The Monongalia County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help identifying the human remains found off Dug Hill Road on June 10. The skeletal remains were discovered in a […]
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Local Briefs June 22, 2021
Newsroom@DominionPost.com MFD fights 2-alarm fire at Jerome Street At about 9:30 p.m. Sunday, the Morgantown Fire Department was dispatched to a 2nd alarm structure fire on Jerome Street. Fire crews […]
Police: Drugs, gun found in stolen vehicle
MORGANTOWN — A Kingwood man faces several charges after he was stopped in Monongalia County at the line with Marion County. Benjamin H. Phares IV, 34, is charged with two […]
Mon Sheriff investigating body found in wooded area
MORGANTOWN—An investigation by the Monongalia County Sheriff’s Department is underway after a body was found on May 6 in a wooded area east of Fairfield Manor. Monongalia County sheriff Perry […]
Mon Sheriff investigating after body found in wooded area
Monongalia County Sheriff’s Department is investigating after a body was found May 6 in a wooded area east of Fairfield Manor. According to a press release issued by the department, […]
Morgantown man charged with kidnapping, keeping woman against will in basement
MORGANTOWN — A Morgantown man is accused of forcing his girlfriend to come to Morgantown and keeping her in a basement. Tristen J. Dorsey, 25, of Morgantown, is charged with […]
Two arrested, drugs seized, after police find stolen vehicle
Finding a stolen vehicle led the Monongalia County Sheriff’s Office to search a hotel room and seize multiple kinds of drugs. Joshua Witt, 34, and Kaylee Rice, 26, are each […]
W.Va. AG, Morgantown law enforcement partner for National Drug Take Back Day
MORGANTOWN — Saturday, April 24 is another National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, and the West Virginia Attorney General’s office is teaming up with local law enforcement. A representative from […]
Compliance checks canceled by COVID are back
Half of stores visited by an underage operative on March 24 sold them alcohol. “Oh, 50% is high,” Monongalia County Sheriff Perry Palmer said. “When we were doing it consistently […]
Marijuana grow, more than a pound of meth, multiple guns seized on Sunday
A brandishing call in Morgantown’s North Hills neighborhood led to marijuana grow, more than a pound of meth, weapons and a man being charged with 10 felonies. Isaac C. King, […]
