The state’s highest court overturned a decision by a Monongalia County Circuit Court judge to suppress the use of a DNA sample in a sexual assault case. In Tuesday’s decision, […]
Tag: Monongalia County Circuit Court
Two accused murderers appear for arraignment
Both men indicted for first-degree murder in February appeared before a judge for their post-indictment arraignment Monday. Michael Corney, 33, and Gary Smith II, 60, each pleaded not guilty before […]
WVU sued for alleged discrimination, retaliation
A former West Virginia University employee claims she was retaliated against after asking for an investigation into misuse of funds by the Mountaineer Maniacs and reporting what she believed was […]
Counter filed in property dispute
Wings Ole owner takes next step against city’s claim The city of Morgantown is using the eminent domain process to retroactively make the illegal legal. That, in short, is the […]
Brother of man killed in crash sues driver
The brother of a 64-year-old Morgantown man killed in a motorcycle crash in July has sued the Pennsylvania man police said was at fault for the fatal wreck. Mariana S. […]
Man found guilty of sexual assault of teenager
A jury of 11 men and one woman found a 50-year-old man guilty of sexually abusing a teenage girl after a three-day trial in Monongalia County Circuit Court this week. […]
Postcast 26 – July 3, 2020
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Taking the Oath of Office
Cindy Scott becomes Mon’s latest circuit court judge When Monongalia County’s newest Circuit Court Judge Cindy Scott isn’t hearing cases, she can look out the same window her dad did […]
Mon County judge decides to resume in-person hearings with requirement of face coverings
At least one Monongalia County Circuit Court Judge will resume in-person hearings in the same City of Morgantown buildings open to the public on a limited basis on May 26. […]
Courts must adapt to coronavirus
Magistrates and judges in Monongalia County are taking advantage of the reduced docket and doing what they can to keep cases moving without being able to hear cases in-person. “I […]
