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Local "Hometown Heroes" recognized by West Virginia Can't Wait

When disaster strikes or problems arise, it is the hometown heroes who are the first to lend a hand in local communities.   Across the state, 40 groups and individuals have been named “Hometown Heroes” by West Virginia Can’t Wait, a movement to win a people’s government, ...

Anderson sentenced for 2020 murder

Travis Anderson, 35, of Morgantown was sentenced to 30 years of incarceration in the West Virginia State Penitentiary for the second degree murder of Jane Sharak in June of 2020.  Anderson pled guilty to the charge in November 2021, according to the Monongalia County Prosecutor’s ...

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 ...

Walker unleashes civil lawsuit following racist email

BY MIKE NOLTING Calling it the “modern-day digital version of burning a cross in her front yard,” Delegate Danielle Walker, D-Monongalia, filed a civil suit against West Virginians For Life and former Berkeley County WVFL President Richard Demoske Tuesday over an anti-abortion message ...