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Man sentenced for 2022 Grafton Road death

The man found responsible for the 2022 death of Grafton Road resident Michael E. Mobley, 29, was sentenced in Monongalia County Magistrate Court Friday morning.  Mobley identified and was known in the community as Kimmy Rose but had not legally changed her name. William Bailey, 25, ...

Muniz reports to Magistrate Court

A now-retired vice principal who is at the center of a student assault case at North Elementary School, reported to Monongalia County Magistrate Court on Monday to answer a charge of battery. Carol Muniz, who police say was observed on school surveillance video hitting a student with her ...

Additional magistrates to help with current heavy caseload

It has been more than two decades since Monongalia County has had five magistrate court judges, but thanks to a comprehensive court bill, HB 3332, passed by the West Virginia Legislature in the closing hours of the regular session, the county will now have six magistrates beginning with the ...

Bane asks Mon Commission to back push for additional magistrate

MORGANTOWN — The numbers don’t lie, Monongalia County Magistrate Ron Bane said Wednesday as he passed out county magistrate court caseload data to members of the Monongalia County Commission. “Monongalia County needs a fifth magistrate,” Bane said, noting he handled 2,456 cases, or ...