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Westover council discusses resurfaced cell phone

WESTOVER—Why the resurfaced cell phone involved in a lawsuit against the city was not immediately brought to council’s attention was discussed during Monday night's Westover council meeting.  City Attorney Tim Stranko said the phone was found in the evidence room’s inventory, ...

Addressing crime can’t ignore need for more police

Misguided calls from the left to “defund” the police threaten to put Democrats in the position of the Nixon era, when they were successfully painted as soft on crime. The party should respond with a national crime bill that lays out in detail a pragmatic approach that is both ...

‘Standard procedure’ is the problem

In the predawn hours of May 21, Monongalia County Sheriff’s Deputies surrounded Chin Orih’s home, guns drawn. The sound of a deputy banging on their door woke Orih and his wife around 5 a.m., but there was no announcement of “police” to accompany the loud knocking. According to his ...

Postcast 83 – August 6, 2021

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Early morning visit by sheriff's deputies raises questions

MORGANTOWN -- At 4:51 a.m. May 21, Monongalia County resident Chin Orih was awakened by a banging on his front door.  About a minute later, there was another knock and the home’s doorbell went off. As Orih was getting dressed, his wife checked the home’s security cameras and saw ...