Last Friday, Nicholas County Sheriff’s Deputy Tom Baker was shot and killed, and Deputy Josh Ellison was wounded when they responded to a domestic dispute complaint in the Birch River area. One suspect is dead, and another is in custody. As State Police conduct their investigation into ...
Monongalia County Sheriff’s Department arrested a Morgantown man in connection to an April shooting at Northside Hills Apartments. Levi H. Kelly, 21, has been charged with attempted murder, use of a firearm during a felony and 16 counts of wanton endangerment for each round fired. The ...
In honor of National Police Appreciation Week, Launchpad Trampoline Park in Westover hosted Hop with a Cop Thursday evening. Kids were able to jump around with officers from the Westover Police Department. Launchpad General Manager Mike Travis said it was an opportunity to have fun and ...
One big question deserves to be on every police officer’s mind when pulling a motorist over for a relatively minor offense: Is this stop really worth the violent confrontation or death that could follow? Even if cops aren’t asking that question, city governments are, and they increasingly ...
by Jonathan Zimmerman I live in Philadelphia, a hugely unequal city. Our access to education, transportation and health care — and the quality of these services — often depends on our ZIP codes. And nobody knows that better than people who live in minority communities. So ...
The Dominion Post reported Monday that Westover’s insurer settled two lawsuits alleging police brutality. The suit on behalf of William Cox — who says he was kicked, punched, pepper-sprayed and falsely arrested by Westover officers Aaron Dalton and Justice Carver for recording them ...