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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 ...

Man sentenced 40 years for 2024 murder

DPNews@DominionPost.com MORGANTOWN — A man turned himself in to the police after a Monongalia County murder in 2024 was sentenced last week.Arnold Johnson III, 21, of Montgomery Village, Md. was sentenced to 40 years in prison for the murder of Rashad Malik Alton of Morgantown in July ...

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 ...

PSC answers Preston County Commission objections to MARL project

dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – Last week, the Preston County Commission sent a letter – just over two pages – to the state Public Service Commission listing its objects to the proposed NextEra Energy Transmission Mid Atlantic Resiliency Link (MARL) project. On Thursday, the ...