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Gov. Justice allows bars to open in time for gameday

This weekend is the first time bars in Monongalia County have been open for a college football gameday this season and the first home football game to allow fans. Gov. Jim Justice allowed bars in the county to reopen on Tuesday after closing them “indefinitely” on Sept. 2. He said he ...

Second person charged in Barlow murder in Preston County

Updated 3:34 p.m. Oct. 15 KINGWOOD — A second person has been charged in the 2019 murder of Phillip “Bucky” Barlow. A warrant was issued for Laura Lynn Martin of Tunnelton on Thursday, charging her with first-degree murder. Martin, who was already being held in jail in Garrett ...

Kingwood woman faces child neglect charges

KINGWOOD — Police say a mother charged with child neglect after drugs and paraphernalia were found by her child said she had relapsed into drug use. Bond was set at $100,000 for Nicole Dawn Cosco, 20, of Kingwood. She was in the Tygart Valley Regional Jail Wednesday. In a criminal ...

Woman breaks into apartment, tries to steal dog

A Morgantown woman was arrested after residents of Viewcrest Village came home to allegedly find her sitting on their couch. Michelle L. Costello, 44, is charged with burglary by the Monongalia County Sheriffs Office. The victims had been gone from their home for about an hour when they ...

2 charged in hotel stickup

Two Texas women were arrested after one of them allegedly robbed a man in his hotel room. Rochelle Lynn Smith, 35, of Garland, is charged with robbery by the Granville Police Department. Jessica Marie Love, 31, of Dallas, is charged with second-degree accessory. Smith met the victim ...

Granville PD charges man with assault on teen

A Granville man is accused of sexually abusing a 13-year-old girl in her home. Nathaniel A. McGilton, 25, is charged with first-degree sexual abuse by the Granville Police Department. McGilton is accused of going to the victim’s house, in Granville, on Feb. 10, to return a bottle of ...