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‘Hometown Market’ series finale Saturday in Fairmont

JBissett@DominionPost.com FAIRMONT – From classic T-Birds to vine-ripened tomatoes, Main Street Fairmont’s Hometown Market series this summer has been “one for the books,” Alex Petry said.“Can’t wait to see you next summer,” posted Petry, the executive director of all things ...

Jackson Lodge to receive $4.25 million upgrade

BConley@DominionPost.com A charitable gift to WVU Extension will result in significant improvements for Jackson Lodge at WVU Jackson’s Mill. During its most recent meeting, the West Virginia University Board of Governors approved a $4.25 million budget to update the lodge located on ...

Fairmont Police looking for man involved in shooting

FAIRMONT — The Fairmont Police Department is looking for a maninvolved in a shooting that occurred early Monday. The suspect is Antonio Marquise Evans, a 29-year-old Black male. He’s 6’2” tall,190 pounds. Police said Evans had an exchange of gunfire with another man on Spence ...

UPDATE: I-68 to partially open

A tractor-trailer accident closed I-68 in both directions Friday. West Virginia Division of Highways confirmed that one lane in either direction will open at about 3 p.m. The rig wrecked shortly before 6 a.m. near the 18.5 mile marker. Emergency crews confirmed that an unknown chemical, ...

Driver, 44, dies in Morgantown crash

DPNews@DominionPost.com A Morgantown woman was killed in a two-vehicle accident Tuesday. Marlena Dawn Sloan, 44, was driving a sedan northbound at about 4:25 p.m. when she crossed the center line near 235 Smithtown Road, Morgantown, and struck a southbound box truck, according to West ...

Killer sentenced to life without parole in 2024 attack

CRoark@DominionPost.com After four days of testimony that narrated a brutal killing, chilling obsession and the grief of a family, jurors in Monongalia County Circuit Court delivered their final decision Friday in the case of Jonathan Ramirez.At 10:54 a.m. on Friday, Judge Perri Jo ...