Fairmont State University recently welcomed the inaugural class to its Police Training Academy. It’s no secret that police departments across the state have faced staffing shortages — in part because of cultural shifts and attitudes around law enforcement, in part because of ...
The shortage of police officers is a nationwide issue, but in West Virginia, it’s not necessarily a lack of people interested in becoming cops. In fact, Westover Police Department swore in three new officers Tuesday, on top of the two it added in August. Morgantown Police welcomed around ...
by Will Bunch There were two stories out of the American heartland this week that mostly got lost in a frenetic autumn of political anxiety and baseball joy (or sorrow), but demand a few moments of our attention for what they say about what we value in this country — and what we ...
CNX Foundation from CNX Natural Gas presented checks to three Volunteer fire departments Thursday. The event took place at Wadestown VFD in Wana and included a luncheon. The funds went to Wadestown and Blacksville VFDs in Monongalia County and to Hundred VFD in Wetzel County. The ...
As the third Chicago Police Department officer to commit suicide in less than a month was laid to rest this past weekend, arguments and anger over the city’s overtaxed police force took on a new sense of urgency. The deaths understandably have inflamed long-simmering condemnation of the ...
That’s all officers ask for Last Sunday, The Dominion Post detailed the myriad complaints from Morgantown police officers against the City of Morgantown. Chief among the grievances was a series of policy changes that will cut officers’ pay: significantly less paid overtime and ...