U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced that 25 people from four states were indicted by a grand jury in Elkins on 56 counts of violating drug trafficking laws […]
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Committee discusses authority to investigate police misconduct cases
MORGANTOWN — “Investigation” was the word at the center of conversation Monday as Morgantown’s special committee on community policing met remotely. As in, should the ordinance enabling […]
Blue Lives Matter Parade
Individuals came out in support of police during the Back the Blue rally By Jana MackinNewsroom@DominionPost.com Hundreds of Harleys, trucks and cars paraded yesterday afternoon in a […]
Longview Power Plant break-in suspect found
Tips sourced from social media helped Monongalia County Sheriff’s deputies find and charge a man with breaking and entering. Brandon Lamb, 33, is also charged with grand […]
Interim police chief says discussions have strayed well beyond department ‘review’
MORGANTOWN — Morgantown Interim Police Chief Eric Powell is not in an enviable position. He admits as much. Simultaneously: He’s a candidate to be chief after 22 […]
Police discuss salary variation across counties
KINGWOOD — Salaries vary widely among sheriff’s departments in West Virginia. Preston County deputy sheriffs, like other county employees, still hope to receive a raise this year […]
Morrisey weighs in on city’s effort to create police oversight and review board
MORGANTOWN — The Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 87, to which the vast majority of Morgantown Police officers belong, has taken exception to the city’s efforts to […]
17 charged in heroin, crack cocaine distribution operation
Newsroom@DominionPost.com CLARKSBURG — Seventeen people were charged with drug distribution in early September in a one-count indictment, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced. Sixteen of the defendants were […]
We have to get this right: Committee discusses FOP review board concerns
Police oversight and review board ordinance in the works MORGANTOWN — Morgantown City Councilor Zack Cruze said pushback from the Fraternal Order of Police and others over the […]
Maryland man arrested after allegedly leading Preston deputy on 100 mph chase on I-68
KINGWOOD— A Maryland man is charged with fleeing from police on Interstate 68 at speeds in excess of 100 mph. Devon McCoy Satterfield, 28, of Friendsville, and […]
