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Bruffy tenure at Mountain Line to end July 6

In an announcement that seemed to catch everyone off guard, David Bruffy has tendered his resignation as chief executive officer of Mountain Line Transit Authority, effective July 6.   Members of the Mountain Line Transit Authority Board of Directors were notified of the resignation ...

Magistrate releases quarterly data on caseload

MORGANTOWN -- Magistrate Ron Bane has held 715 hearings in the first three months of 2021. That's according to his "quarterly court card," which was released Friday with the goals of engaging the public and building a database of the court's workload to support an increased number of ...

Berkeley County Man accused of sexually abusing relative

MORGANTOWN -- A 44-year-old man from Berkeley County man is charged with sexually abusing a relative in the time frame of 2002-2004. Jason M. Shriver, of Hedgesville, is charged with four counts of sexual abuse by a parent, guardian or custodian, and one count of incest by the West ...

Employee allegedly uses woman’s stolen credit card

Resident saw nurse looking in cabinet where  purse was kept A nurse at Stonerise Morgantown — formerly Mapleshire — is accused of using a resident’s credit card to buy $158.89 worth of goods. Amanda Dawn Holcomb, 39, of Morgantown, is charged with two counts of access device ...

New magistrate takes oath

Magistrate Ron Bane took his oath of office over his grandmother’s Bible on Thursday. “I feel blessed to be able to do this and I’m looking forward to serving the county and doing the best I can,” Bane said. The Bible was given to Bane’s father in 1967 and is kept in a cedar ...