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Police arrest three suspects in for Becky’s Hot Spot robbery

MORGANTOWN — Preston County Sheriff’s Department arrested three people in relation to the Oct. 4 robbery at at Becky’s Hot Spot in Masontown. Dwight Howard Clary, 40, Scott Allen Cartwright, 39 and Haley Nicole Dinges, 26, were arrested for first-degree robbery, after members of the ...

Manchin, Morrisey meet in Morgantown for U.S. Senate debate

MORGANTOWN — It didn’t take long for the attacks to begin in Thursday’s U.S. Senate debate between Democrat Joe Manchin and Republican Patrick Morrisey. The first question of the debate — the only such event between the two — was on political rhetoric and civility, asked in light ...

Manchin, Morrisey both pleased with their debate performance

MORGANTOWN -- Democrat Sen. Joe Manchin and his Republican challenger state Attorney General Patrick Morrisey both expressed confidence in their performance during their one-and-only debate, hosted by the West Virginia Broadcasters Association. Reflecting the contentious nature of the ...

State House candidates in 51st District vary in campaign spending

Campaign finances for the House of Delegates 51st District are all over the ledger book. Two candidates spent more than $20,000 during the most recent reporting period while another spent just shy of $20,000. Three candidates spent nothing at all and one of those hasn’t bothered to ...

Retails, store benefiting pets, re-opens for Christmas

After being closed for 10 days for 10 days of hard work, Retails in the Morgantown Mall re-opened chock-full of Christmas goods Thursday. The store has been opening with its Christmas inventory on Nov. 1 for the past three years, Gisele Pernell, manager, said. She said the early opening has ...

Hot spot owner pleads to part in robbery

KINGWOOD — Rebecca Davis pleaded Thursday to charges related to the 2016 robbery of her business. Davis pleaded to grand larceny under a plea agreement and conspiracy to commit second-degree robbery under an Alford or Kennedy plea. Both are felony charges and were charged under an ...