — Oak Grove Cemetery in Morgantown has been the final resting place for fallen soldiers from across the region dating back to the Revolutionary War. Brenda Shinkovich feels that everyone buried at Oak Grove who wore the uniform in war or peacetime deserves a wreath on their ...
AccuWeather: Temps will drop, could see some snow by Wednesday
MORGANTOWN — A storm brewing off the New England coast just might make things a little more seasonal this week in north-central West Virginia, AccuWeather said. After a morning high of 52 today, meteorologist Matt Greene says to expect the mercury to take the elevator down to around 30, ...