A science experiment started a fire Wednesday in a house on Camp Run Road. Damage was mostly contained to a single room. The fire was first reported at 12:29 p.m., according to MECCA 911. Camp Run Road is off of Old Stewartstown Road and goes north into Pennsylvania. This house was just ...
In discussing his decision to issue a minority opinion on Granville’s latest failed annexation attempt, Commissioner Sean Sikora noted last week’s 2-1 vote was only the fifth time the commission has split since he took office in January 2017. But upon reading the order issued by the commission based on the majority votes from Commissioners Ed Hawkins and Tom Bloom, as well as Sikora’s dissenting opinion, it’s clear that there’s not only agreement, but a clear path forward for Granville’s annexation plans. The annexation by minor boundary adjustment would have included ...
A tractor trailer carrying medical supplies rolled over on Interstate 68 Wednesday morning blocking traffic for several hours. Monongalia County Sheriff Perry Palmer said Anthony Mena, of New York, was traveling west on I-68 when he lost control of the vehicle causing it to roll onto its side and block both lanes of traffic near the interchange with Interstate 79 about 7 a.m. Mena was taken by Mon EMS with non-life threatening injuries and cited for failure to maintain control, Palmer said. Traffic was blocked for about three hours. Cool Springs Volunteer Fire Department, ...
An Ohio murder suspect on the run for almost two years was found and arrested in Morgantown on Tuesday. Bryan Darshawn Esters, 33, was arrested by the US Marshals Service Mountain State Fugitive Task Force about 6:30 p.m. at an apartment on Cornell Avenue between Price and Naomi streets, ...
Gov. Jim Justice asked the State Supreme Court to look into who has legal authority to provide debt relief to West Virginians. The governor asked the court after several organizations asked that he and the court stop banks and creditors from taking federal CARES Act consumer payments. Meanwhile, in Preston County, Circuit Judge Steve Shaffer has already issued an emergency order to stop WVU Hospitals Inc., from freezing Seth and Cheri Long’s bank account until a hearing can be held and ordered the couple’s account unfrozen. In his ruling last week, Shaffer said that ...
Residents and employees of the Sundale Rehabilitation and Long-Term Care in Morgantown continue to slowly recover from the COVID-19 virus almost a month after the first case was reported, medical director Carl Shrader said Tuesday. Originally 33 people associated with Sundale tested ...
