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Detroit man sentenced for heroin distribution near WVU property

CLARKSBURG — Charles Marquis Mitchell, of Detroit, Michigan, was sentenced Oct. 30 to three years and eight months in prison for distributing heroin. According a release from U.S. Attorney Bill Powell, Mitchell, 26, pleaded guilty to one count of distribution of heroin within 1,000 feet ...

Morgantown woman sentenced for distributing heroin near North Elementary

CLARKSBURG — Lori Murphy, of Morgantown, was sentenced on Oct. 30 to 15 months incarceration for heroin trafficking hear a school. According to release from U.S. Attorney Bill Powell, Murphy, 29, pleaded guilty to one count of distribution of heroin within 1,000 feet of protected ...

House of Delegates 50th District race sees light spending

MORGANTOWN -- The biggest spender during the most recent reporting period for the House of Delegates 50th District race was the sole Republican incumbent. Spending among the two Democrat incumbents and the Democrat challenger was roughly even. Meanwhile, two other challengers -- a Republican and one unaffiliated – barely opened their checkbooks during the latest round. The candidates are GOP incumbent Guy Ward and Democrat incumbents Mike Caputo and Linda Longstreth; along with challengers Democrat Michael Angelucci, Republican Phil Mallow and unaffiliated Jon Dodds. The ...

Man turns himself into police for strangling cat at his home

MORGANTOWN — A man has been arrested on animal cruelty charges after turning himself in to police for strangling a cat at his home. According to a release from Morgantown Police Department, James Gregory Wicker, 43, turned himself in early Oct. 30 morning, at 116 Walnut St. While the ...

Justice Loughry asking for new federal trial

CHARLESTON — Justice Allen Loughry is asking for a new trial. His motion for a new trial was filed Friday, although the motion and several attachments are sealed. So the grounds under which Loughry is asking for a new trial remain unclear. Federal prosecutors have filed a response, ...

Man stabbed on Brockway Avenue, suspect arrested

MORGANTOWN — Police have accused Caleb Christian Luzier of stabbing a man Monday night and charged him with malicious wounding. When the Morgantown Police officers arrived at the reported stabbing near on Brockway Avenue, at about 10:40 p.m., a concerned citizen was performing first aid on a ...